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11/04/2024

Hello! My name is Paddington Rollins, but a lot of people call me Hunger Dog. (You can see me in the photo below. I’m the one not looking at the camera.) I am once again walking in the Heart of Texas CROP Hunger Walk. Some of you have never heard of me, but some of you have sponsored me in the walk before. Some of you helped me to win the national Favorite Furry Hunger Fighter award from Church World Service three years ago.

This year, I'm asking you to sponsor me once again - or for the first time! It’s a really good cause. The money goes to Church World Service and Caritas of Waco. You can click on the link below to join my team, Hunger Dog and Friends, or to donate.

https://events.crophungerwalk.org/team/hunger-dog-and-friends

You can also give donations to either of my managers, Sharon Rollins or Katie Cook. If you write a check, please make it out to Church World Service.

If you’re in Central Texas, you can just come on November 10th and walk with me and the Seventh & James Baptist youth!

11/01/2024

Three years ago, Beth Messerly of CoHOPE, a nonprofit organization in Mahtomedi, MN, came to the Heart of Texas CROP Hunger Walk with her friend, local pastor and supporter Alec Ylitalo. Each year, walkers receive a “goodie bag” that contains snacks and various items from local anti-hunger organizations. Among those items for each bag was a packet of seeds from the World Hunger Relief, Inc. Training Farm just outside of Waco. Beth took her kale seeds home, 1,000 miles from Waco, and planted them in the CoHOPE farm and gardens. They produced several harvests of kale, which CoHOPE donated to a local food program. For the last two years, Beth returned to the Heart of Texas walk and got another packet of seeds. She wrote that she was excited about the next growing season, adding, “The feeding reach of this good event runs far and wide.” Join us between 2:00 at 3:00 on November 10 at Bledsoe Miller Pavilion. You never know what might happen.

Beth Messerly is pictured below (center) with Katie Cook and Alec Ylitalo.

10/12/2024

I just received this video from my friend Philip Kakungulu, who is a peacemaker in Uganda, working against unbelievable odds.

https://www.facebook.com/100001161227178/videos/994665249094612/

08/08/2024

Subscribe to Devex to read this story.

The Biden administration combines war-fighting and humanitarian relief in a clash with Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen.

08/07/2024

We found this article from the National Catholic Reporter.

Analysis: Amid the genocide case against Gen. Benedicto Lucas García, experts debate whether acts committed during the counterinsurgency led by Lucas between 1978 and 1982 should be called genocide, or termed "war crimes."

08/07/2024

Laudato Si' Movement: Catholics for Our Common Home released the dates for special events during the Season of Creation 2024. Here are their descriptions of the events. Mark your calendars!

September 1st: Opening prayer service, led by the Season of Creation Ecumenical Steering Committee.

September 10th (TBC): A conversation on the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty with high-level speakers from the religious and political spheres.

September 21st: Day of Action on Fossil Fuels.

October 4th: Closing prayer service for the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, led by the Ecumenical Youth Committee.

Use the link to learn more about the Season of Creation.

The Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through celebration, conversion, and commitment together.

08/06/2024

Check out the Food and Research Action Center's Food as Medicine Report 2024.

Check this page for updates on efforts to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on the health, well-being and food security of low-income people.

08/02/2024

It's time to whip up support for Hunger Dog!

07/30/2024

Subscribe to Devex to read this article about "humanitarian cowboys."

The machismo mentality is no longer as prevalent as it once was in the aid sector, but there are still remnants.

07/30/2024

See this article about Calvary Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.

City leaders on Thursday cut the ribbon on the Belfry Apartments near George Floyd Square. Not only does the project provide much-needed housing, but the church’s congregation also gets to stay and has a newly renovated worship space.

07/29/2024

We found this article from NPR.

07/29/2024

See this article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

SANTIAGO, Chile — The presidential residence of Gabriel Boric, the leftist millennial leader of Chile elected three years ago in the wake of public...

07/26/2024

Here is a news brief over an article in The New York Time's The Morning:

Migrants Have an Unwarranted Reputation for Crime

Many people assume that as immigration increases, violent crimes will increase as well. Republican officials such as Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Former President Donald Trump make this claim as they describe the “migrant crime surge.” However, the data does not add up.
Over the last several decades, the data shows no correlation at all between immigration and murder rates. Moreover, in recent years, murder rates had an inverse relationship with immigration: as one increased, the other decreased. Texas border towns have a lower crime rate than the rest of the state, and large cities that have experienced an increase in immigration, such as New York, Chicago, and Denver, have seen a drop in murder rates.
There are plenty of reasons to be concerned about the situation at the border, but violent crime does not seem to be one of those reasons. Some migrants fled crime in their home countries; they certainly are not going to engage in it in America. Unfortunately, migrants have a reputation for crime that they do not deserve, which causes them further trouble as they try to settle into their new lives in the United States.

-Source: German Lopez, “Immigrants and Crime,” The New York Times: The Morning, July 18, 2024.

07/26/2024

For our friends who live in the Waco area and know someone who needs food, this is a good source. The Free Mini-Market is open every week at Family of Faith Worship Center located at 4112 Memorial Drive in Waco, TX. Families have an opportunity to select from an array of meats, milk, eggs, cereals, pastas, canned goods, breads, pastries and fresh produce. The link below will take them to a QR code they can scan to make an appointment. The weekly appointment sign-up opens 8:00 a.m. Monday for Tuesday and Wednesday pick-up.

Hours:
Tuesday 9am-11am & 5pm-6pm
Wednesday 10am-12pm

07/25/2024

Check out this article from the Food Research and Action Center.

Media Contact: Jordan Baker [email protected] Letter urges Congress to reject $30 billion cut to SNAP over 10 years and return to a bipartisan Farm Bill WASHINGTON, July 9, 2024 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) and more than 1,400 national, state, and local organizations repres...

07/25/2024

Want to know what stores accept SNAP online? Check out this resource from the United States Department of Agriculture!

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07/24/2024

See this article from the BBC about the Gaza floating aid pier.

Aid will now be shipped to the Israeli port of Ashdod and then transported by lorry to north Gaza.

07/24/2024

Here's a brief fact from Devex Newswire:

"Chiquitita. Here’s a good piece of global development trivia for you: In 1979, ABBA donated the rights to their song “Chiquitita” to UNICEF. In the 45 years since then, the royalties have raised $5 million for its work, the agency recently said. The money is currently being used for protection work in Guatemala, covering the salaries and training for 19 psychologists and 11 social workers. So they might say: Thank you for the music, for giving it to us …"

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