CROP VOLUNTEERS TAKE HEAT SO OTHERS CAN EAT.Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer With the thermometer thermometer, instrument for measuring temperature. Galileo and Sanctorius devised thermometers consisting essentially of a bulb with a tubular projection, the open end of which was immersed in a liquid. reaching 102 degrees Sunday in the west San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , more than 100 participants in the 30th annual Valley CROP Walk strolled through the neighborhood to raise money for hunger relief. Walkers in the interfaith in·ter·faith adj. Of, relating to, or involving persons of different religious faiths: an interfaith marriage; an interfaith forum. event raised at least $12,900 in the West Valley. More money was expected through late donations and from booths set up at a Marvelettes concert in Warner Park
Warner Park is a community park in northern Madison, Wisconsin. , where volunteers with Communities Reaching Out to People or CROP started and ended the walk. ``We had three generations represented from our church, and so that was a really nice thing,'' said Veda Ward, 55, of Woodland Hills United Methodist Church United Methodist Church, in the United States, religious body formed by the union in 1968 of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church (see Methodism). , who walked more than a mile Sunday. The event is organized by the Valley Interfaith Council and co-hosted by the Valley Cultural Center. Chuck Entz, 46, of Encino cooled down, relaxed and ate some pizza and salad after his walk. He has participated for more than 20 years. ``You run into a lot of really great people from just about any background you can think of,'' said Entz, a clerk-typist. ``They may not worship the exact same way you do, but their values are very similar.'' Last year the walk was held in November. With more walkers in the cooler weather, the event raised $29,000 for hunger relief. This year organizers held the event in the summer because they wanted to combine it with the Concert to Prevent Hunger, held in the park. ``We knew it was going to be hot,'' said KNBC KNBC Kings Norton Bowling Club (Channel 4) weatherman Fritz fritz n. Informal A condition in which something does not work properly: Our television is on the fritz. [Perhaps from German Fritz Coleman, a spokesman for the fundraiser. ``It's our first year of doing it (in the summer). There probably would have been more (walkers) ... in a cooler time, but it's something we had to experiment with.'' From the concert stage, Coleman jokingly offered to cool off anyone in the audience with a garden hose for $5. ``I felt bad because people hold me personally responsible for their discomfort Discomfort may refer to pain, an unpleasant sensation, or to suffering, an unpleasant feeling or emotion. when it comes to weather,'' Coleman said backstage. The Valley Interfaith Council will help fund hunger-relief efforts in the Valley and overseas with the money raised from Sunday's CROP Walk. Nationwide, the walks raise $17 million a year. Alex Dobuzinskis, (818) 546-3304 alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Volunteers with Communities Reaching Out to People or CROP fan out to collect their signs Sunday at Warner Park. (2) Interfaith volunteers walk in temperatures that topped 100 Sunday in the Valley to raise funds for hunger relief. Joel P. Lugavere/Special to the Daily News |
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