The April and May 2026 Charity Trays will be dedicated to The Greater Bridgeport Crop Walk. 

For over 50 years, the Greater Bridgeport CROP Hunger Walks have raised more than $2 million to benefit our most vulnerable neighbors both around the globe and right here in the Bridgeport area.  Last year, the Greater Bridgeport Crop Walk were one of the top walks in the nation, raising over $30,000 to help others!

Background:  The Crop Project began in 1947 when farmers were asked to donate food and seed crops to our hungry neighbors in post-World War II Europe and Asia. The first CROP Hunger Walks took place in Bismarck, North Dakota (1969), and York, Pennsylvania (1970). Since then, CROP Hunger Walk events have been held in hundreds of communities, large and small, raising millions of dollars to eradicate hunger and poverty.

Locally. our CROP Hunger Walk supports eleven local food pantry programs including:
- Bridgeport Rescue Mission
- Daughters of Charity Rescue Mission
- King’s Pantry
- nOURish Bridgeport
- Monroe Food Pantry
- Operation Hope
- Spooner House
- Stratford Baptist Church
- Thomas Merton Center
- Trumbull Social Services (the Trumbull Food Pantry falls under this Trumbull Town Dept)
- Beth-El Center
 
Additionally, St. George assembled a team that participated in this year’s walk which took place on May 3, 2025 in Bridgeport. If you wish to make a donation directly to St. George's CROP Hunger Walk Team, click onto the following link to get to the St. George Team Donation page: https://events.crophungerwalk.org/chw/team/st-george-albanian-orthodox-church

As always, we thank you for your continued support to our selected charities!