Byline: DOUGLAS J. ANDERSON
The day-after-Christmas Asian tsunami that killed more than 250,000 people and left 2 million homeless struck a chord of compassion in everyone. Each of us asked, what can I do to help, to make a difference for others? For 29 years, through my work with Church World Service/CROP Walks in upstate New York, I have worked with caring volunteers who make a difference by walking. I see people working together, aware of the symbolism of CROP walks that came into being precisely to help us think of the three-fourths of the world's people who must walk daily simply to survive. They walk to find clean water supplies, to collect firewood to …
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