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    CWS is shipping emergency relief items such as blankets, school kits, hygiene kits, and baby care kits to New Jersey to help families affected by Hurricane Sandy. A total of 2,000 blankets, 3,000 school kits, 3,000 hygiene kits, 300 emergency cleanup buckets, and 100 baby care kits are being sent. Sammy Mutua from CWS Africa spoke in Denver, Cleveland, and New York about the ongoing food crisis in the Horn of Africa and Sahel region of Africa caused by drought and climate change. However, he has also seen communities improve food security and nutrition through growing diverse, drought-resistant crops and using micronutrient supplements.

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    CWS is shipping emergency relief items such as blankets, school kits, hygiene kits, and baby care kits to New Jersey to help families affected by Hurricane Sandy. A total of 2,000 blankets, 3,000 school kits, 3,000 hygiene kits, 300 emergency cleanup buckets, and 100 baby care kits are being sent. Sammy Mutua from CWS Africa spoke in Denver, Cleveland, and New York about the ongoing food crisis in the Horn of Africa and Sahel region of Africa caused by drought and climate change. However, he has also seen communities improve food security and nutrition through growing diverse, drought-resistant crops and using micronutrient supplements.

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    CWS is shipping emergency relief items such as blankets, school kits, hygiene kits, and baby care kits to New Jersey to help families affected by Hurricane Sandy. A total of 2,000 blankets, 3,000 school kits, 3,000 hygiene kits, 300 emergency cleanup buckets, and 100 baby care kits are being sent. Sammy Mutua from CWS Africa spoke in Denver, Cleveland, and New York about the ongoing food crisis in the Horn of Africa and Sahel region of Africa caused by drought and climate change. However, he has also seen communities improve food security and nutrition through growing diverse, drought-resistant crops and using micronutrient supplements.

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    HURRICANE SANDY UPDATE

    CWS is shipping emergency items for families in hard-hit New Jersey:

    Rocky Mountain Regional Newsletter Rocky Mountain Regional Newsletter


    Dear Friends,

    Fall 2012

    2,000 CWS Blankets 3,000 CWS School Kits 3,000 CWS Hygiene Kits 300 CWS Emergency Cleanup Buckets 100 CWS Baby Care Kits With this shipment, an earlier one to Cuba, and additional emergency relief items sure to be needed, CWS will need to restock to respond quickly. Please support the CWS Blankets+ and Kit Program today!

    Last June I met with the mission committee of University Congregational Church in Missoula, Mont., where a member proudly showed us his garden. I remembered my trip to Central America, where our hosts proudly showed us their gardens, too, made possible with CWS assistance. We are connected. We all need food. And we need each other. Folks in Missoula may soon start a CROP Hunger Walk to help hungry people plant gardens to feed their families. When we feel the connection, we can do great things together!

    18th Annual Estes Park CROP Hunger Walk


    Special guest, Sammy Mutua of CWS Africa
    When the 18th annual Estes Park CROP Hunger Walk opened on September 16, 2012, the walkers were joined by a special guest Sammy Mutua, the emergency coordinator for CWS Africa. The Rev. Peter Vanderveen, who has coordinated the Estes Park walk for more than nine years, and his wife, Bonnie, welcomed Mutua to the event.

    Visit cwsglobal.org for updates.

    Give the gift of LIFE!


    Choose an alternative gift from the CWS Best Gift catalog!
    Sammy Mutua, CWS, the Rev. Peter Vanderveen and his wife, Bonnie, prepare to walk in the Estes Park CROP Hunger walk. Photo: Art Ziemann/CWS

    Want to give your congregation a meaningful respite from the annual holiday shopping frenzy? Organize an alternative gift fair and give gifts that change lives. It's easy, it's personal and a great way to support the work of CWS! Talk to your pastor and start planning today. CWS offers several resources to help you plan and promote your congregations alternative gift fair. For more information or display ideas, please call Deniese in the regional office at 303-455-5765.

    Mutua was in the U.S. recently, speaking to groups in Denver, Cleveland and New York City about the continued food crisis and climate-change triggered droughts in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel. But he has also has been reporting good news from ground level. In such challenged regions with a little support, greater awareness, and the right education, supplies and resources even some of the poorest communities are improving their nutrition and food security by growing more diverse, drought-resilient and nutritionally balanced foods, and by using inexpensive micronutrient supplements to bring children back from malnutrition. From the CWS East Africa office, Mutua focuses on emergency preparedness, mitigation and early warning systems, all vital to building resilient communities in the face of potential disasters. He was delighted to meet the people of Estes Park who help support his work in Africa and to walk in his first-ever CROP Hunger Walk.

    Fall 2012 CROP Hunger Walks


    Great commitment, great results!

    CWS to be featured on PBS Visionaries


    Every place we visited, I saw the powerful impact CWS-supported projects have had on individual communities and families.
    Jody Santos, producer/director of the PBS series Visionaries

    Many thanks to our Fall CROP Hunger Walk leaders, volunteers and participants! You are making a difference for people in need.

    Save the date!


    Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 CWS National Leadership Day
    Join CWS and CROP Hunger Walk leaders from across the country for great ideas, insights and inspiration for your next Walk! More information coming soon. Stay tuned!

    This winter, CWS will have a starring role in the two-part season premiere of the acclaimed PBS documentary series Visionaries. Hosted by award-winning actor Sam Waterston of Law & Order fame, the Visionaries series highlights the stories of nonprofit organizations around the world that are working to make a positive difference in their community and beyond. The CWS Visionaries episodes are expected to air on local public television stations this winter. Check your local listings for time and date, or visit visionaries.org. Want to help ensure that the vital, life-changing work of CWS continues? Host a Visionaries viewing event, large or small, to watch and discuss the program with family, friends and colleagues. To find out more, contact the Rocky Mountain Regional Office at 303-455-5765.

    See how youre helping change lives around the world!

    April 5 - 8, 2013 Washington D.C. 11th annual Ecumenical Advocacy Days


    Each year, nearly a thousand participants from a wide range of Protestant and Catholic churches come from across the country to Washington, D.C., to take part in Ecumenical Advocacy Days. CWS is a major sponsor of this event, held specially for people of faith and featuring inspiring preachers, policy experts, and advocacy specialists from the United States and around the world. The 2013 conference, themed "At God's Table: Food Justice for a Healthy World," will offer a faith-based vision for fair and humane food policies and practices, along with workshop opportunities to explore these issues. To learn more or to register, visit advocacydays.org. Stay up to date on advocacy issues! Sign up for CWS Speak Out alerts or subscribe to our advocacy RSS feed.

    www.cwsglobal.org

    Rocky Mountain Regional Office


    Serving Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming

    We are Church World Service. You are Church World Service. And for being a part of this effort to reach out and connect with others, thank you! Sincerely, Art
    Art Ziemann Regional Director CWS Rocky Mountain Regional Office

    4130 Tejon St., Suite B Denver, CO 80211 Phone: 303-455-5765

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