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Erie's annual CROP Walk is celebrating its 50th event to raise money to fight hunger.

The event has raised over $3 million in its history, with $800,000 staying in Erie County.

Organizers aim to raise $100,000 at this year's event, which takes place at Presque Isle State Park's Beach One.

Ten years before Band Aid sang "Feed the World," Erie churches and groups teamed up to form the now-annual CROP Walk, which raises money to combat hunger in Erie and around the world. On Sunday, Sept. 28, it will be the 50th time they've done so.

"It started in the early 1970s, and it happened across the nation," said Erie's organizational leader, Jim Haas. "People from all over Erie came together to help fight hunger."

One of several hundred walks across the country and in 65 co

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