Hunger

The National Association of Letter Carriers will conduct its nationwide 14th annual "Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive" on Saturday. U. S. Postal Service letter carriers will be collecting non-perishable food donations as they deliver mail along their postal routes in more than 10,000 cities and towns throughout all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. The NALC Food Drive is the largest one-day food drive in the nation. Carriers collect millions of pounds of food each year.

Rosette Gonzales Their footsteps took them through the streets of Glendale, but their fundraising efforts will reach global heights, said members of local faith congregations as they walked Sunday to stop hunger. Nearly 150 people met at Incarnation Catholic Church at noon for the five-kilometer Crop Walk. With balloons and signs in hand, participants proceeded south on Brand Boulevard to Wilson Avenue, Louise Street, Lomita Avenue and then north on Central Avenue, to finish at North Glendale United Methodist Church.

Gary Moskowitz Evelyn Horigan knows firsthand what it's like to stand in line to receive free food during hard financial times. Horigan's experiences as a 7-year-old whose family was in financial need living in Brighton, Iowa, motivate her to participate every year in Glendale's annual Communities Reaching Out to People Walk. About 240 walkers and 25 volunteers participated Sunday in the Glendale Religious Leaders' 10th annual CROP Walk, an event designed to raise money for organizations that fight world hunger.

Darleene Barrientos Make a difference by taking the time to walk. The Glendale Religious Leaders Assn. is inviting residents to help fight hunger by joining the 10th annual CROP (Communities Reaching Out to People) Walk. Organizers are hoping to draw about 350 walkers and raise $25,000, coordinator Evelyn Horigan said. "We asked [walkers] to ask family and friends to support them and pledge whatever amount they want, any amount they feel comfortable giving," Horigan said.

Robert Chacon More than 200 people are expected to walk in a fight against hunger later this month for the Glendale Religious Leaders Assn.'s 10th annual CROP Walk. The 5K event begins 1 p.m. Feb. 29 at Incarnation Catholic Church, 1001 N. Brand Blvd., and loops through Glendale, ending at North Glendale United Methodist Church. The CROP (Communities Reaching Out to People) Walk has become an interfaith event. This year is the first time that Armenian-American churches and the Church of Scientology will participate, said the retired Rev. Tony Flores of the United Methodist Church.

Darleene Barrientos Rice and water or a three-course dinner? The decision would be easy for most people, but the Glendale Temple Youth Group wants to illustrate at its Hunger Banquet on Saturday that most of the people in the world do not have that choice. "You get to see visually and experience how food is distributed," President Natasha Newman said. "If you're eating the nice meal, you get to see who's not eating the nice meal. If you're not eating the nice meal, you get to see who is."

Tim Willert Vatche Soghomonian had hoped to go the distance, but by day five the Glendale Community College student was overcome by headaches, fatigue and low blood pressure. "When I went to stand up, I felt dizzy," Soghomonian recalled Tuesday, a day after five fellow Armenian Youth Federation members ended their six-day hunger strike. "I was disappointed to leave, but I'd be the first one to sign up to do it again." Soghomonian was among those who camped out in front of the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance, vowing to do without food until museum officials agreed to include a permanent Armenian Genocide exhibit.

Molly Shore While many people in Los Angeles took to the streets over the weekend to protest against war, others walked through Glendale streets to support a war against hunger. Assembling at The Church of Incarnation on Sunday afternoon, more than 200 people from 21 local houses of worship and organizations raised money by participating in the eighth annual Glendale CROP Walk (Communities Reaching Out to People). The walk, covering a distance of 3.1 miles, took about an hour to complete and ended at North Glendale United Methodist Church on Central Avenue.

Ben Godar When you get a dozen or so guys together for 24 hours, somebody better know how to cook. Nobody knows that better than firefighters. Glendale's firefighters are sharing their culinary know-how by posting their best recipes on their Web site. The recipes already on the site run the gamut from hot (Lasagna al "Ferno") to sweet (Italian Ricotta Cheesecake). Fire Captain Niall Foley said there are four rules when cooking for firefighters.