Pullman and Moscow community members will lace-up and walk to support the fight against hunger on Sunday at 1 p.m. in Pullman.

The 29th annual CROP Hunger Walk will raise money through donations and pledges obtained by the walk’s participants. The six-mile venture will begin on Bishop Boulevard.

Members of WSU, church organizations and local businesses, such as Dissmore’s IGA and Evergreen Tires, are some of the groups that will participate.

The event, coordinated by Church World Service (CWS), is non-profit and is not directly associated with any religious belief system.

“CWS doesn’t push any religion,” said Nathan Weller, member of the Pullman City Council and chair of the Poverty Awareness Taskforce. “This is an interfaith group working in conjunction with other humanitarian organizations. Their focus here is to be a united joint effort to oppose poverty on the Palouse.”

However, the walk is not just to support the local fight against hunger; it’s global, too.

A third of the funds raised at the walk will go to local families, the Moscow Food Bank and Pullman Child Welfare. The rest of the funds will be dispersed to other humanitarian efforts around the world.

“We’re happy about it not only being regional,” Weller said. “With SNAP under attack by the Senate, there is quite a bit of need everywhere.”

The walk will start at the Chipman Trailhead in the parking lot of Quality Inn and continue for three miles through downtown Pullman. There will be a stop at Terre View, and then the group will return.