The third Schoharie County Aggie Scott Memorial CROP Walk started and ended at Zion Lutheran Church in Cobleskill on Sunday.
Scores of people walked in the annual fundraiser.
A total of 69 CROP Walkers turned in almost $8,200, up from the $6,884 collected on CROP Walk Sunday last year, when 93 people walked.
Twenty-five percent of the money will go to food pantries at Cobleskill United Methodist Church and Catholic Charities of Schoharie County. The other 75 percent will help fight hunger in the United States and abroad, especially in third-world countries.
This year the church raising the largest amount of money, and thus taking home the Golden Sneaker, was Cobleskill United Methodist Church. The Silver Sneaker went to Zion Lutheran Church of Cobleskill for raising the second-largest amount. St. Christopher's Episcopal Church took home a certificate for raising the third largest number of dollars.
The Mass Transit Award for being the largest group went to Cobleskill United Methodist Church.
St. Christopher's Episcopal Church earned the Happy Feet Award for having the second-largest number of walkers.
For the first time ever, there was three-way tie for third place in the number-of-walkers category.
So certificates of recognition thus went to Barnerville United Methodist Church, Helderberg Lutheran Church in Berne, and Esperance-Sloansville United Methodist Church.
Margaret Karker of Cobleskill UMC earned a certificate for being the most productive CROP Walk 2014 recruiter.
Like last year, Lee Empie of Lawyersville Reformed Church earned the certificate for turning in the largest amount of money.
John Jarvis of Zion repeated as the walker turning in the second largest amount.
Kathy Jones of Esperance-Sloansville UMC turned in the third-largest number of dollars.
For purposes of determining monetary awards, a church must have at least two walkers to be considered a church.
Kelly Terk Alexander of Florida received a certificate for being the walker who came the farthest to participate.
Lee Empie also received a certificate for being the event's most senior walker.
As far as the local CROP Walk planning committee can tell, Harvey Eaves of St. Christopher's is the only person to walk the course twice this year. "I remember when the route was five miles, not 2.5," Mr. Eaves said after he returned to Zion.
"The people of Schoharie County really supported us this year," said Tracy Smith of the local planning committee.
Treasurer Kathy Bye agreed. "We had fewer walkers this year, but they brought in about $1,400 more than they did in 2013."
Members of the local planning committee were very pleased with the outcome of the fundraiser, which to them was a "big success" despite cool, damp, windy weather.
Since some donations to the local CROP Walk always come in late, anyone who wants to make a late donation to the Schoharie County Aggie Scott Memorial CROP Walk can do so by mailing a check made out to CWS/CROP to John Jarvis at PO Box 495 in Cobleskill, NY 12043.