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By Mary Jean Russell
We Did It! Be Seen! Be Heard! Be Hungry! We were!
Thanks to the prayerful and financial support of Dunkerton, we completed our 30 Hour Famine! It wasn’t easy … but we had a fantastic time.
We had 38 students from three Dunkerton area churches, St. John’s Lutheran, United Methodist and First Baptist. There were 15 adults (many who also fasted) to help with driving, lessons, activities, supervision during lock-in and 4-6 more adults to prepare the wonderful Break-Fast!
Best of all, we raised $1,852 which can help feed and care for 5 children for an entire year!
For community service, we collected non-perishable foods which will be distributed from the Dunkerton First Baptist Church Food Pantry. The students also worked at the East Waterloo Food Bank for three hours. That’s a pretty incredible accomplishment on their behalf. Thank you for your contributions!
Wars and natural disasters all over the world dominate the daily headlines but behind the scenes and far from the spotlight, hunger and preventable diseases claim the lives of 29,000 of the world’s children a day.
Right now, more than 850 million people around the world don’t have enough to eat. Annually, more than 10 million children under the age of five die from disease and malnutrition as a result of hunger. But world hunger is 100% preventable and teens from Dunkerton Community were part of the solution.
In February, Dunkerton teens joined the efforts of hundreds of thousands of young people all over the nation who set aside the usual “stuff” that fills their daily lives. Instead, they experienced hunger by going without food for 30 hours to get a taste of what the world’s poorest children and families face everyday. “BE HUNGRY” was the theme for World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine this year.
Students raise funds with the knowledge that every $30 they raise can help feed and care for a child for a month. Groups also were encouraged to perform hands-on service projects during the weekend in order to make a difference in their own community as well.
“The 30 Hour Famine has a lasting impact, not just on the children and families receiving life-changing food and care, but also on participants who view their own potential to affect change very differently afterward,” said Debbie Diederich, national director of the World Vision 30 Hour Famine.
Funds raised by 30 Hour Famine participants help feed and care for children in poverty-afflicted countries around the globe. 30 Hour Famine funds contribute to World Vision’s response in areas where famine, conflict, and other crises make children vulnerable to hunger and preventable disease. Since 1992, 30 Hour Famine has raised more than $100 million, representing countless saved lives. World Vision works in 100 countries, helping approximately 100 million people every year.
Visit www.30hourfamine.org or call 800-7-FAMINE for more information. |
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