Hey everyone! I wanted to let you know about an amazing opportunity we have to make a significant impact on the world we live in. The students from Element Student Ministries and other members of Heartland Church are participating in a 30 Hour Famine. During the Famine, our students will actually NOT EAT for 30 hours. YES! You read that right. Teenagers… not eating... for 30 hours. Why? Because nearly 8,000 children under age 5 die every day because of hunger-related causes—that’s one child every 10 seconds. And we are NOT okay with that, we will NOT stand by while children die from lack of food.
In the time leading up to and during our 30 hours of fasting, the students are going to get a crash course in global hunger and come face to face with the realities of poverty and injustice. We will make a global impact by learning about world hunger and raising money for hungry children around the world through World Vision; a local impact through service projects and raising awareness during our 30 hours; and making an individual impact on us when we will all get a small taste of what it is like for starving kids around the world.
The Famine is our chance to make a difference, our chance to make hunger part of our history not our present, and our chance actually do something about hunger. Every dollar we raise has the ability to feed a starving child for a day, which means that every $30 we raise will help feed and care for a child for an entire month. Will you help us make an impact on the world this year?
To make an online donation, visit our team website at http://twv.convio.net/site/TR/30HourFamine/30HourFamine?team_id=11443&pg=team&fr_id=1310.
Thanks for sponsoring us to go without—so others can eat!
Want to know where the money raised through the Famine goes?Visit www.30hourfamine.org/about to learn more about 30 Hour Famine and World Vision’s hunger programs.
