Just over a week ago, we completed our annual 30 Hour Famine. It was a tremendous success! The only drawback was the weather. Thunderstorms blew in preventing us from sleeping outside in a homeless simulation. Bummer. But other than that, things went great! Our students did a fantastic job of not complaining of hunger or anything else - much better than I would have done at their age. They served hard cleaning up trash in Cairo, IL, an area that has been hard hit with poverty, crime, and white-flight. And to top it all off, they brought in over $7,000.00 to feed and care for starving children in developing countries (this year's funds were directed to primarily Malawi, North Korea, Sudan [Darfur region], Kenya, and Swaziland). That would normally care for 19 children, but thanks to a matching grant by the U.S. government, that money was quadrupled, which meant that our students helped save the lives of 76 children! I have read in many places that this generation of students is looking for opportunities to change the world - these students are doing just that!
Click here to see pictures from the event.
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