‘30-Hour Famine’ underway

At midnight last night, a group of students at Fort Frances High School began the feat of going without food for 30 hours as they participate in the annual “30-Hour Famine.”
The event, which has been held at the high school in past years, raises money through sponsors and donors to help the starving and hurting children in some of the world’s poorest countries.
Fort High teacher John Dutton, the chaperone for the local “30-Hour Famine,” said he was pleased to see a lot of interest in the event by the students.
“About 80 kids picked up forms,” he noted yesterday, adding he was expecting 40-50 students to participate.
Even better is that Dutton indicated many of the students had collected a solid amount of pledges, with one reaching $400 and several others around $100.
“There’s quite an array of students,” he remarked. “And the level of participation has been great.”
Dutton’s daughter, Rachel, is the organizer of this year’s event, which will feature many activities as the students camp out in the large gym overnight tonight.
“They’ll put up tents to sleep in and Global Gaming has lent us some equipment,” John Dutton noted.
There also will be movies and other fun activities.
One side of the gym will be kept dark, though, for those who want to sleep.
The students are allowed to have water and juice to drink. They also are able to have one bowl of broth soup, which they will have in place of dinner tonight.
Once the 30 hours are completed (at 6 a.m. tomorrow), the students will be treated to breakfast before heading home.
All money raised is given to World Vision to help fight hunger.