Staff
The public is invited to make pledges to the 50 Fort High students participating in the annual “30-hour famine” event here tomorrow.
“If people come by the school anytime from 5-7 p.m., there will be someone there they can make a pledge to if they’d like to help,” noted organizer Dexter Fichuk.
The event will be take place after school, with students spending the night in the gymnasium and then wrapping up with a big breakfast Saturday morning.
Participants will stop eating at midnight tonight.
“The idea of it is that we won’t eat for 30 hours,” explained Fichuk, noting everyone participating will spend the night together doing different activities to take their minds off their fast.
He noted all participants collect pledges, which helps symbolize those who are starving, lack education, or clean water.
And the funds raised have a “huge impact” by helping those in need.
The “30-hour famine” is a World Vision event and money raised can go to any of its 17 projects (15 of which are global and the other two Canadian).
They include everything from providing water and sanitation in southern Africa to education and nutrition to children in East Africa.
“It gives you a perspective about how life could be so different for someone who might be the same age as you are,” Fichuk reasoned.
Each participate is require to raise at least $25. “But every little bit helps,” he added.
Fichuk’s intent is to make this year’s “30-hour famine” bigger and better than ever.
That’s why he took the initiative to plan some fundraising events in advance, such as the open mic night last month at “From the Grind Up” coffee shop which raised more than $250.
“It was a really great event,” Fichuk enthused.
Fort High students have been trying to incorporate fundraising into more of their annual events this school year.
For more information about the “30-hour famine,” visit www.famine.ca or contact Fichuk at dexterfichuk@ gmail.com
