Youth raise $3,100 for famine relief
Rob Wheary/Staff Photo Members of Calvary Bible Fellowship Church youth group raised more than $3,100 through their recent participation in World Visions 30-hour Famine.
SHAMOKIN - The youth group of Calvary Bible Fellowship Church, Second and Spruce streets, participated in World Visions 30-hour Famine.
The funds raised through the famine will help fund and care for children around the world, with a position supporting World Vision's efforts to assist families in need in the United States.
The youth group raised more than $3,100 for world unison. As part of the 30-hour famine, one teenager went door-to-door to collect canned goods for the local food pantry Manna For the Many. The group collected a total of 445 canned goods.
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. World Vision provides hope and assistance to approximately 100 million people in nearly 100 countries. In communities around the world, groups join with local people to find lasting ways to improve the lives of poor children and families.
Motivated by faith in Jesus Christ, they serve alongside the poor and oppressed.
World Vision serves all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender.
Funds raised through the World Visions 30-hour Famine program will help feed and care for children around the world, with a portion supporting World Vision's efforts to assist families in need in the United States.
To learn more about how funds are being used, visit 30hourfamine.org.
Here are four important numbers related to hunger statistics:
More than 25,000: That's how many kids under age 5 die every day, most from preventable causes like hunger, poverty, disease or all three. That's around 9.7 million children each year.
More than 13,000: That's how many of those 26,000 kids (more than half) die from hunger-related causes. That's one children every seven seconds.
One billion: That's how many people don't get enough to eat. That's one of every seven people on the planet.
143 million: That's how many kids under age 5 in the developing world are underweight because of poor nutrition. That's about one in three children in developing countries.
The Calvary youth group would like to thank citizens and the following businesses for donating canned goods:
Heitzman's Radiator and Glass, Ron Lahr Contracting, Olvany Insurance Agnecy, Marrone's Cafe, Miller's Family Practice, Vandine's Insurance Shoppe, Manney Chiropractic Clinic, Shuey Jewelers, OIP Elysburg, OIP Shamokin, Weis Markets, Scot's Lo-Cost and D&R Enterprises.
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