30-Hour Famine

On April 18 and 19, 2011, the HSC Senior School participated in the World Vision 30-Hour Famine. Participants collected donations and went 30 hours without any food. The 30-Hour Famine is a meaningful challenge in which these students choice to take action will create change! The students broke their fast at lunch on Tuesday, April 19 with a satisfying meal and ice cream sundaes.

The 30-Hour Famine supports food and nutrition projects, education, clean water, and child protection through World Vision Canada, thus creating palpable hope and freedom from poverty in the lives of millions.

Though it was not easy and was a challenge for many of the students, they came away empowered and inspired!

The World Vision 30-Hour Famine began in a basement in Calgary on February 1971. The organizer, Ruth Roberts and 14 of her friends created it as a “starve-in”. Through their initiative they raised $600 for World Vision and victims of famine. By the 1980s, it became an international fundraiser and today has developed into the world’s biggest youth fundraiser. The 30-Hour Famine is now held in 15 countries including Australia, Brazil, Chile, Thailand, Singapore, Britain, and the United States. Today, 1.5 million youth participate in this event.