30-hour famine to raise money

Author: Belfer, Ilana

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Abstract: Participants in the World Vision 30 Hour Famine are expected to collect donations prior to the event
and then spend most of their Saturday at Place Concorde where they can take part in games, activities, and
education sessions - all while consuming only water and juice.
Full text: A group of Windsor young people will go up to 30 hours without food on April 28 to raise money for
impoverished children around the world.
Participants in the World Vision 30 Hour Famine are expected to collect donations prior to the event and then
spend most of their Saturday at Place Concorde where they can take part in games, activities, and education
sessions - all while consuming only water and juice.
The idea is that, for a short period of time, participants get to experience what it's like to "live the life" of an
underprivileged child while raising awareness about global issues.
The money raised goes to World Vision Canada, Canada's largest private relief and development agency, to
fund programs that target poverty and help children and communities in need.
"I've seen poverty right in front of my eyes and it really bothers me that there are children out there who don't
have the same privileges we do," said participant Shaily Brahmbhatt, 15, who has lived in Kenya and India.
World Vision says it is expecting 60,000 Canadian young people to participate.
Credit: Ilana Belfer; The Windsor Star
Subject: Fund raising; Young adults;
Company / organization: Name: World Vision Canada; NAICS: 813311;
Publication title: The Windsor Star
First page: A.5
Publication year: 2012
Publication date: Apr 13, 2012
Year: 2012
Section: News
Publisher: Infomart, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
Place of publication: Windsor, Ont.
Country of publication: Canada
Publication subject: Business And Economics--Banking And Finance
Source type: Newspapers
Language of publication: English
Document type: News
ProQuest document ID: 1000394256
Document URL:
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Last updated: 2012-04-16
Database: Canadian Newsstand Major Dailies

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