BUFFALO, New York—Twelve young people and two adults from the Buffalo area went without food for 30 hours Feb. 23 and 24 to help fight hunger and poverty around the world. They joined thousands of others across the United States and around the world in World Vision’s annual 30-hour famine.
Each day 32,000 children die from hunger and hunger-related illnesses. The participants in the 30-hour famine experience hunger and raise lifesaving funds for suffering children and families throughout the world.
Buffalo participants raised more than $300 by asking sponsors for pledges and with a moving party fund-raiser. Through videos, games, Bible studies and community service projects, teens learned about hunger and what they can do to help others.
As part of the famine, teens and other members of the Buffalo South congregation served at the Union Presbyterian church soup kitchen in Blasdell, New York. After cooking and serving a meal of sloppy joes, salad, vegetables and more, Andrea Ferguson provided dinner music with classical pieces performed on the viola. After dinner, the Buffalo South Teen Praise Band, with Matthew Knaack, Garret Hussak and Christina Holdsworth, provided worship music for guests.
The group ended the famine with a meal of soup, tacos and sloppy joes. Teens prayed and served each other in humility as the 30 hours finished.
To contact World Vision, call 1-800-7-FAMINE or visit their web site at www.30hourfamine.org
You can also e-mail the Buffalo teen group at mjkoenig@juno.com Martin J. Koenig.
BUFFALO TEENS—From bottom left:
Martin Koenig, Derek Ferguson, Matthew Knaack.
Standing, from left: Sarah Page, Kim Thompson,
Sarah Knaack, Andrea Ferguson, Christina Holdsworth,
Garret Hussak, Beth Koenig, Diane Solberg,
Carl Holt and Scott McSparron.
SERVICE—Buffalo teens serve at
Union Presbyterian soup kitchen.
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