Parents

30 Hour Famine is a national teen movement to end world hunger, and we’re all about that!  On May 7-8, we will be participating in a different kind of 30 Hour Famine.  Our fast (eating no food, only drinking water and/or juice) will start individually that Friday at 6am (yes, that means fasting through school) and end at 12 noon on Saturday.

We’re going to do this together with students at Wildwood Church of God in Ashland, KY.  We will leave Eastland at 5pm on Friday and return at 3:30 on Saturday after our Break-the-Fast meal.

The cost is $15 which includes an awesome t-shirt, food/water, games, and building materials.  “What? Building materials?”  That’s right.  We will actually be sleeping overnight in “houses” we build out of cardboard, much like people in poverty do all over the world.

You need to turn in your registration and $15 by April 28th to get the t-shirt.  Registrations can be found in the youth room or here-  30 Hour Registration and Consent.  You can also download our information sheet here- 30 Hour Famine Info Sheet.

So, get ready to “starve” so that someone else can eat!

You have probably been getting emails about this, but here it is again!  On Saturday, April 17th, Nancy Hall, our Children’s Pastor, is helping us host the annual Trivia Night as a fundraiser for students!  Thanks, Nancy!  Trivia Night is always a blast.  Teams of 8-10 decorate their table, dress up according to the theme, and try to answer questions together.  The doors open at 6pm for table decorating, and the event starts at 7pm. The theme this year is “I LOVE ____!” There is always a prize for best table decorations.

There are several ways for your student to get in on the fund-raising action:
1) Help Nancy with Questions- Nancy will take about 10 students to help find good ones.
2) Help run the Trivia Night- don’t participate in the Trivia and help! She will need 6 students.
3) Ask people to form a team to sponsor you- You get half of the registration money for each table who participates on your behalf.
4) Gather door prizes- The more donated items (big or small) we have, the better turn-out we will get.

Students who are helping that night need to be there at 4:30pm to help set up tables and get ready for the night.  Be prepared to stay to about 9:30pm to help clean-up afterward.

If you want to help in any way, please contact Nancy (nancy@eastland.org) and get the word out to people that they need to participate and sponsor you at their table!!!