Youth from through­out Bald­win County, Alabama par­tic­i­pated in a 30 hour fast over this past week­end. The event raised money for World Vision, and the youths also helped out at the county soup kitchen.

From the Press Reg­is­ter, reporter Andrew Dun­ning tells us what moved the youth to starve.

“This is the first time youths from St. Andrew by the Sea Com­mu­nity Church in Gulf Shores, Prov­i­dence United Methodist Church in Span­ish Fort and Christ Pres­by­ter­ian Church in Daphne have teamed up to par­tic­i­pate in the 30-hour Famine,” said Sharla Berry, direc­tor of Youth Min­istries at Christ Pres­by­ter­ian Church.

Berry said that the kids started the 30-hour fast at 6 p.m. Fri­day when youths gath­ered to hold a can­dle­light ser­vice. The par­tic­i­pants lit 600 can­dles — one for each child who died from hunger in that hour.

The par­tic­i­pants got only water or other liq­uids for hydra­tion dur­ing the 30 hours.

“I’m par­tic­i­pat­ing in the 30-hour Famine to help raise aware­ness about world hunger, espe­cially in Third World coun­tries,” said Jim Hol­lis, 16, of St. Andrew by the Sea Com­mu­nity Church.

“We try and raise money by ask­ing peo­ple for dona­tions,” Hol­lis said. “We tell them that $360 allows World Vision the oppor­tu­nity to feed a child for one year.”

Most of the youths are tak­ing part in the famine to raise aware­ness of world hunger, but some par­tic­i­pants, like 14-year-old Har­ri­son York of Christ Pres­by­ter­ian Church, have gone above and beyond to make a dif­fer­ence in a child’s life.

York said this was his sec­ond time to par­tic­i­pate in the 30-hour Famine event and he also spon­sors a child through World Vision for $32 a month, which makes sure a child gets the food and nutri­tion he or she needs to survive.

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