Students will fast, sleep overnight in makeshift cardboard boxes at Look up Lodge, and do service projects in the community to raise money for World Vision hunger relief.
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30 Hour Famine 2010 Follow-Up
We Did It!!! We Were Hungry
Thanks to the prayerful and financial support of our congregation, we completed our 30 Hour Famine! It wasn’t easy…but we had a fantastic time. Our weekend consisted of five main service projects.
First, we volunteered for the Miracle Hill Boy’s Shelter, where our students played basketball and football with boys from the shelter for more than 3 hours. We spent the night at Lookup Lodge in cardboard boxes, where we had a great candlelight memorial for the 25,000 children under the age of 5 who die every day worldwide because of hunger. It was a very moving time for all of us.
We were supposed to volunteer at Paris Mountain State Park first thing Saturday morning, but the event was rained out. Instead we spent a few hours doing various team building activities which became more and more trying as the student’s hunger increased. From there, we did a bridge project at the Greer Miracle Hill Thrift Store where we sorted through clothes, books, and toys and put them on the shelves.
We then did some hard manual labor in the pouring rain at a single mom’s house from our church, cutting grass and clearing scrub trees from her property. From there, we also worked in the rain at Ruby Beck’s home, a woman we have helped in every year’s famine project so far; trimming grass, mulching her flower beds, planting flowers, scrubbing her bathroom, and washing her windows. At her request we erected a cross last year on her porch to remind her of Jesus’ suffering every time she feels physical pain. It is still standing.
We met under an elementary school overhang and discussed what it felt like to be wet, cold and hungry. This may have been the moment where many of them really began to understand what people right here in the Blue Ridge region are feeling every day.
Finally, we returned to eat our warrior break-fast meal together. As a final twist, RidgeStudents were given shopping bags rather than plates to eat a “manwich” meal provided by Gerri Jefferson. We had seen many people do this at the Soup Kitchen when we served there in Greer previous years. This is an experience they will not forget. Thank you for your support!
We raised $770.00 in funds which will go directly to Haiti to care for 1 child for over 2 entire years! Because of RidgeStudents, their life will be forever changed. That’s a pretty incredible accomplishment on these student’s behalf.
If would like to make an additional donation, please mail a check to
Ridgeview Church
PO Box 1077
Taylors, SC 29687
Memo: 30HrFamine
or donate securely online at http://www.give.ridgeviewchurch.net/ and designate your donation for 30HrFamine Thank you again for your support!
For more information about World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine, call 1-800-7FAMINE (1-800-732-6463), or visit www.30hourfamine.org.
30 Hour Famine: April 23 - 24
World Vision's 30 Hour Famine is a worldwide movement of students who are serious about serving God and fighting hunger - all on an empty stomach. For 30 hours, participants get a taste of hunger by not eating- something more that a billion people around the world experience every day. And by doing fundraising activities, community service projects, and learning more about the facts of world hunger, students are changed in amazing ways as they help others and save lives. http://www.30hourfamine.org/
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Schedule for 30 Hour Famine 2010
Friday April 23rd
12:00 Eat a good lunch at school / work
5:00 Meet at Blue Ridge High School with a sleepingbag, a pillow, and enough cardboard to build your own shelter
5:30 - 8:00 bridge project #1 Miracle Hill Boys Shelter
9:00 stay outdoors at Lookup Lodge in cardboard boxes
10:00 Lesson time #1
12:00 lights out
Saturday April 24th
7:00 Get Up
7:30 Lesson time #2
8:30 – 11:30 bridge project #2 help set-up at Paris Mountain Friends Day
12:00 – 2:30 bridge project #3 Miracle Hill Thrift Store
3:00 – 4:00 bridge project #4 clean up home and yard of a handicap woman in Greer, SC.
4:00 - 5:00 bridge project #5 clean up trash from vacant lot in Blue Ridge, SC
5:30 Lesson time #3
6:00 EAT at the Jefferson’s home!
If would be willing to make a donation, please mail a check to
Ridgeview Church
PO Box 1077
Taylors, SC 29687
Memo: 30HrFamine
or donate securely online
at http://www.give.ridgeviewchurch.net/ and designate your donation for 30HrFamine
Thank you in advance for your support!
Busy Weekend for RidgeStudents
This weekend will be full of activity. Please be sure to be involved!
First, the 30 hour famine begins at 12:00 noon (or during your lunch period) on Friday April 24. The purpose of this project is to go 30 hours without food, and get sponsors to pay a dollar per hour you you fast. Every $30 raised can feed a child for a month. We have supported 4 children over the last year, and feel it is our responsibility to do so again in 2009. The famine will be completed by 6:00 pm Saturday April 25. During this time we will have completed 5 different bridge projects in our community. If you are a parent, and would like to sponsor a student, or make a donation to the cause, please make a check out to Ridgeview Church, and write "30 hour famine" on the memo. Also, you can give securely online at www.give.ridgeviewchurch.net by selecting "Make a Designated Donation" and designate your gift for "30 Hour Famine"
Second, as a reward for everone involved in the famine, and as a fun opportunity for everyone else, RidgeStudents will be playing paintball at lookup lodge. Join us Sunday April 26 from 2-4pm. Adults are encouraged to participate! You will need to fill out a participation waiver, signed by your parent before you can play. Finally, RidgeStudents will be meeting at 5 pm at the King's home. Plan to be involved in an all-time grade school favorite: dodgeball!
Here We Go!
email milo@ridgeviewchurch.net with any questions.
30 Hour Famine 09
The 30 hour Famine is almost upon us! Parents and students should look at www.30hourfamine.org to see what this type of weekend is all about. Be sure to set aside the entire time for your famine experience. Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Hungry. RidgeStudents will be taking on the challenge April 24-25. Please check with milo@ridgeviewchurch.net for more information.
30 Hour Famine 4/25-26/08
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Thanks to the prayerful and financial support of our congregation, we completed our 30 Hour Famine! It wasn’t easy…but we had a fantastic time.
Best of all, we raised $765.25, which can help feed and care for 2 children for an entire year! If you look on the Student table in the lobby, you will find the pictures of Elvin Eduardo and Jessy Maria. Because of RidgeStudents, their lives will be forever changed. That’s a pretty incredible accomplishment on these student’s behalf. Thank you for your contributions!
Our weekend consisted of four main service projects. First, we volunteered for the Thrive Festival where Sanctus Real performed, and Jose Zayas cast a vision for a joint effort of churches all over the upstate to evoke change in our city through community service and random acts of kindness. After spending the night at Lookup Lodge in cardboard boxes we served a meal at Greer Soup Kitchen, just as students were reaching 24hrs without food themselves. We worked at Ruby Beck’s home for 2 hours, cleaning it from top to bottom, trimming grass, planting flowers, and repairing her broken down wheelchair ramp. We went to the Miracle Hill Boys Shelter and cleaned their activity buses inside and out, and played a few games of basketball with them before returning home finally to eat our break-fast meal together.
As a final twist, the students were given shopping bags rather than plates to eat a spaghetti meal provided by the King Growth Group. We had seen many people do this at the Soup Kitchen earlier in the day. This may have been the moment where many of them really began to understand what people right here in the North Greenville region are feeling every day. Thank you for your support!
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