MCCC Students Raise $2,826 to Combat Hunger During 30-Hour Famine

For 30 hours in early March, a group of Montgomery County Community College students went without food or drink in order to experience what true hunger is like.

The 30-Hour Famine was developed by World Vision to help combat hunger and poverty in the Horn of Africa. According to the organization’s website, www.30hourfamine.org, every $30 raised can help feed a hungry child for a month.

MCCC’s first-ever 30-Hour Famine was organized ACE Community Service Club President Alysa Murray, Pottstown, and Thrive Christian Club President Kayla Sheely, Lansdale.

The students raised a total of $2,826.31 through individual donations from family and friends, as well as through group fundraisers.

For one of those fundraisers, the students created a paper chain with 925 links to represent the 925-million people worldwide who go to bed hungry each night. The links were then sold to members of the College community for donations of $1 or more throughout the week prior to the event.

Participants spent the night of Friday, March 2 at Central Campus in Blue Bell.  Then, on Saturday morning, the students split into two groups to perform service work in the community.

They officially broke their fast at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 3.

“I don’t know if food ever tasted so good before,” said event co-coordinator Kayla Sheely.