Fast-a-Thon
An event from CAIR-UIUC, a University of Illinois Student Organization :
What are you doing to help out those less fortunate? Want to put yourself in their shoes for a day? We invite your organization to an opportunity to do so.
On September 10th, join CAIR-UIUC and cosponsors in an interfaith fast to raise awareness for those less fortunate, both locally and in our global community.
The suggested fast is to refrain from food and water from sunup to sundown. Dinner is provided, free of charge, but it is recommended guests bring a $5 donation to support the local Eastern Illinois Foodbank.
The event is 6:00-8:30 p.m. at the Wesley Foundation on 1203 W. Green Street, Urbana (the corner of Green&Goodwin). This year's keynote speaker is Dr. Sabeel Ahmed of GainPeace.
The greatest support you can give us is spreading the word via email to your organizations and forwarding this to any listservs or bulletin boards you may be a part of. This help will be greatly appreciated. Also if you would like a member of a particular religious community to give a short talk on their perspectives on fasting at the event, please let us know.
CAIR-UIUC
What are you doing to help out those less fortunate? Want to put yourself in their shoes for a day? We invite your organization to an opportunity to do so.
On September 10th, join CAIR-UIUC and cosponsors in an interfaith fast to raise awareness for those less fortunate, both locally and in our global community.
The suggested fast is to refrain from food and water from sunup to sundown. Dinner is provided, free of charge, but it is recommended guests bring a $5 donation to support the local Eastern Illinois Foodbank.
The event is 6:00-8:30 p.m. at the Wesley Foundation on 1203 W. Green Street, Urbana (the corner of Green&Goodwin). This year's keynote speaker is Dr. Sabeel Ahmed of GainPeace.
The greatest support you can give us is spreading the word via email to your organizations and forwarding this to any listservs or bulletin boards you may be a part of. This help will be greatly appreciated. Also if you would like a member of a particular religious community to give a short talk on their perspectives on fasting at the event, please let us know.
CAIR-UIUC
Hunger Action Month
You see those numbers? 1 in 8 Americans are struggling with hunger. That's why every year in September, all the foodbanks that are members of Feeding America participate in a massive, coordinated national effort to raise awareness of hunger and inspire our communities to take action against it.Click on the image above to find out more. You can improve someone's life today!
Snapshot of Hunger
September is national Hunger Action Month, and Feeding Illinois has created a campaign to help us better understand why so many Illinois families struggle with hunger.
Imagine a family of four with a working parent and another parent who was recently laid off yet receives unemployment. This family brings home (after taxes) approximately $1,696 per month. After paying the bills, this family has approximately $110 left to purchase all food and household necessities for an entire week--that's $28/person per week or $4/person per day.
But sometimes even our words cannot fully express what people in our communities must suffer through. Sometimes seeing is believing. That's why we're asking YOU to participate in the Feeding Illinois Snapshot of Hunger challenge.
Here's how you can participate:
It's not much. It'll probably last a few days, tops, and I usually don't eat breakfast. Plus, it's not exactly a balanced diet, and it doesn't include any household necessities like soap, detergent, etc.
It is no myth that families in our area simply can't afford even the most basic of human necessities. This month, we at the Eastern Illinois Foodbank call you to action. We are calling on you to participate by taking a photo and sharing it. We believe that by seeing for yourself, you will gain a better idea of what many folks in our area are going through in these trying times.
Imagine a family of four with a working parent and another parent who was recently laid off yet receives unemployment. This family brings home (after taxes) approximately $1,696 per month. After paying the bills, this family has approximately $110 left to purchase all food and household necessities for an entire week--that's $28/person per week or $4/person per day.
But sometimes even our words cannot fully express what people in our communities must suffer through. Sometimes seeing is believing. That's why we're asking YOU to participate in the Feeding Illinois Snapshot of Hunger challenge.
Here's how you can participate:
- Fill a cart with $28 worth of grocery items during the week of Sept. 14-20.
- Take a photo of your cart. Feel free to get creative!
- Share your photo with Feeding Illinois. You can share your photo by emailing it to snapshot@feedingillinois.org. When emailing, please include your First Name, City in the subject section.
- For other ways to help like making a donation or volunteering, please visit Feeding Illinois.
It's not much. It'll probably last a few days, tops, and I usually don't eat breakfast. Plus, it's not exactly a balanced diet, and it doesn't include any household necessities like soap, detergent, etc.It is no myth that families in our area simply can't afford even the most basic of human necessities. This month, we at the Eastern Illinois Foodbank call you to action. We are calling on you to participate by taking a photo and sharing it. We believe that by seeing for yourself, you will gain a better idea of what many folks in our area are going through in these trying times.
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