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