Bakersfield students to ‘Be Hungry’ for children worldwide

[The Straight Story]

Bakersfield students to ‘Be Hungry’ for children worldwide

Daily headlines are dominated by stories of wars and natural disasters. However, hidden from the public eye, hunger, starvation, and malnutrition seize the lives of over 20 million people around the world. In fact, each day, close to 29,000 children die. If you think about it, that’s 1,208 children per hour. Students at Neighborhood Bible Church, 4101 Patton Way, are learning that they can help champion change and truly make a difference.

This Sept. 27, they will be fasting for 30 hours, with the exception of juice and water, in order to raise money to fight hunger and poverty around the world. They will be working hand in hand with World Vision, a nonprofit Christian humanitarian organization. Through a series of fundraisers, they will raise money to battle hunger-related illnesses in poverty-afflicted countries overseas and do a number of projects to combat poverty in our own community.

Students at Neighborhood Bible Church are ecstatic to be working with World Vision, especially after learning how funds are used in places like Darfur, Swaziland, Kenya, and Malawi. Not only does World Vision feed hungry families, but they use a method called “transformational development” to help make healthcare, sustainable food supplies, clean water, and education more accessible to families within a community.

This September, students of Neighborhood Bible Church are inviting our community to help make a difference. A major way you can pitch in is by supporting fundraisers hosted by the youth at NBC. Youth members will be selling links to a 29,000-link chain for 25 cents. You can buy links before or after any church service, or on Sept. 27. Once the chain is complete, our community will have raised enough money to feed 7,250 children three meals each. Also, on a more local level, you can bring any non-perishable food item or clothing to NBC on the actual date of the famine, Sept. 27. All clothing and food collected will go directly to our local Bakersfield Homeless Shelter. In addition to buying links or participating in our food and clothing drive, you can buy raffle tickets for $1 and try your luck at winning some great baskets or prizes.

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