What In Tarnation?!?!? In the Classroom

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I will future post this just in case I miss Friday. It bears repeating. To be replacd with a newer post later.

It that time of year again boys and girls, the comment challenge to make me give money to World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine. First some facts about famine issues in the world:

• The need is great. World hunger is 100% preventable. And yet every day 29,000 children die from hunger and hunger-related diseases. We must choose to stand up for hungry children everywhere and show them compassion, faith and desire for change.
• The problem is large. The number of children dying every day is so great. But if we each choose to make a difference in the life of just one child, that could make the difference between life and death. The my church are going without food for 30 hours to experience hunger and to raise money to help prevent the problem.
• Every three seconds a child dies because he or she is malnourished or susceptible to disease.
• As many as 1 in 5 children die before reaching their fifth birthday.
• Every $30 raised, you feed and care for a hungry child for 30 days. $360 will feed and care for a child for an entire year.

Starting at the time that this post appears (11:30 CST, February 20) I will begin my 30 hours of famine. Since I will be away at an educational conference I am not doing my famine at the same time that the youth group is, they will be doing theirs Feb. 22-23. Myself and the youth group are seeking pledges from people for each hour we go without food. A $1 pledge will make a total of $30 which will feed a hungry child for 30 days or about one month.

One way you can help is prayer. Prayer for those suffering from hunger and starvation. Pray for those participating in the famine and those contributing to the famine.

You can make a financial contribution through the below PayPal link.

If you make a donation and you would like a charitable receipt, e-mail me and I will get that out in the mail to you. All funds given through this PayPal link will go to the Famine. I will also link to the websites of any contributers.But there is another way you can contribute. BONUS: It won’t cost you a thing but a couple of seconds.Make a comment on the first post and I will donate $1 (that will feed a child for one day). This will work on only on your first comment. Any comments after the first comment is just for grins. If you reply to a comment I will throw in an additional two quarters! That is good one time. That is all you have to do! Wanna go an extra step? Make a post about this on your own blog, MySpace, Xanga, or whatever and link to here. Encourage your readers to make a comment as well. The comments will remain open for at least the thirty hours that I am doing the famine but no promises after that until further notice.

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Another BONUS: To anyone who downloads and listens to my class’s podcast and leaves a thoughtful comment or remark about the podcast to my class will get an additional $2.00.

Also, keep your eye on Avoiding Evil. Pressed originated this fun idea and I am betting he will be doing something similar.

Tell your friends!

Class dismissed!

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