Lynchburg Students Emphasize Hungry and Homeless

Many Virginians are gearing up for the Thanksgiving holiday, buoyed by visions of tables full of food and warm homes filled with families and friends. To bring awareness to the fact that many citizens across America won’t enjoy those same pleasures, some Lynchburg College students plan to sleep outside and partake in fasting. This effort is to put an emphasis on the nation’s homeless and hungry.

Your participation in portions of this this event could make a positive difference for someone who won’t have a full table or a warm home filled with friends and family. Plus, you might help some needy student win a $100 Visa Gift Card. Look for the events throughout this week where you can become involved as a student or as a non-student. The least anyone can do is to enjoy the choral union’s benefit for the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank (already posted on this calendar).

1. Sunday, Nov. 8: Day of Fasting
2. Monday, Nov. 9: Hunger Banquet at 5:30 p.m. in the Burton East Room. Students will draw lots to determine whether they receive crackers and water for dinner or a sumptuous meal.
3. Tuesday, Nov. 10: Wasted Food Weigh-In. SERVE will collect all uneaten food to make students more conscious about how much food they waste during lunch and dinner.
4. Wednesday, Nov. 11: Panel for Perspectives on Hunger and Homelessness, 7 to 9 p.m., Hopwood Auditorium
5. Thursday, Nov. 12: Census Information: education about the importance of participating in the U.S. Census.
6. Friday, Nov. 13: Students will put together backpacks of school supplies, canned goods and clothing for underprivileged youth
7. Saturday Nov. 14: Student will package 20,000 meals to feed the hungry overseas. Live music by Paul Brunett, sponsored by SERVE and OSA.
8. Saturday Nov. 14: Lynchburg College Choral Union Concert to benefit the Lynchburg Area Food Bank, 7:30 p.m., Snidow Chapel. Admission will be by a donation of cash or non-perishable food items for the food bank.