Waco Baptist Church

Attn: Students!!!
2010 Winter Jam
6th-12th Grades
Birmingham, AL
March 14th
Leaving the church @ 2:30pm, returning @ 1:00am
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Check out the latest adventures of our Youth group. Photos from the Daytona trip are HERE and the Rome Braves game are HERE.

World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine

WBC Students “WILL STARVE FOR FOOD” for children worldwide

Wars and natural disasters all over the world dominate the daily headlines but behind the scenes and far from the spotlight, hunger and preventable diseases claim the lives of 26,000 of the world’s children a day.

Right now, more than 840 million people around the world don’t have enough to eat. Annually, more than 9 million children under the age of five die from disease and malnutrition as a result of hunger. But world hunger is 100% preventable and teens from Waco Baptist Church are ready to be a part of the solution.

This April, they will be joining the efforts of hundreds of thousands of young people all over the nation who will set aside the usual “stuff” that fills their daily lives. Instead, they “WILL STARVE FOR FOOD” – the theme for World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine this year — by going without food for 30 hours to get a taste of what the world’s poorest children and families face everyday. Prior to the event weekend, students raise funds with the knowledge that every $30 they raise can help feed and care for a child for a month. Groups also are encouraged to perform hands-on service projects during the weekend in order to make a difference in their own community as well.

As part of the Famine, local participants will be involved in community service projects as well as feeding the homeless.

Funds raised by 30 Hour Famine participants help feed and care for children in poverty-afflicted countries around the globe. Additionally, a portion of funds raised support World Vision’s efforts to assist families in need in the United States. 30 Hour Famine funds contribute to World Vision’s response in areas where famine, conflict, and other crises make children vulnerable to hunger and preventable disease. Since 1992, 30 Hour Famine has raised more than $118 million, representing countless saved lives. World Vision works in 100 countries, helping approximately 100 million people every year.

Visit www.30hourfamine.org or call 800-7-FAMINE for more information.