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I'm actually helping to plan one at my school right now.
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My friends and I were planning one but our principal said it promoted unhealthy body image so we can't do it. we had a lot of interest too.
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So for those 30 hours you only eat rice and water?
... How is that then a famine and not just eating less?
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It was at my school once and i really liked it! most of my friends cheated but like its a good cause and it was an interesting experience! although i do agree, they could spruce it up a bit and make it a lil more interesting so it will draw more people into participating!!!
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my school has done the 30 hr famine for a few years now and its always alot of fun... we sleep over at the school and play games and table tennis all night... its a blast
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D.Dickin wrote:So for those 30 hours you only eat rice and water?
... How is that then a famine and not just eating less? No rice. You only get rice if you faint or get sick. As much water as you want.
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niice...the 30hr famine is awesome! I've done it for three years with a group at my school...i definitely recommend if you know the reasons behind doing it...
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MDoucett wrote:D.Dickin wrote:So for those 30 hours you only eat rice and water?
... How is that then a famine and not just eating less? No rice. You only get rice if you faint or get sick. As much water as you want. That's really interesting. In my school, I've organized the 30-Hour Famine for two years now and we allow people to drink as much fruit juice and water. They can get 1/2 bowl of rice if they really have to. 
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Yeahh, the 30 Hour Famine is GREAT. Really good for raising awareness about the issue. I'm doing it this year... 5 minutes left till I get to eat lol.
We were shown this YouTube video yesterday... 29,000 kids die from hunger each day. That's insane.
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M.K. wrote:MDoucett wrote:D.Dickin wrote:So for those 30 hours you only eat rice and water?
... How is that then a famine and not just eating less? No rice. You only get rice if you faint or get sick. As much water as you want. That's really interesting. In my school, I've organized the 30-Hour Famine for two years now and we allow people to drink as much fruit juice and water. They can get 1/2 bowl of rice if they really have to. You can pretty much drink whatever you want at my school. I stick to water or green tea. But some kids (this is really stupid IMO) drink Red Bull. Chocolate Milk, juice, whatever. We can also have freezies if we want, but I never have.
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The 30 hour famine is awesome!! I'm hypoglycymic (can't spell) so i can't go very long without sugars but when my church did it the last few years we got to drink juice. For anyone who is planning one, if you have a smaller group (20 people or so) do a picture/video scavenger hunt. When we did it it took four hours and i didn't think about eating once. It was incredibly fun. I'm also one of those people who have to eat every two hours but it wasn't nearly as bad as i thought. As long as you do something to keep you occupied its fine. Also, chewing gum only causes you to be more hungry.
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CarmaBell wrote:My friends and I were planning one but our principal said it promoted unhealthy body image so we can't do it. we had a lot of interest too. I actually had a similar response, the gym teachers thought we were promoting anorexia.
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M.K. wrote:freakonaleash235 wrote:I can't go 2 hours without stuffing my face (I lost a lot of weight, but not the fat kid mentality) let alone 30  I think that you can always give it a try. It's an amazing expereince, guaranteed!  My school just set the Canadian Record for money raised based on school population!!!
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Congratulations mdoucet!
I was participated in teh famine in gr. 9/10, and it's pretty fun. We're only allowed to drink water/juice/popsicles (although some ppl challenge themselves to stick to water). It's not as hard as it sounds, it kinda comes in waves, like the first day's lunch was probably the worst, cuz around dinner time, you kinda forget being with friends and chit chatting/card games/etc. The 2nd worst is when ur going to sleep and it's quiet so u start to remember, but the next day it's not that bad either, u just kinda zone out a few times lol, but it's not serious really. Um, this year they had a minimum collection of $100/person, just because they were trying to minimize the number of kids involved (to minimize the number of teachers who had to stay/caretakers/etc). Oh, and you get 10 hours, which is reasonable, considering that you really aren't doing anything. It's like ur getting hours for the amount of time you spent collecting money, rather than the fasting itself. That being said, as much as I do support ngos, I was kinda upset when I found out that world vision is a for-profit company...
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Ours is this Friday!
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Our school has had them in the past, but recently not enough people have signed up because they decided you have to raise $100 in order to sign up and hardly anyone could be bothered. Apparently a few years ago, one of my teachers brought in a pizza and ate it in front of the students, and one kid bought 2 slices from him for $40.
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TaintedKane wrote:Has anyone heard of this? At my new school I found out that students participate in a 30 hour famine. They sleep in the caf and party and stuff and they don't eat for 30 hours only rice and water and after the famine breaks you get pizza and stuff. These 30 hours also contribute to your voluntary hours. I'm most likely gonna do it for the voluntary hours I need 7 more >< same at my school except they don't eat anything at all for 30 hours
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I'd really like to participate in something like this, but my school is really tiny and I don't think enough students would get involved for us to have the event. Does anyone know if there's another way to get involved? Just fasting by myself doesn't seem all that appealing...
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funky_merman wrote:I'd really like to participate in something like this, but my school is really tiny and I don't think enough students would get involved for us to have the event. Does anyone know if there's another way to get involved? Just fasting by myself doesn't seem all that appealing... how tiny is your school? mine has about 35 students and we've had them.
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Hey, you could organize a 30 hour famine for a different charity if World Vision requires a minimum number of students. Just get a teacher to volunteer to stay the night and support the cause, and put up posters/announcements and donor forms.
I know that when it started off at my school, like a decade or so ago, the school used to be tiny too, so they only had like 10-15 kids sign up.
p.s. Yeah, some teachers are jerks too, I remeber 2 years ago, it was the staff appreciation lunch for the 2nd day, so we were all walking into the staff room to pick up some juice for lunch, and we see a pasta/salad/wraps/amazingly delicious smelling food fest.
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