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30 Hour Famine (charity)

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White-Goblin
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This year, world vision has provided us with the ability to accept online donations for the 30 Hour Famine. The money raised through these donations will go towards helping families and communities in Africa. To donate, one can just go to my page https://myfamine.worldvision.ca/Fami...e.aspx?id=7184 , click "donate now" and fill out the sheet of information. Thank you very much to anyone that donates.
Mar 16 2010 8:54PM
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Shadows
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are you doing it? im confused. props to whover though.
i couldnt eat anything solid and VERY little liquids for a week and a half while i had/recovered from intestinal surgery. it was fuckin terrible.
Mar 16 2010 8:58PM
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White-Goblin
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yeah I'm doing it. it's through a group at my school... A week and a half must have sucked. Last year when I did the famine we only had three relatively small portions of rice and water and that made me feel pretty sucked out of energy.
Mar 16 2010 9:05PM
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cobra_commander
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a 30 hour famine is not a famine. Its called mono. If you want to draw attention you actually need to do something.

Gandhi's famine's worked because he actually went on a famine, I am talking days, not hours. try a 3 day famine, thats actually hard on you.

the idea is to make a self sacrifice, 30 hours with out eating may be a bit different from our daily life, but it is really not that extreeme.
Mar 16 2010 9:11PM
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skiminnesota
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a 30 hour famine? its called being sick and not eating.

im an ass sorry. but to expect people to donate money over teh interwebz for something like this is hilarious.
Mar 16 2010 9:33PM
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prontocuts.com
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I loled at this 30 hour famine thing on the news, sorry im a dick. But really, its like those kids that raise money by living in a box for a week in chicago.

It just seems so ass backwards to me, would you really put yourself in a wheelchair to make a handicapped person feel better? no it demeans them

either way ima donate
Mar 16 2010 9:40PM
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White-Goblin
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thank you to srslyfresh if he donates, and I wouldn't focus on the 30 hour famine part, it's just what the organization (world vision) calls it.  So if you have heard of it at all, or even took the time to read anything on the site before criticizing, you would understand it is not me or my school trying to raise a point, it is run through a (i'm assuming) world wide organization.  So there it really has nothing to do with me or my school other than the fact that we are trying to raise money and awareness.
Mar 16 2010 9:51PM
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Calvin.
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So if someone is trying to be charitable and raise money for those less fortunate, why should they be criticized?
As I understand it, the point of the 30 hour famine is to raise awareness, raise funds, and experience (for a little bit, anyway) what people who go without food for extended periods of time feel like.
Y'all need to calm down.
Mar 17 2010 12:43AM
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lahnabonny
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try going 7 days without any food then talk to me
Mar 17 2010 12:49AM
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Shadows
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oh hi, how ya doin?
Mar 17 2010 12:54AM
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Malcolm
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try eating for 30 hours straight then talk to me
Mar 17 2010 12:54AM
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lahnabonny
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could be better. hah.
Mar 17 2010 12:56AM
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White-Goblin
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thank you sir
Mar 17 2010 3:02PM
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White-Goblin
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bump for if anyone would like to donate
Mar 18 2010 5:13PM
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