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Synod Council Youth Representative
COMMUNITY TEAM
BOWLING FOR JESUS!
Two churches have already reported
in with a total of over $900 raised so far.
What: A chance for you and your youth group to go bowling and raise money to help World Hunger!
How: Go bowling with your youth group or get together with other youth groups and then get sponsors for so much a pin or just give a donation for the same amount as you pay for going bowling.
THIS IDEA JUST IN... Put together a video bowling event with a Wii or other video gaming system at the church, in a home, or at a local nursing home. Then, put the money you would have given to a bowling alley toward your world hunger donation. Send pictures to info@rmslyo.org if your youth group went video bowling at a nursing home and we will publish them on this site.
Details:
After your youth group has gone
bowling and everyone has donated according to how many pins they hit,
have your church treasurer send the money directly to ELCA World Hunger.
Then, send the total of how much your group raised to Haley Schranck at info@rmslyo.org, so that we can announce the total amount raised across the synod.
Hunger Stats & bowling:
-There are more low/middle income countries in the world (125) than
bowling alleys in
-1 billion people have lived on less than a dollar a day. It costs
ten times that to go bowling for a few hours.
-1 out of every 6 people in the world is hungry, that’s at least one
person in every bowling lane
World Hunger Stats:-
-854 million people are hungry
-in developing nations: 146 million children under age 5 are underweight
-10 million children under age 5 die every year, over half of
hunger-related causes
-in developing nations: 1 in 6 people lack safe drinking water
-7.1 percent of U.S. households (24.4 million people, including 11.8
million children) are at risk of hunger.
-3/4 of all deaths in children under age 5 in the developing world are
caused by malnutrition or related diseases.
These Stats from:
http://www.elca.org/hunger/facts/facts.htm