The Service & Learning Center sponsored 30-hour Famine service project Friday, giving students the opportunity to participate in various service projects, and collect donations for World Vision.
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization, dedicated to working with children, families and communities world wide that currently provides assistance to approximately 100 million people in nearly 100 countries, according to the Web site, worldvision.org.
Students participated in a variety of service projects, including making toys for Primary Children’s Hospital, writing letters to patients at the Kolob Regional Care Center and making hats for the Care and Share program.
“We’ve had a lot of success so far,” said Angel Hansen, a sophomore elementary education major from Salt Lake City. “There have been some good donations so far.”
The 30-hour famine group will be taking donations until March 22, Hansen said.
“We can still raise a lot more money so if students feel like they can donate, please donate,” Hansen said.
Those interested in donating can visit the Service & Learning Center, where donation packets and information for donating online will be available.
Nikki Barney, a junior family life and human development major from Parowan, said the event was a different take on service.
“It’s cool that they’ve taken it to a world perspective rather than just local,” Barney said.
She also said she thought it was “cool” that the project was open to the community.
Adrianna Price, a freshman nursing major from Salt Lake City, said she’s glad about the turn-out of students so far.
“I’ve been told that we’ve done a lot better than we did last year,” Price said. “And it’s a growing program, so I hope to see even more success next year.”
Price said the more students became informed of the project, the more interested they were.
“I think that if we get more promotional information out for the students next year, we’ll get a better turn out,” Price said.
Hansen said since this is the event’s second year, it was still in the “guinea pig process” this year.
Hansen said she is passionate about fighting world hunger, an issue that needs to be beaten.
Last summer Hansen went to Kenya, which changed her outlook on life radically, she said.
“I want people to be aware of the people out there who can be helped from the smallest act of kindness,” she said.
Kent Barney, a sophomore graphic design major from Parowan, said he was impressed that this service project allowed the whole school to become involved, not just club members.
“It gives students an opportunity to give back,” Kent Barney said.
Terrisha Judd, a freshman undeclared major from West Jordan, ran the booth in the Sharwan Smith Center throughout last week and said there had been a lot of interest from students.
“We had a lot of student participation in donations,” Judd said. “Some may not have been able to give a lot, but every little (bit) helps.”
There were snacks provided for students who participated in the 30-hour fast, which began Thursday at 1 p.m.
“We had quite a group become involved in the fast,” Hansen said.
The fast was for starving children around the world, to raise people’s awareness of children’s needs world-wide, Hansen said.
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