A Lenten Fundraiser

Written by: Kate Snyder, Development and Donor Communications Coordinator

The stories from the 2009 Have a Heart for Hunger campaign are still rolling in! Here's a great one from the students of St. Bede School.

This year, the student council at St. Bede decided to host a Lenten fundraiser for East End Cooperative Ministry's Have a Heart for Hunger campaign. The organizers staked out the school cafeteria at lunch-time and encouraged students to donate the money they would have spent on snacks or lunch add-ons to EECM instead!

It was a very appropriate fundraiser for the pre-Easter season, as Lent is supposed to be a time of sacrifice and reflection. Having the students help the hungry instead of buying snacks was the perfect manifestation of that!

The Lenten fundraiser was a big success. The students raised $281.22 (mostly in change!) for EECM's important Hunger Programs.