Students Raise $14,200 for Local Food Pantry at Fast-a-Thon

The Interfaith Justice League sponsored the fourth-annual Fast-a-Thon Sept. 30 in Beckham Hall. Fasting students celebrated at the end of the day with a Ramadan banquet.

[youtube width=”640″ height=”420″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Il2H7XxxHk[/youtube]
(Video by Nam Anh Ta ’12)

Students agreed to fast for the day, and donate their unused meals or student meal points to Middletown’s soup kitchen, Amazing Grace Food Pantry.

Students received a Fast-a-Thon T-shirt for participating.

More than 1,000 students participated, raising $14,200 for the food pantry. — More than 1,000 students participated, raising $14,200 for the food pantry. (Photos by Emily Brackman '11)

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