sorry i've been slacking on blogging. i've been busy, busy.
last wednesday i had the chance to help out with the hunger banquet. for those of you that don't know what it is, i'll explain...
when you arrived at the event you would receive a piece of paper that gives you a profile of a person. in that description it classifies you in one of the 3 world classes (low, middle, and high income). based off of what income class you are in, you sit in that seating area. if you were low class you sat on the floor in trash. middle class, you sat in chairs. high class, you sat at a nice table arrangement, candles, violin players, and butlers included. we had some musical performances and speakers. the statistics i learned through all of this is really quite sad. as the night went on everyone was served dinner. low class, a serving of rice in their hands. middle class, rice and hot dogs on a plate. high class, salad, spaghetti, bread, drinks, etc.
overall, i think the event went really well and we had a great turn up. my sweet friend mackenzie put on the majority of the event and if you're reading this, you did such an amazing job!! so happy i could volunteer with you :) ONE also helped out at the event. love that orginization. did you know that BYU-Hawaii is ranked #3 in the US for leading colleges involved with ONE? and the two schools above us are the university or michigan and the university of florida. and our school has like 2,500 students. waddupp.
one final thought on the whole hunger banquet..it's interesting how in the US we think of middle class in a specific way. however, compared to the rest of the world it's completely different. there is so much poverty out there. it's so saddening. and it's saddening too because we can end poverty. we have the means to do it. but there are too many people that can't help themselves, and too many people that don't have the kindness to help others. and that my friends, is why the world is the way it is. sad.
"if you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one."
-mother theresa
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