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January 10, 2010

Madison Country Day students aim to open eyes to global hunger issues

Pamela Cotant:

When diners arrive at the Food for Thought hunger awareness banquet Friday at Madison Country Day School, they will be assigned a certain income level that will determine their meal.

Those in the lowest income group will be served rice on a banana leaf and at the other end of the spectrum, diners will be able to choose food from a table loaded with choices.

The idea of the hunger awareness event, which starts at 5 p.m. at the school at 5606 River Road on the edge of Waunakee, is to encourage the local community to help address global hunger.

"It's not supposed to be a depressing event," junior Fabian Fernandez said. "It's supposed to be eye opening."

After a discussion about global hunger issues, which will include talk about how those with enough food could be giving some to those who don't, the diners will be allowed to share their food. "The goal is to have people (assigned different income levels) eating near each other (to) help people see the difference," said freshman Imani Lewis-Norelle.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at January 10, 2010 8:26 PM
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