Peak 313 Fitness is hosting the 21 Days to a Hunger-Free (&Healthy) Holiday Challenge during the holiday season:
“There’s no doubt that we are moving into a season which presents major challenges for many of us physically and emotionally!
The problem:
- We are surrounded by food for the next month. It is yummy, unique, and hard to resist!
- Food plays a much bigger part in our health than our exercise regime! So all the hard work we’ve been doing can be cancelled out pretty quickly in a one month holiday binge.
- There are 870 million* people in the world who are hungry, while 1 in 6* Americans (over 50 million) face hunger. We are gorging. They are starving. Something’s wrong here.
Starting Monday, December 2nd, I am going to ask you to make a sacrifice so you can SHARE with someone else less fortunate this season! Every time you choose to say NO to an unhealthy habit or YES to a healthy one, I want you to pay yourself! Put this money in a jar and at the end of the 21 days, you’ll donate that to a charity of your choice!”
Go here to read the full post and learn how you can get involved.
Wendy Klik says
Great idea. We do this with Rice Bowls in our church, normally during Lent but I think it is a great Advent idea also.
Sandra Klein says
Glad you mentioned how many people go hungry in the US. Most are under 5 or over 65. It is very “in” right now to focus on hunger in other parts of the world while American children and elderly are starving.
Diane says
Thank you for sharing this wonderful idea! At my church last Sunday, they showed a brief video about world hunger. I was stunned to learn that there is enough food produced in the world to provide more than enough daily calories to sustain every man, woman, and child on this planet. So, yes, there is something very wrong here when so many people are starving. You can count me in on this project!