The House of Lazarus (HOL) is looking for champions to take on the Hunger Awareness Challenge. People who sign up will only be able to eat items from the food bank for one week. Executive Director Cathy Ashby says the purpose is to raise awareness about how food bank clients live.
The challenge runs the week of September 10. Eleven people participated last year and called it an ‘eye-opening’ experience. So far, five people have come forward to take the challenge this year.
Ashby says the champions will take a walk in someone else’s shoes for a week.
The Hunger Awareness Champions will be asked to make a $25 donation to cover the cost of items taken from the food bank.
For more details or to become a champion, contact Sandy Casselman by calling 613-989-3830 or emailing [email protected].
Juice FM’s own Jonny Parks will be participating in the challenge. Tune in to 97.5 the second week of September to hear about his experience eating only items from the food bank.