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Sunday, January 27, 2013
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Tammy Taylor, Director of Public Relations (903) 927-3385
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WILEY COLLEGE STUDENTS WORK TO REDUCE HUNGER
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IN THE NEWS- MARSHALL NEWS MESSENGER
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A number of Wiley College students spent their Saturday afternoon at the Ethical Student Leadership Conference’s Hunger Banquet learning about world hunger and seeing how they can make an impact on hunger in their community.
Wiley Chaplain, Rev. Michelle Hall, spoke to a crowd of students about the number of people around the world and the number of children in Marshall who aren’t receiving enough meals.
“Without food in your stomach it’s hard to think about anything else,” she said. “It makes a difference when you feed people.”
Ms. Hall, who is also a part of the East Texas Backpack Ministry, became emotional when talking about her mission trips around the world and seeing how little food people had.
She also showed students a globe and said how small Marshall was compared to the rest of the world, but that it was important to try and make a difference.
“You’re not being asked to feed everyone, you’re being asked to make a difference,” she said. “We’re going to start in our own backyard and then branch out.”
Students prepared supplemental meals for children in the Marshall area who have been identified by their schools as needing more food.
Two representatives from Wichita State University, in Wichita, Kan., Pamela O’Neal and Michelle Dreiling were at the banquet to assist with the event and let students know about their program the WSU Hunger Awareness Initiative.
Ms. Dreiling is president of the WSU Hunger Initiative and Ms. O’Neal is an academic writing specialist at the School of Nursing at WSU.
Both said this event exceeded their expectations.
“When you hear the statistics (about hunger) it’s disheartening, but when you see this many people here, it’s all worth it,” Ms. O’Neal said. “We got out more than we ever could from this event, and I’m taking that energy back with me to Wichita.”
Ms. Dreiling agreed.
“We didn’t have a whole lot of expectations coming in, but this is so awesome and this community is empowering,” she said. “We had this idea to give Wiley College something but they gave us something back 10-fold.”
Ms. Hall said it’s engrained in Wiley College to do good in the community and give back and that seeing students help prepare meals for those in need inspires her.
“It’s a part of our nature as a college and as a campus ministry to give back,” she said.
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