By Lisa Morales - Archbishop Curley Notre Dame HS
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Archbishop Curley Notre Dame students prepare lunches for Miami's poor during their 19th annual HungerFest.
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Archbishop Curley Notre Dame students pose with some of the record-breaking 4,000 lunches they prepared for the poor. From left: Naika Imbert, grade 12, Tracey Dominique, grade 11, Danielle Antoine, grade 11, Ashley Savain, grade 11, Rhian Romanik, grade 12, Nickolas Moss, grade 12, and Maniola Mompremier, grade 11.
MIAMI | Students from Archbishop Curley Notre Dame Prep broke a new record raising funds to help feed Miami’s homeless while raising awareness of world poverty at their 19th annual HungerFest.
Each year, students abstain from food and drink (other than water) for 27 hours while bagging and delivering lunches to homeless shelters.
This year’s HungerFest raised $4,076.56 through sponsorship and car wash contributions, and a new record of 3,943 complete plus 652 partial lunches were distributed to: Better Way, Camillus House, Chapman Partnership and Assistance Center, Miami Rescue Mission, the Missionaries of Charity Mission, Pass It On, Safe Space, and St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank at St. Patrick Church.
At the end of the fast, there was a presentation for the HungerFest group by Monica Lauzurique of Amor en Accion (a Catholic lay missionary community of the Archdiocese of Miami, involved in short term missions and long term projects that respond to urgent needs in the Dominican Republic and Haiti); and an Agape Mass followed by a dinner sponsored by KC Healthy Cooking, located in North Miami.
