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jme 63, Issue 4
Mars Hill, North Carolina
Thursday, November 2,1989
h Xav Pea5 Tn la... Hungry and You Fed Me”
' I Jennifer Enrich
nmy Condrey
editor
Reading - so many people take it for
nted. There are many visual im-
'ed, blind and shut-ins in the Mars Hill
a who cannot read and need some-
} to read to them.
Last year, the program Radio Read-
Service, was established through
MHC radio station, WVMH, provid-
readers for the handicapped of Mars
Each weekday from 9 to 10 in the
irning, news from the Asheville
izen and News Recorder (Marshall
per) was read.
This year, Evonda Edwards and Ruth
iley, two MHC juniors, are co-direc-
’s for the program. Both of them were
rolved in the program last year.
They are excited about the program.
It they have one major problem: NO
DLUNTEERS!
The program currently has not been
)le to run every morning as planned.
Iwards is disappointed that no one is
Munteering: “Students don’t realize
people from this area really listen to the
program. Madison Manor, the rest home
in town, has listeners. I wish we could
get volunteers because it would be a
good program.”
Volunteers would report to the radio
station at 8:00 on the day they are read
ing. From 8:00 until 9:00, the volunteers
mark the articles they want to read and
practice reading so they will be able to
pronounce all the words correctly. It
takes two people every day, so each can
read for 30 minutes.
All Madison-Mitchell-Yancey (MMY)
students and scholars who need to do
community service can use the reading
program to fulfill the requirement.
Edwards says she loves to read, and
that is why she is doing this. She is not
a professional reader, and no one has to
be to do the program. Although she
started off reading too fast, she has im
proved with time.
To get involved, call Evonda Ed
wards at 689-5457 or Ruth Bailey at 689-
3149 and VOLUNTEER!
Vellness Program Unveiled
achelle Cathey
taff Writer
Mars Hill College is introducing a
illness program for all employees. The
ogram includes physical develop-
ent, medical support, nutrition and
Jbstance abuse prevention,
nployees will be given up to two hours
ir month of college-paid time for par-
Jipation in the program.
The physical development aspect of
e program encourages the use of the
sllege’s recreational and fitness
cilities. Participants are encouraged to
lake use of Meares Field, Harrell Pool,
nd the Chambers Gymnasium Corn-
lex. Participants are especially en-
ouraged to use the Nautilus equipment
icently added to the fitness room.
Medical support already provided to
mployees by the infirmary will be ex-
'anded for the program. Additional ser-
ices to be offered include cholesterol
creening, blood pressure screening,
■'PR courses, breast self-examination
iducation for women, colon-rectal can-
:er information for men and vaccina-
ions for flu, pneumonia and tetanus.
Marriott Dining Services will serve
well-balanced, healthy meals at low cost
to college employees. There will be spe
cial menus available for wellness
program participants.
The college infirmary will provide a
substance-abuse prevention program to
address alcohol, drug and tobacco
abuse.
The wellness program committee is
chaired by Dr. Donald Schmeltekopf,
Member of the committee are Winona
Bierbaum, Tom Coates, Ellen Coomer,
Deana Dillingham, Otis Duck, Nancy
Harmon, Tom Perry and Bill Walker. The
committee will meet monthly to plan ac
tivities for the fitness program.
A wellness newsletter will be
published at the beginning of every
month except January and July. The
newsletters will include activity and
facility schedules and health and fitness
information.
The wellness committee hopes to ex
pand the program and urges the par
ticipation of all college employees.
Jennifer Enrich
Staff Writer
When was the last time you were
really starving? Have you ever had
hunger that just would not quit? For a
vast number of people in our country, as
well as abroad, this occurs on a day-to-
day basis.
How often have you heard someone
else (or even yourself) say, “I’m about to
starve!" How picky are you and the
people you know when it comes to
food? People who are really starving
usualiy do not have a choice of what to
eat or whether or not to eat it.
Hunger is a serious problem in our
world. Twenty-eight people die every
minute as a result of hunger, according
to the Church World Service.
Along with the physical suffering it
entails, poverty and hunger cause other
problems for an individual as well.
Nathan Porter in “Poverty and
Hunger in the U.S.: Southern Baptists’
Response” says, “poverty causes
human suffering, insecurity, discomfort,
embarrassment, despair, hopeless
ness, and fear.”
Most of us can not begin to feel or
know what it would be like to not know
where our next meal was coming from,
or if it was even coming.
What a horrible thing it must be to
rely on a stranger, perhaps even from a
foreign country, to provide you with
enough nourishment to sustain you
through one more day, only to wake up
the next morning and hope that you will
be provided for again.
A Christian organization established
in May 1974 to combat world hunger.
Bread for the World (BFW), places spe
cial emphasis on women and their role
in providing food. In the most needy of
foreign countries, approximately 75 per
cent of field work is done by women. The
role of these women has been over
looked in the past. They are now being
recognized and more properly trained.
Through their work. Bread for the
World has caused the formation of U.S.
policies to aid the needy. One of the
things being currently done to provide
for our feliow human beings in need is
the establishment of the International
Fund for Agricultural Development. This
is an assistance program which teaches
farmers how to produce food for them
selves. Thus, these Individuals will not
become solely reliant on someone
providing them with food. They are
made capable of providing for themsel
ves.
There is an increased amount of
money being sent to foreign countries
for military and security assistance. This
cuts into the amount our government
sends for the relief of poverty.
What can we do individually to assist
those in need? All contributions given
through the North Carolina Baptist State
Conventions are divided in the following
manner: 80 percent goes through the
Foreign Mission Board, 13 percent goes
through the Home Mission Board, and
7 percent goes to aid in hunger relief in
North Carolina.
You might say that your contribution
would not amount to anything. The op
posite is quite the truth. According to “A
Hungry World: Helping Southern Bap
tists Respond” by Robert Parham: One
dollar will purchase three balanced
plates of food at the Clovis A. Brantley
Baptist Center in New Orleans,
Louisiana.
Ten dollars will provide 10 bags of
groceries for a church in Panama.
Twenty-five dollars will feed one
family of five for two weeks through the
Miami Baptist Association.
As you can see, it does not have to
take a lot of money.
Christian Student Movement (CSM)
of MHC is currently organizing a dinner,
the proceeds of which will go straight to
World Hunger. Be looking for posters
and other publicity telling ways you can
get involved. A lot of participation is re
quired on the students’ part to help this
dinner to be a success.
Deuteronomy 15:11 says. For the
poor will never cease to be in the land;
therefore I command you saying, “You
shall freely open your hand to your
brother, to your needy and poor in your
land. ”
Also, Matthew 25:35 and 40 say, “For
I was hungry, and you gave Me some
thing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave
Me drink; I was a stranger, and you took
me in.. .Truly I say to you, to the extent
that you did it to one of these brothers
of Mine, even the least of them, you did
it to me.”