8th Annual Fast-A-Thon

The Muslim Students' Association invites you and your organization to join us in increasing awareness for hunger, and to raise money for the Capital Area Food Bank. You and your organization can make a great contribution to this project simply by participating in Fast-A-Thon!

What is Fast-A-Thon?

Every year, the Muslim Students Association at The University of Texas at Austin sponsors a charity event called Fast-A-Thon. Students, faculty, and people outside of the UT community volunteer to fast, abstain from food and drink for one day, and are brought together in the evening to break their fast and enjoy a free dinner. For each person that fasts, up to $1 is donated to Capital Area Food Bank of Texas, our beneficiary.

The purpose of this event is twofold: first, Fast-A-Thon increases awareness amongst students about hunger within the Austin community in hopes of raising money to help those in need. Second, Fast-A-Thon builds bridges and narrows the divide between diverse groups of people by uniting those of different racial, social, and religious backgrounds in support of a good cause, fostering a sense of community and promoting interfaith and interracial harmony.

At sunset, the MSA will host a campus-wide dinner for the pledges to come together to break their fasts and to discuss the experience.

What you can do:

You can pledge to abstain from food and drink from dawn until sunset (6am to 7pm) on October 22nd, 2009.

You can pledge to fast online, by clicking here: Pledge online

Furthermore, you can also help out by encouraging other people to pledge as well! You can do so by either referring them to the above link, or by printing out a pledge sheet and getting others to sign up.

Filled out pledge sheets (either complete, or partially filled) should be returned to the the labelled envelope on the 5th floor of the Union building. You can download and print these pledge sheets here: Pledge sheet

Volunteer:

For more information or to sign up to volunteer, please contact the MSA Outreach Director, Lauren Jacobsen, at .