The Haiti Hunger Banquet

The Haiti Hunger Banquet was a banquet my 4th period Spanish class and I hosted for Haiti, of course, at Oakbrook Valley. A Hunger Banquet is when you have 3 different sections (we had white, blue, and red, the colors of the Haitian flag.) The tickets are also those colors which indicates which section or color of tables you can sit at. Then, at the beginning, we let the audience who came to experience what is going on in Haiti as you are reading this right now. The white section was the highest class of people. The highest class got pretty much everything. The blue was the middle class. The middle class got murky water and two bowls of rice. The red was the biggest section, the lowest class, or the Haitians if you will. They got murky water and one bowl of rice. Then we asked what they felt like in their places right now. The people in the red group pretty much felt like they were in Haiti. After that, we proceeded with the actual food and Joel Larison played his acoustic guitar. Also, my best friend, Niko Gruber, came and supported me, along with Joel's girlfriend, Meghan. The Hunger Banquet was a great success. We raised $737.00! That's awesome! The money went straight to H.E.S.P. (Haitian Environmental Support Program. This program supports 85 children in Haiti every year. The money went straight to them. The Banquet was fun and successful. Thanks again Joel, Niko, and Meghan! :)