One in every seven people in the world lives on less than $1 a day. One billion of God’s children lack access to clean, safe drinking water. And one in every 10 Americans experiences hunger or the risk of hunger. It is time for a change.  Change the World: 2009 Lutheran Youth Challenge unites the voices, offerings, and hopes of thousands of young Lutherans across the United States to raise $1 million to help end hunger and poverty.

Get started now. Visit www.elca.org/youthchallenge for fund-raising ideas, resources, and information for your congregation and synod. Order free copies of the six-panel brochure to share with youth and others through Augsburg Fortress  (order code: ITEM000920). 

Your gifts will benefit ELCA World Hunger and help our neighbors in need around the world and close to home. Give online or mail gifts to: ELCA World Hunger, P.O. Box 71764, Chicago, IL, 60694-1764. When mailing checks, be sure to put “youth challenge” in the memo line so it can be totaled with other gifts.