Hunger Banquet to Benefit Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders, The Children's Breakfast Clubs, and Oxfam.

On Saturday, November 20, 2010, the Toronto Zen Centre will host a Hunger Banquet to bring attention to the world-wide crisis of hunger.

Every day, 24,000 people die of hunger, three-fourths of them children under five. In our country, too, people suffer from hunger. Each month, more than 700,000 Canadians receive food from a food bank.

The Hunger Banquet, held at the Steelworkers Union Hall at 25 Cecil Street, gives people a chance to see how unequally the world's food is distributed. By random drawing, Hunger Banquet guests end up in one of three groups. According to their status, guests will be divided into high, middle, or low income groups and seated separately. After an introduction and presentation by a guest speaker who will address issues of hunger caused by the recent flooding in Pakistan, everyone will be served a full vegetarian dinner with food generously donated by local organic farmers and food suppliers, and prepared by local chefs.

To attend the Hunger Banquet, please make a reservation by November 16th by calling the Toronto Zen Centre, at (416) 766-3400 or by e-mail: info@torontozen.org. Space is limited and reservations are required. The minimum contribution is $40 per person, all of which will be donated to hunger relief. Please also bring a canned or boxed food item for the emergency food bank. The Hunger Banquet is a volunteer driven initiative and all proceeds will go to Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders, The Children's Breakfast Clubs and Oxfam's hunger relief campaign in Pakistan.

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