November 4, 1997 
     
    
   
   
    
     Closer to the heart 
     
     The fourty eight hour famine 
     
    
   
   
    
     By Kelly Mason 
     
    
   
   
    
     One UPEI student had 
     
     the initiative to cut through the 
     
     “Red Tape’ and to go on a 48 
     
     hour independent famine to 
     
     benefit a local charity. 
     
    

    
     D. Scott Campbell did 
     
     alot of giving this weekend. 
     
     He went on a forty eight hour 
     
     famine and raised a total of $ 
     
     1791.17. 
     
    

    
     Campbell's efforts were 
     
     in hopes of raising money and 
     
     awareness for The Upper 
     
     Room, a Charlottetown soup 
     
     kitchen. 
     
    

    
     “It’s a place that pre- 
     
     pares meals for people who 
     
     can’t afford them are who are 
     
     mentally/physically handi- 
     
     capped, or mentally/physically 
     
     challenged," Campbell ex- 
     
     plained. "It operates three days 
     
     a week (Mondays, Wednes- 
     
     days and Fridays) with two 
     
     sets of meals. People can 
     
     walk in, get a free meal with- 
     
     out having to answer any ques- 
     
     tions.“ 
     
    

    
     Cambell added that he 
     
     wasn’t alone on this project 
     
     either. 
     
    
   
   
    
     He had help from stu- 
     
     dents, The Biology Club, Biol- 
     
     ogy Professors, his family, and 
     
     countless others. He would 
     
     like to give these people his 
     
     sincere thanks and appreci- 
     
     ation forall their on this worthy 
     
     project. 
     
    

    
     Even when the project 
     
     seemed bleak, Campbell did 
     
     not turn his back on his duty. 
     
    

    
     “I told several people I 
     
     was going to be there. Sol had 
     
     to be there and do what I’d 
     
     promise to do. “ 
     
    

    
     The 48 hour project ran 
     
     from Friday, October 24th 
     
     through Sunday, the 26th. 
     
    

    
     “ This is fantastic. I 
     
     thought this was going to be a 
     
     dud," were Cambell's thoughts 
     
     on the first day out. He was 
     
     worried that people wouldn’t 
     
     catch on but they did. 
     
    

    
     On Saturday the inevita- 
     
     ble sank in. “ My God I’m 
     
     hungry. “ 
     
    

    
     Cambell admitted that, 
     
     among the several who 
     
     stopped and gave their sup- 
     
     port, there were two individu- 
     
     als who gave him donations, 
     
     and who stick out in his mind. 
     
    

    
     An elderly lady was one 
     
    
   
   
    
     of them. 
     
    

    
     “ She was walking down 
     
     the street. She shuffled by 
     
     me. She turned around and 
     
     walked back towards me with 
     
     her hands in her pocket. She 
     
     came up to me, pointed to the 
     
     sky and said ‘look at the pretty 
     
     bird.' Like an idiot 1 looked up 
     
     and looked. I couldn’t see the 
     
     pretty bird and looked downto 
     
     tell her. She had already gone 
     
     halfway down the street. In 
     
     the jar was a twenty dollar bill 
     
     that she had just donated. That 
     
     was a truly selfless act, she 
     
     didn’teven want recognition." 
     
    

    
     The other distinctive 
     
     presence was Bruce 
     
     Maclsaac. He is currently 
     
     running for Mayor. Hestopped 
     
     by and talked to Scott for an 
     
     hour and a half. 
     
    

    
     The conclusion of the 
     
     weekend brought Campbell's 
     
     basest sentiments, despite his 
     
     noble work: “I was tired. | 
     
     hadn’t eaten for the last few 
     
     days so my wind was wander- 
     
     ing. | was driving to a restau- 
     
     rant with my mom and sister 
     
     when thought, my God, heat!“ 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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