Students tackle food insecurity awareness during 30-hour famine

October 23, 2025 @ 9:00 amLocal News, Rural, Wingham Advance Times

30-Hour Famine student participants and organizers smile in posed photo.
F.E. Madill students held a 30-hour-famine event to raise awareness and funds to combat food insecurity. From left, Rowan Gaspirc, Charis VanderKlippe, Lillian Beyersbergen-Oakes, Aria LeRoux and Brooklyn Leis. Missing from photo is Elyse Ireland. (Cory Bilyea photo)

WINGHAM – While most teenagers are focused on social media and the latest fashion trends, two F. E. Madill high school students are turning their attention to community service, reviving a tradition of student-led awareness campaigns about food insecurity and student empathy. Rowan Gaspirc and Aria LeRoux decided to take matters into their own hands…

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Cory Bilyea is a reporter with Midwestern Newspapers.