wfn.org | Fighting Hunger Will Be a Mountaintop Experience for David Dolan

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5-August-1999 
 
    Fighting Hunger Will Be a Mountaintop Experience for David Dolan 
 
    Los Ranchos Exec Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Hunger Program Benefit 
 
    by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
ANAHEIM, Calif.-Call it the ultimate hunger walk. 
 
    On Aug. 17, the Rev. David A. Dolan will attempt to scale 19,340-foot 
Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. 
 
    Dolan's trek is a fund-raising adventure to benefit the Presbyterian 
Hunger Program, in which he has been active for a number of years.  Dolan, 
a graduate of San Francisco Theological Seminary, is associate executive 
for resource development and mission interpretation for Los Ranchos 
Presbytery. 
 
    At the conclusion of a mission trip to Africa for Los Ranchos 
Presbyterians that he is leading, Dolan will attempt to climb to the top of 
the highest mountain in Africa and one of the "seven summits of the world." 
He is seeking sponsors and all proceeds will go to the Presbyterian Hunger 
Program's efforts in Africa. 
 
    "I am climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, in the words of Mount Everest 
conqueror George Leigh Mallory, `Because it's there!'" Dolan says.  "I am 
also climbing Kilimanjaro because hunger is there in Africa." 
 
    Dolan says his anti-hunger work began as a result of a mission trip 
when he was 17.  "I was a volunteer in Central America with a humanitarian 
organization vaccinating children against polio," he recounts.  "During 
this experience, a young mother brought her dying child to the medical 
clinic asking us to help.  It was already too late.  The child died from 
hunger-related causes.  Ever since that moment, I have committed myself to 
fighting hunger and disease throughout the world as I am able." 
 
    Dolan suggests a per-foot of elevation pledge to those who want to 
support his climb.  For instance, a pledge of a tenth-of-a-penny per foot 
would mean a $19.34 contribution.  A penny a foot would translate to a 
contribution of $194.30. 
 
    Pledges may be mailed to the Presbyterian Hunger Program-Kilimanjaro 
Quest, 100 Witherspoon St., Louisville, KY 40202; faxed to the Presbyterian 
Hunger Program at 502-569-8963; or by calling the Presbyterian Hunger 
Program toll-free at 1-800-334-0434. 
 
    Upon Dolan's return, the Presbyterian News Service will publish a 
first-person account of his climb. 

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