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Billy Joe Calvert (center), pastor of First Baptist Church in Normandy, Tenn., his wife Kerri and their children visit the Global Hunger Relief exhibit at the SBC annual meeting in Houston. Quinton West tells the family about the Global Hunger Relief initiative of Southern Baptists' World Hunger Fund. Photo by Thomas Graham.

A Dollar In - A Dollar Out For most charities - only 20-30% Goes to Meet Needs Up to 70 percent is spent on salaries, marketing, advertising and overhead costs The Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund sends 100% of every donation straight to people in need Salaries and operating expenses are already covered through giving channels such as the Cooperative Program

Instead of preaching a sermon for World Hunger Sunday, pastor Mike Foster divided the congregation into three groups and played the Poverty Bean Game, raising $30,000 for the World Hunger Fund

Ron Thomas (left), pastor of Set Free Church in Los Angeles, visits with guests at the Set Free's Thanksgiving dinner, provided in part by the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund. Caring for people who are hungry demonstrates the love of Jesus, who the Bible says was "moved with compassion" for people in desperate need. Photo by Greg Schneider.

Gloryfe Delafuente (center), an instructor in a Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund initiative in the Philippines, shows women how to pot eggplant seedlings into banana leaf containers as part of a six-month course designed to improve the quality of life -- both physical and spiritual -- in Filipino villages. Photo by Shiloh Lane.