After removing the plastic bags, Ocean Jang, 12 (left) Treety Jang, 12, and Sheamin Kim, 12 (right) and a couple dozen more, go after donuts on a string with no hands Monday while competing in “The Hungry Games” outside Arlington Library.
D. The Hungry Games: The wreckage of squashed bananas and shattered pretzels littered the grass. Shirts were stained white with whipped cream and teeth were stained black by Oreo cookies Doughnuts dangled from a string between three trees on the edge of the battlefield.
Librarian Abby Bormann called out orders amidst the chaos, a megaphone her only tool for corralling more than 50 children and teens fueled by the thrill of starting summer break.
These students were challenged to participate in the Hungry Games, a series of food-themed contests, to kick off Sno-Isle Libraries’ summer reading program. Photographer Dan Bates, a true warrior on the field armed only with his camera captures the event with the results leaving a rather sweet taste in your mouth.
