How a Saint Becomes a Communist

“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.” 

-Dom Helder Camara, Brazilian archbishop and author of Spiral of Violence

Gwyneth Giveth

“I’ve been thinking about all the crap my children have and how much food we throw away. We have to do better.”

—Gwyneth Paltrow, who donated $75,000 to the Food Bank for New York City, which feeds more than 1.5 million people per year.

Find out how to contribute time, food, or money any day of the year at www.nycfoodbank.org.

Free Rice

Bulk up your vocabulary and the world’s hungry at freerice.com.

For every word you define correctly, FreeRice will donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Programme.

Five early birds got the $…

…if not the house in yesterday’s Dream House Raffle Early Bird drawing (at which a total of $43,500 was awarded).

A $2.1 million CA Dream House will be awarded at the Grand Prize Drawing on February 9, 2008 (as will 349 other prizes ranging in value from $300 – $25,000). All proceeds raised will go to Community Action Marin.

Price of each raffle ticket (the ultimate adult stocking stuffer): $150.

Raffle Prize: $2.1 Million California Dream Home

Community Action Marin is raffling off a $2.1 million house in order to fund its mental health, homeless, childcare, food, & HIV/AIDS programs. The 4400 square-foot “dream home” (bay views, chef’s kitchen, library suite, infinity pool, gated entry) is located in San Rafael, CA. Each raffle ticket costs $150. For more information, go to www.camarin.org. For photos of the house, check out www.marinraffle.com/Photos.aspx.

Casa Herbalife

The Herbalife Family Foundation‘s new Casa Herbalife program is working with charitable organizations to make sure children are being fed healthy & nutritious meals.

Casa Herbalife, named after an orphanage the foundation built in Rio de Janeiro in 1998, is working its way around the world in cities including: Los Angeles, Atlanta, Budapest, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bogota, Buenos Aires, Guadalajara, Kobe, Bangkok, Athens, Rome, Madrid, London and Tokyo.

On Aloha Hiatus

Help the hungry & homeless in Hawaii by donating to the Institute for Human Services.

 

Ambassador Barrymore Pleads for Pennies

“I can’t think of any issue that is more important than working to see that no schoolchild in this world goes hungry.” —Drew Barrymore, Ambassador Against Hunger for the United Nations World Food Programme

“School feeding not only fills stomachs, but has a proven track record of boosting enrollment, attendance and academic performance. For just pennies a day per child, this program changes lives – and ultimately can impact the futures of poor countries around the world in a profound way.” –Drew Barrymore

Learn how to pitch in your pennies against hunger at wfp.org.

Eat, Drink & End Childhood Hunger

Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation® brings together more than 4000 of the nation’s top restaurants in more than 70 cities to serve original dishes paired with the world’s best wines and spirits. Each event takes on the personality, culture and cuisine of its host city, with formats ranging from food and wine tastings to seated dinners and outdoor barbeques.

Since 1988, Taste of the Nation has raised more than $70 million for more than 450 groups working to end hunger and poverty in the U.S.

Check out taste.strength.org for Summer 2007 events in your area.

For more information on Share Our Strength, go to www.strength.org