DONOR SPOTLIGHT
WFP Ohio Committee Coordinator Organizes Fundraiser
Gretchen Wallisch, a Committee Coordinator of Ohio, organized a benefit in Athens to raise awareness and funds for the efforts to end world hunger. The event was held at Casa Cantina, a local bar and restaurant, as part of its well known International Dance Night. The evening’s DJ, Daniel Johnson (also known as DJ Self Help), agreed to donate a portion of the night’s proceeds to Friends of the World Food Program. The event raised enough money to provide a nutritious meal to nearly 900 children in school.
The generous support of businesses, foundations, schools, student groups, ethnic groups, religious organizations, and individuals from across the country and around the world plays a critical role in the fight against hunger. Every gift makes a difference, and Friends of WFP is grateful to all of our donors for their compassion and generosity.
Some donor highlights include:
In May 2008, Kerry Markey, of the WFP State Committee for Connecticut, organized a Students Feeding Students event. Partnering with the Carmen Arace Intermediate School in Bloomfield, Connecticut, Kerry asked students to bring 25 cents to school everyday with their lunch, which is the amount it costs WFP to feed a child in school. The event lasted ten days, and raised $1,655 with the help of generous parents and faculty.
Clothes Off Our Back Donates $75,000 to Help Relieve Crisis in Darfur
Last year, the Clothes Off Our Back Foundation (COOB) chose Friends of WFP to be one of its beneficiaries. COOB hosts charity auctions which feature designer gowns, tuxedos, and accessories donated by celebrities after they have been worn to special events. The items are put up for auction to the general public. COOB just donated $75,000 to Friends of WFP to help support humanitarian relief efforts in Darfur, Sudan.
Not on Our Watch Donates $1 Million For Darfur Relief
Not on Our Watch - an organization co-founded by the all-star cast and filmmakers of "Ocean's Thirteen," Don Cheadle, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, and Jerry Weintraub - donated $1 million to Friends of WFP. This contribution will fund air transport of food supplies and other humanitarian relief to help the victims of conflict in Darfur.
Learn more.
Press release.
International Paper Raises $575,000 for Coins 4 Kids
International Paper recently organized two events, which raised money for the Coins 4 Kids program: the 5K Run/Walk and a Sotheby's auction. The third annual Coins 4 Kids race attracted nearly 600 participants. The event took place in Memphis, Tennessee and raised more than $15,000. The Sotheby's auction featured a collection of six pieces of office furniture by renowned artist, George Nakashima. They were sold for a total of $560,500.
Through efforts such as these, Coins 4 Kids has raised enough money to provide meals in school to more than 70,000 children in Nairobi, Kenya.
Proceeds from Mosaic Foundation's Benefit Dinner To Support WFP School Feeding Programs
The Mosaic Foundation held its Tenth Anniversary Benefit Dinner - Food for Thought: A Well-fed Child = A Better World. The organization donated all proceeds from the event to Friends of WFP to help support WFP school feeding operations in the Arab world and Africa. The Guest of Honor for the dinner was H.R.H. Princess Haya Bint Al-Hussein of Dubai. Her husband, H.H. Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE, graciously donated an additional $1 million to WFP school feeding programs.
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) - one of the world's largest agricultural processors of soybeans, corn, wheat and cocoa - recently made a $160,000 donation of cash and food commodities to support WFP school feeding programs in Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). ADM designated $28,000 to support school agricultural projects and improve school infrastructures. ADM's food aid will arrive in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire in July of this year.
Bake Sale Feeds Victims of Conflict in Sudan
A hearing-impaired class in Diamond Bar, California, organized a bake sale and raised $400 to help WFP relief operations in Sudan.
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Texas Coin Drive
In Irving, Texas, two high school world history classes organized a coin drive to help fund WFP school feeding programs. Both classes raised enough money to provide more than 9,000 meals to hungry children who attend school in developing countries.
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Citigroup Fun Run and Walk
In November 2006, Citigroup held the "Fun Run and Walk" in Battery Park, New York City. More than 700 Citigroup employees, volunteers, friends and family participated in the event, which raised nearly $100,000. Funds will go towards WFP school feeding programs.
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Chicago Bulls Donates $100,000 to WFP Relief Efforts in Sudan
The Chicago Bulls donated $100,000 to help fund WFP operations in Sudan. The check was presented on December 19 in Chicago at an event held before a game between the Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers. Bulls forward Luol Deng - who was born in Sudan and later fled to escape the civil war - and Executive Vice President of Business Operations Steve Schanwald presented the check to Friends of WFP President and CEO Karen Sendelback.
Watch the check presentation on Chicago's ABC7 News.
In November 2006, the Prem Rawat Foundation announced a donation of $13,000 to fund a HIV/AIDS project in Bihar, India, which will implement nutrition-based activities for infected patients and their family members. This project complements WFP-India's priority to introduce nutrition and food into existing HIV/AIDS prevention and mitigation programs.
Yoga 4 Life Donates to Friends of WFP
On October 29, yoga studios in New York city will donate a portion of proceeds to Friends of WFP through the Yoga 4 Life Project. The donations will help support food aid operations in the world's poorest countries. Visit Yoga 4 Life website.
Musician Kelly Moore to Donate 2007 Concert Proceeds to Friends of WFP
Musician Kelly Moore is scheduling his 2007 northeast concert tour. He has chosen Friends of WFP to be one of three humanitarian organizations that will benefit from his concert earnings. Read more.
In August 2006, the Clothes Off Our Back Foundation announced that Friends of WFP would be one of the beneficiaries of the upcoming award show season. Proceeds from auctions featuring celebrity clothing and accessories will help provide food and other humanitarian relief to the devastated regions of Darfur, Sudan. Read more.
The National Football League (NFL) donated $500,000 to support long-term relief operations in areas affected by the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck the Indian Ocean region. This wonderful contribution will help feed children, women, and the elderly whose homes were destroyed by the disaster. Last year, WFP provided food aid to 2.2 million people in six countries. Currently, the agency continues to provide food aid to nearly 1 million people, and operations in Indonesia and Sri Lanka will continue through 2007. Read the press release.
In a new initiative to support WFP’s efforts to combat hunger in East Africa, Coffee Traders, a Montana-based coffee company, is donating at least one dollar from each pound of Great Rift Valley coffee it sells to WFP school feeding programs in Kenya. Learn more about Coffee Traders. Order coffee.
Greg Olson is doing more than train as he prepares for the June 2006 Ironman triathlon in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; he’s also helping WFP feed hungry children around the world. Read more about Greg’s initiative and support his Ironman 19-Cents an Hour Campaign.
A $1 million contribution from Cargill is supporting a WFP-UNICEF partnership to fight hunger and improve the health, nutrition, and education of 24,000 children in rural Nicaragua, as well as supporting deworming campaigns in Cote d'Ivoire, Guatemala, and Kenya. Read more.
For 15 years, Matt Peek of Atlanta, Georgia, has been donating monthly to support WFP’s work. He has also been very active in enlisting others to support WFP’s mission. Matt recently traveled to Ethiopia, where he visited WFP School Feeding and Food for Work projects. Read about Matt's experience in his own words.
Following a donation of $150,000 for WFP tsunami relief efforts, the Prem Rawat Foundation, together with Miami Dade College, hosted an event that generated over $25,000 for WFP school feeding operations. Inspired by the event, the President of Miami Dade College wrote an opinion piece that appeared in El Nuevo Herald. Read more about the event. Read the Nuevo Herald piece in English or Spanish.
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