Celebrities
Beyoncé Knowles, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Bono, Cameron Diaz, Casey Affleck, Courteney Cox, Darryl McDaniels, David Arquette, David Bowie, Elton John, Eva Mendes, Iman, Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles, Kanye West, Kevin Smith, Lily Allen, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mike Myers, Natalie Portman, Orlando Bloom, Pete Yorn, Reese Witherspoon
Charities
Food Bank For New York City, (RED), The Lunchbox Fund
Causes
November 19, 2007 by Crystal A. Johnson
Forget what they say about good things coming in small boxes, better things come in lunch-boxes created by artists, actors, chefs, musicians, photographer, politicians, and fashion designers to shed light on the plight of hungry children in New York City and South Africa. These original artistic efforts are for the Lunchbox Auction.
The artistry is often unique and often indicative of the personality behind the work. World renown chef Bobby Flay’s 2005 lunchbox was decorated with spices. Bono’s lunchbox was simply red signifying his (RED) campaign. The bidding for lunchbox items will commence online on December 6, 2007
Among the other contributors of lunch-boxes for the first online auction included Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, David Bowie and Iman among other famous people. The proceeds help the Food Bank For New York City provide food to more than 1,000 emergency and community food programs throughout the five boroughs.
One in five children in NYC rely on emergency food. Thousands of miles away in South Africa, children face similar hunger oriented plights. Fledgling school programs do not subsidize pre- and high schools, so for many of these children the Lunch box fund feed them their only meal of the day. Moreover, many of the children are AIDS orphans running child-headed households.
To see the full list of lunch-boxes, visit the Charity Folks Website.
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