On Saturday night we were able to be a part of a show that benefited Feed Just One. At the show, the girl who set it up, Emily, was able to raise over $800 for the organization. So, we were very happy to be a part of the event and wanted to write a little information about Feed Just One to help get the word out and hopefully find some people that would want to get involved. This information came from their website (see below). We would encourage readers of this blog to seriously take this call for help into consideration. Think about it... We live in a nation where we are so blessed with so many things, one of such is food. Many of us dont know what its like to have to struggle to even pay for the most basic of necessities. With this in mind, we have the opportunity to make a change in this world, even if its only at a small scale. So, see below, and see what you think, maybe you can help out and make a difference. These are real problems and we need real people to make solutions.
THE NEED
Over 800 million people are starving worldwide.
A child dies every 5 seconds of hunger.
THE PROBLEM
Most aid programs currently available require a commitment of $35 a month that your average person either can't or isn't willing to commit to. Schools and orphanages are trying on their own with little or no aid and children are "lucky" to get 3 meals a week. It has been said that 5 meals a week would be a miracle.
THE SOLUTION
You can provide a meal to a starving child through Feed Just One for only 4 cents. One meal a day costs just 28 cents a week, $1.20 a month or $14.60 a year.
HOW WE DO IT
With the help of Feed My Starving Children, we are able to ship meals wherever they are needed in very large quantities for only 4 cents per meal.
1. Donors provide funds to FMSC who produces the meals for 15 cents a serving.
2. Volunteers pack the meals.
3. FMSC donates the meals to other organizations to distribute in the impoverished areas that need it the most. They receive the food for free, but must cover the entire shipping costs ($6-10,000US per shipment).
4. Feed Just One covers the shipping costs for as many shipments as possible in order to further the work of the local feeding programs in the foreign countries that have very limited funds.
5. Schools and orphanages are able to receive and distribute the meals to starving children at absolutely no cost to them.
6. A starving child has a meal to eat and becomes healthier, day by day, 4 cents at a time.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
1. Spread the message! Tell everyone you know about Feed Just One and what they can do to help. Tell your friends, your family, your school, your church, your team, your band, your enemies, everyone! Post about it on your MySpace, Facebook, Virb, Purevolume, Xanga, Livejournal, Blog, anywhere!
2. Give! All of the publicity in the world doesn't do any good if we don't help anyone. How much? It doesn't really matter. Anything is better than nothing and everyone can give something. Remember it just costs $1.20 to feed someone for an entire month so just feed as many as you can. This is all about doing what you can and not worrying about what you can't.
3. Buy! Buying our shirts and stickers not only helps promote the cause when you wear them, but a large part of the purchase price goes directly towards meals. Each sticker that sells for only $1 will provide 2 weeks worth of meals and each shirt that sells for $15 will provide 3 months worth of meals.
FIRST GOAL
Our first goal is $8,000 to ship a 40 foot container of 270,864 meals. That's enough food to feed 742 people for an entire year! This will be so easy if everyone helps out. You don't want to miss out on being a part of this.
For more information, please visit www.feedjustone.com or http://www.myspace.com/useyourcents