Right. So I know I was supposed to be better about writing this week… but you know how it is… I mean, I feel like I literally blinked and now it’s Friday! Anyway, the reason I’m featuring Lauren Bush’s Feed Bags is because I have literally passed by their display a hundred times in Whole Foods. It was only the other day that mother emailed me and I learned more about the company.
FEED Projects was started in 2006 when Lauren Bush designed a bag to benefit the United Nations World Food Program’s (WFP) School Feeding operations. Lauren, a WFP Honorary Spokesperson who has visited eight WFP food aid operations around the world, was inspired by the plight of the people she met on her travels. She took a special interest in WFP’s School Feeding program, which feeds and educates hungry children.
Inspired by the aesthetic of the bags of food distributed by WFP, she created the FEED 1 bag, a reversible burlap and cotton bag stamped with “FEED the children of the world” and the number “1″ to signify that each bag feeds one child in school for one year.
At the UN, Lauren met then-WFP Communications Officer Ellen Gustafson and they hatched a plan to use FEED bags to FEED the world. In 2007, Lauren and Ellen founded FEED Projects, LLC and started selling FEED 1 bags in April of 2007. By the end of 2007, they raised donations for WFP to feed over 37,500 hungry children in school for one year. In 2008, FEED Projects various partnerships will lead to over $4 million for WFP school feeding.
FEED bags are made with sustainable materials and are designed to be used as an alternative to disposable paper and plastic bags. This environmental and fair labor commitment is an added value in all FEED products.
The goal of FEED Projects is to market and sell as many FEED bags as possible and to FEED and educate the world’s 400 million hungry children.
For $30 bucks you can get the FEED 100 bag which ensures 100 School Meals for Children in Rwanda… I know times are tough, but these stylish, eco-friendly bags are certainly a purchase you can feel good about!
Chic on the Cheap
Glamour magazine is celebrating it’s 70th birthday (crazy!), by giving away one-year subscriptions for $1.50!
The only annoying thing about this amazing deal is that by signing up, you are put on automatic subscription renewal. Apparently you get a reminder when the subscription is about to run out though!
My co-worker was kind enough to tell me that Gap, BR and Old Navy are in the midst of their friends and family event. Click the picture above for a link to a reusable 30% off coupon!
