Sartorial Saturday: Eco Friendly Fashion Feeds the Hungry

Styles by Stiles - not just another celebrity fashion label!



The clothes might be sold out, but you can still donate to The Lunchbox Fund - a a great organization which provides impoverished children in the township schools of Alexandra and Soweto what is often their only meal of the day.

Take Action Tuesday: Eat so They Can

Take Action Tuesday - its all about finding things that you can DO to make a difference. Today, why not organise a Dinner Party and help feed children around the world who are living in poverty?!

Eat So They Can is an international fundraiser that invites citizens of the world to participate in what is collectively one huge dinner party October 17-18, 2009.

People from all over the world will host a meal and ask their friends and family members to make a donation towards ending child poverty. All donations will go towards GVN (Gobal Volunteer Network) Foundation's Global Children's Fund set up to aid children living in poverty. The money will assist with both short term needs and long-term development projects in Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa and Peru.

Please sign up to host a dinner party here

GVN Foundation is an international charity that is working to end child poverty around the globe and has recently been granted special cunsultative status by the United Nations.

Pledge to End Child Hunger in America

1 in 6 children in America wonder where there next meal will come from. That's more than 12 million children in America going hungry! Hard to believe that there is that kind of poverty in the midst of such plenty.

I discovered this great way that YOU can help provide 140,000 meals to kids in Austin, Texas through the fantastic Good Concepts blog. Its sponsored by Tyson Foods & Kimball Office and is in support of the wonderful non-profit organisation Share Our Strength.

All you need to do it is visit PledgeToEndHunger.com and pledge to spread the word, volunteer or donate - and you will help Share Our Strength reach their goal of 1000 pledges. Your pledge will provide 140 meals - when the 1000th pledge is made Tyson Foods will donate enough food to feed 140,000 children in Austin, Texas.

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