FEED Project and Mocha Club

When I first began researching which organization I wanted to volunteer with, my first priority was the issue of HUNGER. Being fascinated with food myself, I knew that the issue of hunger around the world was extreme...recently I've become, somewhat distracted with the issue of AIDS in Africa...and although AIDS Africa is a huge issue (43 million people worldwide are diagnosed with AIDS, and 66% of them are in Africa alone!)I do not want to loose sight of the issue of HUNGER.

350 million children go to bed hungry each night. Hunger and malnutrition kill more people than AIDS, malaria and TB combined.

Through TOMS Shoes (the organization I told you about before that donates a pair of shoes to a child in need for every shoe you buy) I heard about the FEED bag. By purchasing a FEED bag, $20 goes directly to feed one hungry child in school for one year through the UN World Food Program. I ordered my bag and received it in the mail yesterday...when I opened it this morning to put my school supplies in it, I became overwhelmed with emotion when I realized how distracted I had gotten with the simple issue of HUNGER.

As an American, I am spoiled with convenience and abundant food...when so many people around this world have LITERALLY nothing. How can we be so selfish?! I encourage you to learn more about the FEED project and consider purchasing a bag. They are 100% organically made and made from sustainable burlap and are the perfect size for grocery shopping..where you can LITERALLY see how much money you spend on food for yourself and where you can think about money you could spend on one other person who is far more less fortunate than you and needs YOUR help to eat a decent meal.

To learn more about the FEED project, visit FEEDprojects.org




I also want to take this opportunity to talk to you all about an organization called MOCHA Club that I just recently became a part of. I briefly heard about it through a close friend of mine, but at the time I didn't pay it much attention...Then last night while working merch for the Nashville, TN singer/songwriter Dave Barnes, I officially enrolled in the program.

Why?

Because MOCHA Club helps you:
FEED 1 Person in Africa for a month
EDUCATE 2 Children for 1 school term
SAVE 1 Person's life from Malaria
PROVIDE clean water to 7 Africans for 1 year

How?

By becoming a member of the organization and making a VERY simple donation of $7 a month!!! That's the cost of about two mocha's you would buy in ONE day. For a small donation that you most likely won't even notice coming out of your bank account every month, YOU can change the WORLD.

I highly, highly, HIGHLY encourage you to become involved with Mocha Club. For more information, please visit mochaclub.org

Benefit Concert #1: A Success!

Words cannot express the amount of joy I felt driving home Friday evening after my first benefit concert at Cupps Cafe. We had such an AMAZING number of people show up (around 100!!!) and I am still in shock the wonderful response I got from everyone!

If you came out just to see the music, THANK YOU!
If you came out and made a contribution, THANK YOU!
If you came out and got alcohol, THANK YOU!

I raised nearly $300, just that night!!!

It was so wonderful to see every single one of you and I can't thank you enough for your emotional and financial support!

Now, for pictures from the event! My dear friend Javy Gwaltney took these for me :)


Me with my lovely musicians: Jamie Morgan, Matt Bailey and Pilot Light!


Me yapping away about why I had the benefit concert


Pilot Light performing!

(Note: all of them are available on Facebook, so friend me and see some more!)