DOING GOOD: Lauren Bush Lauren

In honor of World Food Day coming up tomorrow, October 16, 

let's talk about The FEED Foundation 

and Lauren Bush Lauren: 

part-time model, part-time activist. 

Aren't we all?

Lauren designed the first Feed 1 bag in her college 

dorm room in 2006 while she was a spokesperson for 

the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). 

Soon after, she partnered with 

Ellen Gustafson and FEED Projects was born.

Since its inception, FEED has donated over 

$6 million and 60 million meals to WFP countries, 

largely thanks to the popularity of Lauren's 

eco-friendly, artisan-made burlap bag line.

Proceeds from the original FEED 1 bag provide 

1 year's worth of meals for 1 child in a WFP country.

  

Here are some of my favorites from the FEED shop:

1. FEED 1000 Clutch

FEED burlap meets up with Judith Leiber glitz 

and buys 1,000 school meals. 

Can't find my credit card soon enough. 

2. The new FEED INDIA collection. 

I have my eye on this sarong.

3. FEED Haiti bag.

While the earthquake struck over 2 years ago, 

just under half of Haiti's population remains food insecure.

Shopped out?

Here are some other ways to help:

Find a World Hunger Day event near you.

Run a 10K with RUN10FEED10.

Find a FEED Foundation volunteer opportunity in your area.

Donate to a specific FEED fund (HIV, Africa, malnutrition...)

Chocolate Cookie Pie Recipe from the 

FEED Our Small World Cookbook:

P.S. Let's all gape at Lauren's custom-made 

Ralph Lauren wedding gown for a second to lighten the mood. 

Perks of marrying the designer's son, I suppose.

images via The Glow, Vogue, FEED

DOING GOOD: Christy Turlington Burns

Christy Turlington Burns, otherwise known as The Most Beautiful Woman in the Universe 

(see Exhibits A and B below)...

... also happens to be the founder of one of my favorite organizations, Every Mother Counts, 
and the director of the documentary No Woman, No Cry. 
Check it out and learn more about MDG 5.

How you can help.

Follow Christy on Twitter.

Every Mother Counts on Facebook.