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December 20, 2007
Food for Thought...
I was alerted to this news item today. A New York hotel offering a thousand dollar bagel complete with white truffle cream cheese, goji berry infused Riesling jelly and golden leaves. (Hat tip to R.M.)
Profits from the luxury bagel benefit culinary arts students in order to inspire them to think outside the box. I would like to honor his sentiment with a little thinking of my own, what else could be done with that same $1,000.00? I did some quick research and discovered there is quite a lot of good that could be accomplished for far less. Lets see how well we can spend it.
I think it's only fair we begin our spending spree in the shadow of the New York hotel which offers the $1,000.00 bagel. From World Vision:
One in three children in New York City lives in poverty, making it the most impoverished rich city in the nation. Every day these children face the realities of drugs, crime, social injustice, and poor education. Your gift can provide practical help through resources like brand-new clothing, diapers, blankets, household and personal care items, and even toys for Christmas — often the only gift a child will receive.
For $150.00 we can provide $1950.00 worth of necessities for these children
Another $75.00 will provide a goat for a family in countries such as Haiti or Malawi
Not into the goat thing? How about a pig for $195.00? Perhaps the pig will be useful in sniffing out another crop of the expensive truffles, providing the family with yet another source of income.
Everyone needs water, for $50.00 we can provide a school with enough water treatment tablets to provide safe drinking water for up to 250 children for an entire year.
It's a little outside our budget, but with the help of four other bagel loving friends, we could provide a traditional well for an entire community, for $5390.00. To stay inside our budget, lets donate $75.00 as a share of the traditional well.
On over to the World Food Programme site for more shopping:
For $24.00 we can feed and educate a young girl for 6 months, lets double it and provide her with an entire year for $48.00. (At this rate we could see her through 12 years of schooling for $576.00. Maybe she will be the one to discover a cure for cancer, now THAT would be thinking outside the box.)
Just $36.00 would provide food, education and health sanitiation for a child for one year.
For $230.00 we could supply multiple-micronutrient powder for 50 children for one year.
We still have $141.00 left to spend. Isn't this fun? How would you spend the rest of the money? Would you provide nutrition to a pregnant or lactating woman for a year, wrap someone in a warm blanket or help them with clothing and shoes? Would you do something entirely different with a TisBest charity gift card? Which charities would you like to include?
Posted by Anna at December 20, 2007 10:16 PM
Comments
I LOVE this!! I am torn between wanting to spend the leftover money on the pregnant woman or help someone with clothing and shoes.
I've decided to adopt a family for Christmas next year. I did for this year, but because I did it so late in the game, I was only able to spend $250 for their Christmas meal and gifts for the 3 children. I'm hoping for $500 for next year.
:)
*** Kellie, great job making a difference for one family this year, I can think of nothing more satisfying than to do something for someone who can never pay you back. As for helping the pregnant woman or helping with clothing and shoes, the pregnant woman can be provided nutrition for a year, for $92.00, and $650 worth of clothing and shoes can be provided for $50.00. Doing both would bring the total to $1001.00. Maybe when I clean out the ash tray in my car I'll find an extra dollar worth of change! -- Anna***
Posted by: Kellie at December 22, 2007 2:55 PM
Good list! Mine again this year are Russian orphans and local children of some imprisoned....
Posted by: M at December 29, 2007 12:56 PM