Feed the World

I'm scarfing down a mini-bag of Orville Redenbacher's and I just noticed that it isn't a 100 calorie Smart Pop pack. F*cker. There go the points I was saving for a glass of wine tonight. I am doing Weight Watchers, and before you all scream, "Yeah, right like you need W.W. G," complete with a roll of the eyes, I was in need of some discipline to help me fit into my clothes again. I'm actually doing pretty well so far---following it, anyway. Anyway I thought this would make a good segue for a post about hunger.

At least I am hungry by choice, right? Many are not. So I'm here to pimp a really cool project I heard about this morning called "Labels are for Jars!"

"Wear your shirt. Fill your jar. Feed the hungry."

From their site:

Our goal is to raise as much money as possible to feed as many hungry people as possible, and to do so we have designed a thought provoking black t-shirt, which in addition to looking great, helps to undermine societal labeling. The shirt is adorned with a commonly used negative label, such as “addict”, “troubled teen”, or “mentally ill” on the chest, and “Labels Are For Jars” across the back.

The shirt literally comes in a jar with a coin slot in the lid that you can fill and donate to the hungry. I immediately thought of Gen and Jamie , the tee shirt addicts, because the shirts are kind of cool. Check it out. I love how they explain what makes each word a label.