Press Release
18th July 2008
How Eating Breakfast Can Save Another’s Life
Fancy eating a hearty breakfast to save someone else’s life?
That’s just what UK charity Feed The Children is asking people to sign up to in their ‘Eat A Breakfast – Save A Life’ appeal which is launched today.
Cafés, restaurants, schools, colleges, businesses and people at home are being asked to get involved by staging breakfast events on Tuesday 24th February 2009 to raise money for the charity’s life saving projects in developing countries.
Chief executive Brian Main explains, “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and we are asking people to take time out for just one meal to think about the thousands of children across the developing world who have to go without basic necessities like food and water. On Tuesday, February 24th we’d like people to run or join breakfast events and donate the money they would normally pay for a breakfast to Feed The Children.
“This can be done in many ways. You can host a breakfast and invite friends (you can get items donated and then charge a small fee of say £5.00 per breakfast).
“Restaurants and cafés can donate a small percentage of the price of a breakfast on their menu to the charity, or why not have a collection tin on the day and ask for donations to the charity from everyone eating in a restaurant.
“If you have regular coffee mornings, simply get a batch of cakes or breakfast muffins donated or baked, invite your friends along and if everyone pays about £1.50 for a cup of tea or coffee and a muffin you can raise money that way. I’m sure that you can think of your own ideas.”
To take part, call Feed The Children now on 0118 932 0095 for more information about the Eat a Breakfast – Save a Life Appeal.
Feed The Children works worldwide, as well as within the UK, to develop sustainable communities and provide food and other necessities for those in great need. The charity concentrates aid on children suffering the effects of poverty, especially those orphaned or abandoned. The charity believes that wherever there is famine, conflict, disease or poverty, it is always the children who are most vulnerable.
Feed The Children UK began in 1989 and over the years the charity has helped millions of children and their families both at home and abroad. The charity relies on gifts from generous companies, individuals and organisations to donate the goods and financial assistance needed in order to support the various humanitarian and relief projects.
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