Come to Kenya this month to raise money for the Nafula Foundation, a nonprofit serving vulnerable families and orphaned children living in Western Kenya. Working with local communities and other nonprofits, The Nafula Foundation’s work strives to create long-term, sustainable development projects in small villages in Kenya. Your supper money will install a rainwater harvesting tank at Chebukwa Primary School. The tank, which […]
Come to Guatemala this month to raise money for Partners in Health, an innovative public health organization that believes in securing human rights for the world’s poorest and most vulnerable. You may have heard about Partners in Health through their founder Paul Farmer and their work in Haiti. You may have even come to our record-setting […]
E4E for NEDC: Northwest Environmental Defense Center, Saturday March 17
posted: Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Join us on March 17th to celebrate everything green with Eat for Equity for the Northwest Environmental Defense Center. Enjoy a home-cooked meal, drink good beer, mingle with new friends and learn about the work of NEDC. Come one, come all! The Northwest Environmental Defense Center is an independent, non-profit organization working to protect the environment and natural […]
In January, we came together to raise $1600 for Circle of Discipline, which uses boxing as a tool to empower young adults to develop their physical, mental, and emotional strength. This month, your supper money will go to The Birds & Bees Project, which provides comprehensive reproductive health information to youth and adults. Through classroom, […]
To kick off 2012, we are hosting an Eat for Equity in support of Sustainable Harvest International (SHI), an organization focused on providing Central American farming families with training and infrastructure needed to preserve the world’s tropical forests while overcoming poverty. Since 1997, SHI has grown organic vegetable gardens and provided farmers with important tools, […]
These moist, springy pumpkin whoopie pies adapted from Epicurious.com were a big hit. Since they’re individual desserts, they are a little involved, but you can make the cookie/cakes the day before. Ingredients (makes 16 assembled pies) Cookie-cakes: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon […]
E4E December: PDXers send middle school students to Outdoor School
posted: Monday, January 30th, 2012
Hearty “Thank You!” to all the E4Eers who joined us in December for delicious pizza and beer to support our city’s students and Outdoor School. You donated over $350 — and allowed a Ron Russell Middle School student to witness the magic and science of experiential learning at Outdoor School. Some background about the […]
E4E for Circle of Discipline: Saturday, January 28
posted: Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
In December, we came together to raise $1500 for D.R.E.A.M.S., a youth-driven project around climate change and social justice at the Science Museum’s Kitty Anderson Youth Science Center. These teenagers are becoming passionate voices for environmental solutions in their communities, as you can see from this contest-winning music video they produced. Late last year, Eat for Equity was featured on NBC’s […]
In November, we came together to raise $1300 for Just Health Network and its community-driven public health partnerships in Kenya and Uganda. Also in November, Eat for Equity was featured on NBC’s Today Show on Thanksgiving morning. See pics and find out more at our new website [many thanks to Allison Balow!], eatforequity.org. This month, […]
In October, we smashed an Eat for Equity record together, and sent $2400 to Sisters’ Camelot, a mobile organic food shelf in the Twin Cities. Sisters’ distributes more than 1.7 million dollars of fresh organic produce to low-income neighborhoods in Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Sisters’ Camelot graciously let us cook up a storm on their […]
