Wednesday, May 9, 2007

I cannot do it by myself but you and I can!

Monday, April 23, 2007

Let's Lunch?

Purpose and aim of Letslunchoutofhunger

At one point or another we are all endured some kind of hunger; whether it’s for affection, friendship, lifestyles, family acceptance, or a hunger to belong. hunger to be at a certain place in life, hunger to be the best, hunger to have a better career,I believe hunger is one of most common problems the world suffers from today. However, hunger is not the biggest problem we have. The kind of hunger the world suffers from is more physical than emotional.

Until I was looking for a job on the net and I discovered this site called millenium campaign.org. Then I realized that my hunger was not a hunger at all. There are more serious hunger around the world.

I felt fortunate to experience my kind of hunger. Then I thought there maybe something I can do to alleviate this type of hunger. Unlike hungering for love, and other materialistic ambitious, hunger for food is one form of hunger we all can manage not to eliminate but to minimize. It is a hunger for the simplest needs to our human race. Would you agree? Yes, I agree. Sometimes our hunger seems impossible to overcome but hunger for food is one where we can help each other to overcome.

If you are a restaurant owner
If you enjoy eating out(even if not)
We can select the 2nd weekend of May to eat out and 50% of revenue of the restaurant will be donated to charity devotes to end hunger around the third world countries.
You get taxed deductible for your participation.(win win situation right?)
How: Restaurant list themselve by zipcode
Participant join mailing list and register to participate within their local community.


Another way we can minimize this physical hunger, if each restaurant or willing restaurant participant can have a free lunchout weekend They will do so in their own local community. As a result, they will fulfill their CRA responsibility. In addition, they might end up getting some sort of tax cut from their local government. We can dedicate that 2nd weekend of May to hunger by calling it, “lunchout weekend”. Each client or clients with ability to pay can go to their favorite restaurant and eat out as usual. A 50% of profit will go to letslunchoutofhunger.org then the money will be distributed across the thrid world poorest countries that most need it.

To minimize hunger in poor nations, by collaborating with restaurants to organize a weekend of lunch out. In hope to raise money from that specific weekend.
Starting on friday @ 12:00pm and end sunday night 8:00pm. (Weekend to be determined)
The fund raising event will take place in the NY state area ONLY at first then if it takes off, it will become a nation wide fundraising event.

What's in it for the restaurant owner?
Participant restaurants gets exposure from their own customer and new customers.
It helps restaurant business owner fulfill some kind of CRA responsisbility.
Tax deductible.

What's in it for you the participant?(customer)
You help solved an important cause which affects your world.
Find some ways to contribute if you can't make it to your favorite restaurant that weekend


restaurant(list themselves by zipcode)
users register to partipate based on their favorite restaurants and zipcode
Money will be raised every year in the same fashion to minimize hunger around the world.

PROMOTION
Restaurant companies will be invited to list themselves if they wish to participate
You will find some ways to participate if you wish not to dine out that weekend
Every restaurant where food is served is welcome