FEED Supper + Hunger

“My motto in life is ‘If you think it, you can do it’ and if we all apply that thought we can end hunger the world over.” – Dionne Warwick

This year I hosted my Second Annual FEED Supper. For those of you who are just now being introduced to FEED Suppers, I’m so excited to share their story with you. It is something I look forward to every year.

Created by Laura Bush Lauren, founder of the FEED Projects, FEED Suppers are a fun, social way to raise money and awareness about hunger and food insecurity in the US. FEED Suppers are built upon the notion that we, as individuals, are an integral part of the solution. Each one of us, as individuals, can come together and combine our efforts to make a powerful difference.

Being a part of a FEED Supper is easy – all you need to do is invite a few friends over for a dinner party. The twist? Rather than making it potluck style and asking friends to bring something to share, instead ask them to donate what they would spend on a dish or bottle share. This year, thanks to the generosity of friends, we were able to raise enough to donate over 2,000 meals to Feeding America.

Keeping in theme, I served One Hope Wine bubbly. For each case purchased, 25 meals are donated. That’s two meals donated for every bottle purchased.

The night was made especially magical, thanks to some amazing partners. The talented Su Kim not only made the delicious food for the evening, she entertained everyone with her musical talents by playing during dessert.

Our theme for the evening was an adult, sophisticated tea party, inspired by the talented Molly Hatch and her partnership with Cheeky, who not only supplied the dinnerware for the evening, but their Lotta Jansdotter collection became an integral part of the decor.

Thanks to my friends at Paul Mitchell I have been introduced to Grow Appalachia and their work in Appalachia and surrounding regions. Their mission is to resolve hunger and food insecurity by restoring the relationship between people and the land. They do this by helping to maintain thousands of gardens through community partnerships in five different states. By teaching individuals how to grow their own food, they are not only feeding these individuals, they are helping them create a self-sustaining businesses for the communities they serve.

As part of this year’s dinner, we were able to not only share about the work Grow Appalachia is doing to help support families facing food insecurity, we were able to send guests home with some of the products made and sold by individuals benefitting from Grow Appalachia’s services. Insider tip – their hot sauce is hands down the best around.

Though the focus of the evening was hunger and working to end hunger and food instability in the US, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to also raise awareness for Breast and Ovarian Cancer, given it is October. Each guest was given a card at their place setting to create their own #PinkOutloud statement to supporting Bright Pink and their work in raising awareness of the importance for early detection.