The ongoing magic trick (sorry … illusion) of turning meat art into actual meat continues! Ever since January 2011, Drywell Art has been donating 10% of the sales of every Meat My City neighborhood meat maps to a local food bank. It only makes sense that if I’m peddling food for a living, I should be giving food to those in need as well. As I was making my quarterly food bank donations this month, I realized there hasn’t been a recent update on the cold hard cash facts!
Above are the very grand totals of food bank donations by city since January 2011. I’m astounded. The San Francisco donation alone equates to over $5000 worth of food that the San Francisco Food Bank distributed. All from meat on paper. Go Team Carnivore!
(You can also check out the initial announcement , 2011 quarter one results , and 2011 Q2 + Q3 results, and 2011 Q4 plus 2012 Q1-3 results)
With no further ado, here are the totals for 2012 Q4, 2013 Q1 and Q2. Drumroll…..
6. Brooklyn – $25.00 to the St. John’s Bread and Life food pantry in Brooklyn
5. Portland. $32.50 to The Oregon Food Bank
4. Seattle. $55.00 to the Northwest Harvest food bank in Washington.
3. Los Angeles. $65 to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. That’s 260 meals of food that can be distributed to needy families in LA!
2. San Francisco. Narrowly missing the top spot is my home city. $150 to the San Francisco Food Bank. The SF Food Bank distributes $6 of food for every $1 donated. That means the SF Food Bank will be able to distribute $900 worth of food to needy residents of SF! Amazeballs.
1. Chicago. Man, the Midwest is representing, big time. The newest city to get a poster leads the pack with $167.50 to the Chicago Food Bank.
If you’re from one of these cities and think that another food bank needs the donations next time, just drop me a line and let me know. Thanks everyone!!
