PROJECTS

Donuts for Darfur

"Does not the display of dead daughters dragged through dirt deteriorate your delight? Do demonstrations of detrimental and deleterious dealing damper your disposition? The deduced determination? Dollar donuts defend the day! The different dangers due to digesting donuts do not deter denizens from defending Darfur. Neither dragons nor disasters need you defeat. Now directly dent your "dough" and distend your dignity, for this day we dine on donuts."

Donuts for Darfur started in 2008 by selling donuts to raise anti-genocide funds at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, OH. Donuts for Darfur began as a small group of students who were interested in helping victims of the Darfuri genocide and saw the great potential of breakfast as a fundraiser in a school full of teenage boys.

We currently work with Busken Bakery, Ridge Donut Shop, and Kroger grocery stores for our donated stock. Their immense generosity has allowed us to expand and grow from non-existence to non-profit in only 11 months. Additionally, several local storefronts throughout the Loveland, OH area have agreed to set up jars for donations at their cash registers - a source of revenue that has covered costs (napkins, cups, etc.) for each donut sale, as well as purchase of extra donuts themselves. (The sale of the purchased donuts actually generates more revenue than the initial donation total; thus, Donuts for Darfur acts as an investment plan for our raw donation funds.)

The money raised from Donuts for Darfur goes to the Jewish World Watch's Solar Cooker Project, a peaceful initiative toward ending violence against women in Darfur. Every $30 raised buys a family one solar cooker and a year's worth of cooking supplies.

Funds Raised:

We are serious about helping the people of Darfur; therefore we have committed to raising $25,000 by August 2010. This amount is indeed intimidating, but we are confident that, with your help, we can make a difference in Darfur.