“Donate My Weight”
This is really quite neat.
“Like millions of Americans, Ben Miller started dieting at the beginning of the New Year.
“Over the years I went from 165 pounds in the Navy to my highest of 477 pounds,” says dieter Ben Miller.
Ben’s goal -weight- is 230 pounds, but that’s not his only goal. For every pound he loses, he’s donating a pound of food to his local food bank.
“I wasn’t willing to do it for myself, but I am willing to do it for other people.”
Ben’s message and his “Donate my Weight” website has attracted media attention which in turn, has attracted sponsors.
“We were inspired by Ben’s weight loss and we really believe in the Second Harvest Food Bank, so for us it was an absolutely natural fit. We said, you know what? We can make a difference here as well as inspire others to make a difference,” says Kathy Haines, the service area manager of Wegmans in Allentown, PA.”
It’s certainly a novel way to stay motivated to lose fat/weight too.
May 29, 2008
Thank you for helping me spread the message of my Donate My Weight campaign. The more people that hear about it, the more opportunity I have to raise donations for food banks!
Ben