
Project 7 Feed the Hungry Sugar Free Peppermint Vanilla Gum
By: kmom14
Tags: Chiclets, Feed The Hungry, Peppermint Vanilla, Project 7, Sugarless Gum
Category: Interesting finds, Meijer
I picked up this packet of gum for $1.49 at Meijer while waiting to check out. On the back it indicated that each tray of gum provides 7 meals in American communities.
I had to chuckle recalling a jar at a service counter in Scott’s grocery store saying a donation of 50 cents would feed a child for a day and Marv saying to the counter person “They don’t shop here, do they?”. In reality though I can see if each pack makes $1 profit that it could buy a pound of rice, pasta or potatoes and stretch a meals at a soup kitchen.
I tried the gum and it is more peppermint than vanilla, sort of reminds me of the white “Chiclets” peppermint gum that I would get as a kid with just a hint of vanilla thrown in.
Project 7 business mission is to sell everyday products, such as sugar-free gum & mints, bottled water, clothing and accessories that give back to seven areas for good around the globe.
The seven areas are:
- Feed the Hungry (meals)
- Heal the Sick (Malaria treatments)
- Hope for Peace (Days of counseling for children of war)
- House the Homeless (Days in shelter)
- Quench the Thirsty (Provide people with clean water for a year)
- Teach them Well (Days of schooling)
- Save the Earth (Plant trees)
Instead of like some businesses, that indicate a percentage of their profits go to help a cause, they instead indicate quantitatively, such as “feed seven people” with the gum that I purchased. They also have where they give and how much they have given to date on their web page.
There was also another neat thing on the inside of the packet – a “Good Samaritan Card” where it encourages you to do a good deed and pass the card on to the person you have helped to encourage them to help other…sort of a “pay it forward” mentality.
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