Former Houstonian, Bush Family Member, Taps Halloween Entrepreneurial Spirit to Benefit UNICEF (New York Times)
The fundraising box that UNICEF distributes to children to collect pennies in on Halloween has gone as high fashion as it can: Lauren Bush Lauren, the model, philanthropist and entrepreneur designed a version of her Feed bag with a jack-o’-lantern face for the cause. She remembers carrying the paper box when she was a kid in Houston. “I feel nostalgic for it. I trick-or-treated for candy and UNICEF,” she says.
Nowadays, the 27-year-old granddaughter of President George H.W. Bush, niece of President George W. Bush and new daughter-in-law to Ralph Lauren, is rarely seen without one of the no-frills bags produced by her charitable for-profit company Feed Projects, which she co-founded in 2007. It was her way to respond to the question, “What can I do?” (Full story here)
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