Don’t Feed The Fat Lady, Feed a Child

The other day the local radio morning show I listen to talked about a lady that is asking people to send her donations. Her request for donations is not for the typical reasons. Her request was for money to help her buy enough food to become the world’s fattest women. It seems that her food bill per week is in excess of $800. She has set up a webcam so that those wishing to aid her can watch her progress as she eats her way into the record books. Her boyfriend is facilitating the whole affair by brining her meals as she takes this journey to the extremes of morbid obesity. From what the DJ said, on the radio station, she has a website and a Paypal account to take donations.

This article is not about this misguided fat woman. In fact I will not provide any links to her website and request that readers of this article do not search for it. This article is about better ways in which to put your money to work in the form of donations. $800 can do a lot of good in the world. There are many real charities that would benefit from donations that a person would be foolish to send any donations to this fat women. If you are a person who has sent her money to eat herself into the grave, and live in the same country as she, you will most likely also being paying for her lack of judgment twice. You will also pay for this woman’s mistake with your tax dollars.

$800 could feed quite a few children in Third World Countries for a lot longer than one week.

In fact the fat lady’s total monthly food bill, of roughly $3200, could be used to sponsor just around 114 children through Children Incorporated. Children Incorporated’s sponsorship programs start at only $28US a month. This lady, on her way to this world record, is monthly spending the amount that it would cost to feed 114 children in developing nations.

$800 could help cure 2 people of leprosy. It cost approximately $350CAD, for The Leprosy Mission Canada, to cure a person of leprosy and provide them with after care. Leprosy is not just something we see in Biblical Epic movies at Easter, as it still exists in many parts of the world in modern times. Two people cured of leprosy for a lifetime or feeding a fat lady for a week? The right choice is fairly clear.