What is @bb4ck?
Brown Bagging it for Calgary Kids (BB4CK) is an organization that feeds the 2500 children that go to school hungry each day in our city. It’s sad that this situation exists. It is wonderful that some people are dedicated to doing something about it. BB4CK doesn’t just give handouts. They give a hand up by working within communities to provide community development. And, they don’t let children go hungry in the meantime.
Cooks love to feed people and they hate to see anyone, especially a child, go hungry.
When Kevin Kent, the owner of Knifewear stores across Canada, found out that a team of Edmonton chefs had posed partially clothed to raise money for food charities last year he was inspired to bring that idea to Calgary and to raise money for BB4CK. Kent put up the money to pay for the printing costs for a Calgary project and enlisted the talents of his friend, the photographer, Jeremy Fokkens (I’ve written about Jeremy’s abilities with Human Connections previously). Fokkens volunteered his time. Twelve male chefs from Calgary were enlisted to pose shirts off (for better or worse). With costs absorbed, all proceeds from sales will go to the charity.
The calendar is called The Offcuts and starting next week it’s time for THE OFFCUTS REVEALED. Click the link and find out more about these “hot” commodities that are nine parts generosity and perhaps one part oddity.
Click here for more “talented” subjects allowing themselves to be objects for a good cause.
Look for your copy at any Knifewear location and at Food On Your Shirt and fill tummies as you fill stockings this Christmas. This last photo of my friend Pierre Lamielle, may be my personal favourite but then again, the one of chef Cam Dobranski channelling Burt Reynolds really made me want to eat A LOT of poutine! Buy the calendar and you’ll see what I mean – nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
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