one acre fund benefits
one acre fund

This is not a picture of young vines, this the
picture of hope.  

One Acre Fund empowers the chronically
hungry to pull themselves out of poverty, and
they do it one cash crop at a time.  Started less
than two years ago, OAF has helped a group of
families in Kenya increase the yield from their
crops by as much as 400%, and can claim to have
reduced the infant mortality rate amongst its
farmers significantly.

Founder Andrew Youn was moved to start the
Fund after witnessing heartbreaking poverty
during trips to South Africa and Kenya when he
was attending the Kellogg School of
Management.

Eschewing the large salary he certainly could
have earned with his degree from one of the
country's most prestigious MBA programs,
Andrew has focused his time and remarkable
energy and brains on building a sustainable
model that will help families climb out of poverty.


Join us on October 2nd, 2008 for the
2nd annual Gala at The
Ritz-Carlton!
corporate events
public events
charity events
catered events
Left to right:  James Wesner, OAF, Donald Newcomb,
Chicagourmets!, Damien Casten, Candid Wines,
Andrew Youn, OAF, Jerome McDonnell, Chicago
Public Radio, Larry Levy, Levy Restaurants, Torey
Malatia, Chicago Public Radio, Professor Merkin,
Kellogg School of Management.

Torey Malatia, President of Chicago Public Radio,
Jerome McDonnell, Host of Worldview and Larry Levy
of Levy Restaurants were among the more than 100
supporters of OAF to join us at Spiaggia.
More than $20,000 raised for OAF at
the 2007 benefit.
From American Magazine:
"Since One Acre started the
program, it has enrolled about 2,000
farmers in Kenya and Rwanda. Not
a bad beginning, but Youn’s
immodest goal is to help millions."
Read More.
From the 2007 Gala:
2008 One Acre Fund Benefit
October 2nd at the Ritz-Carlton
Guest Speaker: Larry Levy on Social
Entrepreneurship

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The Menu

Official Press Release
Chicagourmets!, a food and wine
society, was founded in 1997.  It hosts
over 60 events each year for its 400
members.  For more information visit
www.chicagourmets.org or you can
contact Chicagourmets’ founder, Don
Newcomb at 708-383-7543 or
donaldnewcomb@comcast.net.  All
events are open to the public.

ChicagoGourmets! and Don
Newcomb have been critical to the
successful organization of this and
many other One Acre Fund Benefits.