For the 2007 Lunchbox Auction, 100+ iconic celebrities from the entertainment, fashion, art, music, literary and culinary worlds remind us that food matters by creating personalized lunchbox art for online auction. The auction, which goes live on Friday, December 7, 2007 at 12 a.m. EST, will benefit two hunger-relief organizations — Food Bank For New York City and The Lunchbox Fund of South Africa. Each lunchbox is signed and numbered and no two lunchboxes are alike.

Hunger is a global problem. Whether it is New York City or Soweto, South Africa, the children of the world are the ones most severely affected. In New York City, approximately 1.3 million people turn to food assistance programs like soup kitchens and food pantries — and one in five of them is a child. South Africa, a country that is rich and prosperous, is also a country in which an estimated eighteen million people live without adequate food, water or sanitation. Children are often forced to make a decision to learn or to eat.


The 2007 Lunchbox Auction will include one-of-a-kind creations from Mario Batali, Michael Stipe, Sir Elton John, Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin, Kanye West, Mike Myers, Orlando Bloom, Natalie Portman, Joaquin Phoenix, Casey Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Helena Christensen & Leif Sigersen, Anna Sui, Zac Posen, Heatherette, Cynthia Rowley, Lambertson Truex, Built by Wendy, Swarovski, Marchesa, Temperley London, EDUN, Trina Turk, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Cameron Diaz, Reese Witherspoon, Kobe Bryant, Rachael Ray, John Mayer, Lily Allen, Tom Collichio, Dave Lieberman, Nat Finkelstein, Kenny Scharf, Marilyn Minter, Donald Baechler, Enoc Perez, Christopher Makos, Jane Holzer, Danny Clinch, Mark Seliger, Bob Gruen, Jonathan Adler, Mariane & Adam Pearl, Alan Cumming, William Wegman, Jessica Alba, Billy Crudup, Beastie Boys, Kevin Smith, Yoko Ono, Sienna Miller, Patti Smith, Julia Stiles, Cat Power, Peter Sarsgaard, Courteney Cox & David Arquette, Mick Rock, Rufus Wainwright, Chad Hurley (Founder of You Tube), James Franco, Carson Kressley, Alek Wek, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, Courtney Love, Temperley London, Todd English, James Frey, Andy Summers of The Police, Cyndi Lauper, TV on the Radio, Eva Mendes, Flea, Richard Branson, Scissor Sisters, Some Odd Rubies, Guy Pearce, Rosanne Cash, Pete Yorn, April Bloomfield of The Spotted Pig, Anthropologie, The Bravery, Yves Behar, Hye Rim Lee, Amy Lee of Evanescence, Eric Dane, Mark Ronson, Piper Perabo, Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel, Anthony Hamilton, Rockstar Games, Urban Outfitters, Gordon Cheung, Carlos Miele, Tom Slaughter, Daisy de Villeneuve, Christie Bush, Rodney Dickson, Wulf Treu, Citizens Band, Anthony Goicolea, Hilton Brothers, Wendi Reed, Rui Matsunaga, Cobra Starship, Joseph Arthur, Jussara Lee, Kevin Masur, Charlotte Ronson, Michael Enns, Paul Solberg, Jon Spencer Eiseman, Simon Keenleyside and Terry George.

Thank you for the update Libra.

It will be interesting to see how much this sells for at auction. Another worthy cause supported by Orlando. :wub:

More on this from New Yorkl Daily News...
Still looking for a unique holiday gift?
For a limited time, you can get your hands on Orlando Bloom's lunchbox.
The heartthrob actor is just one of almost 150 stars of film, music, food and fashion to design a signed lunchbox for the charity Lunchbox Auction.
Online bidding, which is open to everyone, begins Friday and ends Dec.21 at ww.thelunchboxauction.org. Proceeds benefit the Food Bank for New York City and the Lunchbox Fund of South Africa.
The sale will kick off with a star-studded miniauction tomorrow night at the Saatchi & Saatchi gallery on Hudson St., where lunchbox designers including Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mike Myers and Michael Stipe will get to check out their handiwork alongside lunchboxes by the likes of Reese Witherspoon, Courtney Love, Rufus Wainwright and Zac Posen.
"What's amazing is the creativity that gets poured into each one," said spokeswoman Lisa Jakobsberg of the Food Bank, which runs programs benefiting 1.3 million New Yorkers.
The first lunchbox auction, in 2005, raised more than $100,000, with individual lunchboxes selling for "between $100 and tens of thousands of dollars," Jakobsberg said.

There is a gallery HERE and HERE. (Orlando's isn't shown.)

Here is another mention:

http://www.showbizspy.com/2007/12/06/orlan...lief-foundation

Here is the lunchbox designed from Orlando


http://www.charityfolks.com/cfauctions/auc...o.asp?slrid=599

Orlando's Lunch Box is currently selling for $230.

$375

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$400! :towel:

That is a great looking lunchbox! Nicely done Orlando :)

1/ Joaquin Phenix - $2,300
2/ Pete Yorn - $550
3/ Orlando Bloom - $475

Orlando's lunchbox sold for $1700 see HERE

:clap: :clap: I am so glad that it did well!

:woot: Lookee at what I found on YouTube. Celebrities talking about their lunchbox designs...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=oafj3n8iS4I

No interview with Orlando but we do get a nice close-up shot of his Lunchbox! :D

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