We've been working with Storehouse for a few years now. A foodbank, Storehouse take in donations of none perishable food stuffs and redistribute them amongst those that need it most. It's amazing (and quite sad) to realise there are people just down the road from you that really need basic help like this. So Storehouse encourages supporters to buy a bit extra when they shop and to leave it at predetermined collection points (lots are in churches).
There's probably a foodbank near you, it's a concept that's been applied all over the place and is a great way for anyone to make a difference to the lives of people in need within your community. I suppose that's "the thing", they're in your neighbourhood. There's more specifically about Storehouse here.
My colleagure Al is the main man for Storehouse; he's designed most of the stuff we've done. So when Jack from Oomph! got in touch and asked if we had any idea for their cards it occurred to us that a major challenge with Storehouse can be getting supporters to remember, long term, to pick up something to donate.
So Al designed a card and Oomph! produced it for us. It's a great use of the format and Oomph! make it really easy to use the credit card format in new and original way.
Find out more about Oomph! here.
Excellent—an important issue indeed. I've just been working with my second year design students on a food bank project. Details here:
http://www.ucs.ac.uk/About/News/2013/20130523_Students-launch-healthy-eating-guide-to-support-food-aid.aspx
Posted by: Nigel | 28 May 2013 at 06:14 PM
Very innovative!
Posted by: Christian | 18 October 2013 at 08:33 AM