{"id":7723,"date":"2011-04-26T10:25:29","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T14:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/?p=7723"},"modified":"2011-04-26T10:25:29","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T14:25:29","slug":"this-weeks-most-inspiring-pop-culture-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2011\/04\/this-weeks-most-inspiring-pop-culture-moments.html","title":{"rendered":"This Week’s Most Inspiring Pop Culture Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Amy & Nancy Harrington, Pop Culture Passionistas<\/a><\/p>\n

A housewife fights hunger with bread art, a celebrity chef gives back and a rocker helps the homeless. Here are this week’s most inspirational pop culture moments.<\/p>\n

Teri Hatcher Fights Hunger One Piece of Bread Art at a Time<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not every celebrity who vows to help fight childhood hunger, \u201cone piece of bread art at a time.\u201d But according to a recent press release that\u2019s \u201cDesperate Housewives\u201d star Teri Hatcher\u2019s mission. Last weekend in Los Angeles she hosted the Bread Art Project<\/a>, sharing lunch recipes and raising awareness of the plight of hungry kids in the U.S.<\/p>\n

The event benefited the Bread Art Project, \u201can initiative created by the Grain Foods Foundation (a non-profit educating consumers about the health benefits of grains) to help increase awareness of the growing hunger problem in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

For those who didn\u2019t make the event, don\u2019t despair. The Bread Art Project site is pretty cool. First visit the Workshops. Select the type of toast you\u2019d like to use as your canvas from White, Wheat, Country Wheat and Oatmeal. Then choose your brush stroke style, size and level of darkness. Don\u2019t worry, if you aren\u2019t good at free hand toast art, you can choose from some preset patterns. For inspiration visit the Galleries. There you\u2019ll find browned bread adorned with penguins, slogans like \u201cMake Art Not War,\u201d zebra strips and even the Titanic.<\/p>\n

Visit the Bread Art Project website, create your own sketched slice and organizers will donate $1 to Share Our Strength. At this point donations are totaling over $3,000 so do your part and create a crispy canvas for a good cause.<\/p>\n

Curtis Stone Recalls Giving on \u2018Celebrity Apprentice\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Curtis Stone is everywhere these days. He hosts \u201cTop Chef Masters,\u201d<\/a> is a judge\/investor on \u201cAmerica\u2019s Next Great Restaurant\u201d and was recently named NBC\u2019s resident celebrity culinary king. But the Ausie first gained fame with American audiences as a competitor on \u201cCelebrity Apprentice.\u201d In a recent conference call interview he talked about his charity of choice \u2014 Feeding America.<\/p>\n

Stone recounted, \u201cI\u2019ve been working with Feeding America since I got to the states. I actually used to cook Christmas dinner for the homeless when I lived in London and when I came to the states. I tried to find a similar charity and did so.\u201d<\/p>\n

His work with the organization is what sparked the idea for his participation on Donald Trump\u2019s reality series. He recalled, \u201c[I] was sitting around talking with David Arquette one night about different things that we could do, because David\u2019s been really instrumental in building this celebrity base to the charity, and raising a whole lot of awareness and money for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The possibility to compete on \u201cCelebrity Apprentice\u201d and raise awareness for Feeding America seemed to click. He explained, \u201cI said, \u2018Oh, why not\u2019\u2026 I thought it would be fun until I wound up in a room with Bret Michaels and Bill Goldberg and Sharon Osbourne. And I thought, \u2018What am I doing here?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

In hindsight, Stone feels he made the right choice, \u201cI actually quite enjoyed the experience. It was like playing a game every day. It was something different and\u2026 \u00a0we\u2019d have to sit across the table from Donald of course and listen to him swing his axe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now Stone watches as the \u201cTop Chef Masters\u201d win big for their favorite philanthropic organizations. Tune in each Wednesday to see who they\u2019ve chosen at 10 p.m. EST\/9 p.m. Central on Bravo.<\/p>\n

Bon Jovi Builds Housing for the Homeless<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rocker Jon Bon Jovi was on hand for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the ground breaking for a new apartment complex for homeless youth in Philadelphia this week. The Covenant House<\/a> was funded in part by Bon Jovi’s charitable entity The JBJ Soul Foundation.<\/a><\/p>\n

The new Covenant House Rights of Passage building will consist of ten two-bedroom units, as well as a lounge, laundry room, computer lab and outdoor recreational space. It will serve as shelter for 20 homeless youths. While living there, residents must work 30 hours a week, take life skill classes, perform chores around the complex and do community service.<\/p>\n

At the ribbon cutting ceremony Bon Jovi said, “It\u2019s a victory over the issues that forced them into homelessness and economic despair. Through the funding and creation of programs and partnerships like this, we can all support innovative community efforts to break the cycle of poverty and homelessness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also making major contributions were the City of Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund, the Federal Home Loan Banks of Pittsburgh and New York, the Connelly Foundation, the David A. and Helen P. Horn Charitable Trust and individual supporters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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