Have you heard about Hannah Salwen yet? This girl, while having a very touching sentiment, must be extremely confused. Hannah after seeing a homeless man sitting on a curb came to the conclusion as many of us do that "there but for the grace of God go I". So having analyzed her and her family's life, Hannah came to the realization that they had things fairly well and maybe they could do with a few less things in their life. So Hannah and her family decided that they would sell their approximately $1.8 million house and donate half of the profit to charity. This is all well and good, and anybody in their position would probably do the same. I do not have a problem with these good people selling a home that was much too large for them anyway and donating the money to charity. The problem I have is where they want to send the money. They want to give the money to the Hunger Project where it will end up in Ghana. I sympathize wholly with anyone who wants to help the poor people in Ghana. But shouldn't we be focusing on the problems here at home first. This homeless man that Hannah saw on the side of the road that started the entire "movement" for lack of a better word will not see any benefit from the sale of this house. Now we move from the gripe to the praise.
Have you heard about this guy named Troy Landwehr? Probably not. He is another one of those artists who like to perform public stunts. But this man chooses to be patriotic, and to help the needy. Troy chose to carve a 1 ton replica of John Trumbull's painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The Cheez-It company commissioned the carving to celebrate US Independence Day. The carving will travel for a few days, while it finishes aging, and then will be taken back to Wisconsin to be donated to food pantries. A good corporate citizen and a good artist have teamed up for what is honestly yes, a publicity stunt, but also an act of kindness and charity.
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