Activism & Charity
Oct 17, 2005
cindy
12 Comments

In the Name of Food


Toss out your paper lunch sacks and prepare to pack your lunch with style. Bono, Edge, and Anton Corbijn have designed lunchboxes for an online auction to benefit two hunger relief organizations, the Food Bank for New York City and the Lunchbox Fund. Currently, only Corbijn’s and Edge’s lunchboxes are available to bid at the eBay-hosted auction. Bono’s lunchbox will be available to bid in a future auction (10 lunchboxes become available every 10 days). Each lunchbox is signed and numbered by the artist who designed it.

R.E.M. fansite Murmurs.com reports that Bono and Coldplay’s Chris Martin engaged in a furious bidding war for R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe’s lunchbox, with Martin emerging victorious with a $20,000 bid; and that The Edge purchased former President Bill Clinton’s box for $11K. How terribly impetuous!

12 Comments

  • elmo October 17, 2005 at 9:50 pm

    excuse me, but where are Bono’s pants?

  • elmo October 17, 2005 at 9:50 pm

    excuse me, but where are Bono’s pants?

  • Talie October 17, 2005 at 10:47 pm

    Edge’s lunchbox looks really dangerous ! ;-)

  • Talie October 17, 2005 at 10:47 pm

    Edge’s lunchbox looks really dangerous ! ;-)

  • cindy October 17, 2005 at 10:51 pm

    Edge’s lunchbox was designed for a dieter.

  • cindy October 17, 2005 at 10:51 pm

    Edge’s lunchbox was designed for a dieter.

  • R October 18, 2005 at 1:24 am

    Maybe Edge’s lunchbox reflects painful childhood memories of having his lunch stolen by bullies (or Bono) every day?

  • R October 18, 2005 at 1:24 am

    Maybe Edge’s lunchbox reflects painful childhood memories of having his lunch stolen by bullies (or Bono) every day?

  • PopArtist October 19, 2005 at 12:55 am

    Well R, Edge did reveal that Bono hits them, sometimes very hard on Conan O’Brien the other night… ;-)

  • PopArtist October 19, 2005 at 12:55 am

    Well R, Edge did reveal that Bono hits them, sometimes very hard on Conan O’Brien the other night… ;-)

  • Jen October 19, 2005 at 4:52 am

    Cool lunchbox

  • Jen October 19, 2005 at 4:52 am

    Cool lunchbox

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