September 26, 2009 mark the one year anniversary of Paul Newman's death. Paul Newman was well know for his acting career. A lot of people didn't know that he had his own business called Newman's Own.
Newman Own was founded by Paul Newman and author A.E. Hotchner in 1982. Newman's Own is mainly know for their all natural salad dressings. They also sell drinks, salsa, sauces, cereal, popcorn and pizza Without ever taking any personal money from the company, Newman donated all profits to charity He then created Newman's Own Foundation in 2005. The foundation now receives all profits from the Newman's Own Company and donates to thousands of charities around the world - as of August 2009, a sum totaling over $280 million!
What I don't understand is, here is someone that had a lifetime of giving back and was a very family man and was in a lot of movies and knew that he had a lot of money and did something to give back. You never here about that. You only hear about people like Michael Jackson that is constantly in the tabloids and was charged with sexual abuse and married three times. Or you hear about people like Anna Nicole Smith that married a rich man and now her daughter is a millionaire.
One thing I noticed on Newman's Own Foundation site is this:
Did you know that Newman’s Own Foundation donates 100% of the royalties and net profits after taxes it receives from the sale of Newman’s Own products to charity?
Why don't we hear more about the people that give back to all these charities? That help their own communities. I had no idea that Newman's Own gave all the profits to charity! I probably would pick up Newman's Own products now rather then Kraft Salad Dressing because I know it is going to go to further use and hopefully help someone.
This is one of the reasons I never read the newspaper or listened to the news because it always seems to be all bad. I would like to hear more about what people are doing to make the world a better place. The good stories about families, towns, cities and may countries that it is effecting. We need this to change!
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