bread + butter has our first actor endorsement!

Here at b & b headquarters we are SO excited to announce our first actor endorsement! That's right, Caitlin Dwyer, who will appear with Mark Wahlberg in "The Fighter" later this year is a bread + butter fan. She LOVES our products and we couldn't be happier. Hey look, she's wearing Emma's favorite green distressed hoodie! One of our most popular products!

We also included a picture of Caitlin and Mark Wahlberg at the wrap party of the film - very cool! We are looking forward to the movie which is already getting a lot of buzz. Thanks for your support Caitlin and don't forget to spread the word among all those actor types out there! People with high visibility can do a lot to help us sell shirts and feed more hungry families across America.

Happy Friday everyone. Our new Valentine's Line will be coming out THIS WEEKEND. Check back often. ~Sue

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5th and Counting - More Hope and Help for the New Year

We asked all of our New England partners to provide some post-holiday comments. See what Greater Boston Food Bank has to say about Hope and Help for the New Year.

“More than 83,000 people benefit from the stable supply of nutritious food that The Greater Boston Food Bank distributes each and every week. We do this every week every month of the year because hunger does not go away once the holidays are over. And this year, as you can imagine, the need for food is great because of a lackluster economy that has a lot of families struggling to make ends meet,” says Sarah Christensen, Acting Director of Development. “We also know that during the colder winter months more people are forced to choose between heating their homes and paying for food, so we have declared January Super Hunger Month to raise awareness and money to help fight hunger in our community. For more information about this year’s activities and how you can get involved in the fight against hunger visit www.superhungermonth.org.”

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"Fetch" a few bread + butter shirts and help feed a family

Hey all you b & b fans...It's amazing - our fans our growing, our followers are growing but our shirts have had a little lull in the action these past couple of weeks. We know, everyone is a bit broke after the holidays but please remember that bread + butter make great birthday gifts and they are perfect for that "I-just-want-a-cool-new-shirt-that-makes-a-real-statement" purchase. Our food bank partners tell us that the need is still great after the holidays. Help us keep the momentum going.

Good news, Katie got a call back from the casting company for the PBS show "Fetch with Ruff Ruffman." Although Emma did not, she was a great sport and so supportive of Katie. We were so proud of how she handled the disappointment. What a great kid. About 2,000 kids tried out and they called back 240. We head back to Boston tomorrow for Katie's 2nd audition so keep us in your thoughts. Should be great fun!

On a much lighter note, American Idol premieres tonight and that is a huge guilty pleasure here at the O'Rourke household. The bread & butter team will be glued beginning at 8pm. We just can't help ourselves. Are you fans too?

Have a great night. Will try to get one of the girls to check in tomorrow.
~Sue
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See what NH Food Bank has to say about Hope + Help for a New Year

Thanks to our partners at NH Food Bank for providing this quote for the 4th installment in our Hope + Help for the New Year series of blog posts. Check our prior posts for the previous 3 and stay tuned for a few more.

“The New Hampshire Food Bank would like to thank everyone that helped by donating to make the holidays brighter for so many hungry individuals in our state. The holiday season always brings a sense of benevolence to people and despite the troubled economy, this year was no exception. However, when the holidays pass, unfortunately the issue of hunger remains. We hope that we can keep the spirit going throughout the year, so that we may continue to feed more than 80,000 people that need our help.” – Melanie Gosselin, Executive Director, New Hampshire Food Bank

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Fetch with bread + butter...and other stupid random silly stuff

Hey everyone, Sue here.
Happy Sunday. We just got back from bringing the girls to open audtions for the PBS show "Fetch with Ruff Ruffman" in Boston. For those of you in my generation, it's sort of like a modern day Zoom. We should know by Tuesday whether either of them get a call back. Keep your fingers crossed!

We are watching the Patriots game and then we have a 40th birthday party. Happy Birthday Mindy! The girls also had their first day of skiing yesterday with the ski program they're in. A busy - but fun - weekend.

So, Katie and her friend Dana started a Web site called "Stupid Random Silly Stuff". Should we be concerned since that Web site is getting more interest from the girls at the moment than this project? Nah, it's kids being kids. It's actually pretty clever.

We expect to have the new V-day line of shirts out by the end of this week. Stay tuned and remember...buy a shirt, feed a family. Go Pats.

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