Alan Shawn Feinstein,  Founder

 

Alan Shawn Feinstein , founder of the Feinstein Foundation, is a nationally known philanthropist and humanitarian. He has made an indelible impact on American education and public service that has spread throughout the country. With a college background in both journalism and education, Mr. Feinstein taught public schools in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and established an English school in Thailand after a private audience with the king. He later entered the business world, starting a financial advisory newspaper column and private newsletter in 1974 with $500 in savings. His newsletters went on to become among the most widely circulated in the world, reaching a readership of over 500,000. He credits his great circulation to a man he never met - an Indian doctor and world traveler who liked Mr. Feinstein's newspaper column so much that he got it into newspapers in many countries. He has also authored several best-selling financial guides, a novel and several books for children. A book was written about him and the value of his advice: The Four Treasures of Alan Shawn Feinstein, published by Prentice-Hall in 1984. Since 1996, he has dedicated his full time to philanthropic endeavors, focusing on the advancement of public service and the alleviation of hunger. He founded the World Hunger Program at Brown University, the first university center to study and try to end the causes of hunger, launched the World Hunger Brigade, a program which encourages middle school students to study hunger and design programs to fight it, the Feinstein International Famine Center at Tufts University which carries out projects designed to help reduce hunger in countries around the world, and the Center for Hunger Free America at the University of Rhode Island. His commitment to the schools in the State of Rhode Island is legendary. He has dedicated millions of dollars to its elementary and secondary schools, and to its colleges and universities, to advance the importance of community service in education and the values of caring, compassion and brotherhood. He was also instrumental in the establishment of the first public high school ever to have community service as its central theme (the Feinstein High School in Providence, Rhode Island) and the first college program to offer a degree in this field (the Feinstein Institute at Providence College). His motto, " Helping to better the lives of others is the greatest of all achievements" is on all high schools and middle school buildings in Providence. Among the many honors he has received are the American Historical Society’s Distinguished Services Award, the American Red Cross Longfellow Humanitarian Award, the first Rhode Island Citizen of the Year Award by the March of Dimes Foundation and the first humanitarian award given by his hometown of Cranston. He has been named to the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame, has received the prestigious President’s Medal from Brown University and Rhode Island College, and honorary doctorate degrees from Providence College, Salve Regina University, Johnson and Wales University, Roger Williams University, Rhode Island College, the University of Rhode Island and the New England Institute of Technology. He recently founded the Citizenship Center at the International Institute of Rhode Island, and is honorary chairman of the International Scholar/Athlete Games, where his "Enriching the World" Program is a requisite for all participants from all countries. He also has given start-up funds to over 200 houses of worship throughout the country to start food pantries available to everyone in need in their communities regardless of their religious affiliation. As well as the Feinstein High School in Rhode Island, several other schools have been named for him including the Graduate School of Johnson & Wales University , the College of Arts and Science at Roger Williams University, the College of Education at Rhode Island College, the College of Continuing Education at the University of Rhode Island and two elementary schools. Mr. Feinstein believes that "Helping to better the lives of others, regardless of race, creed or color, is the greatest of all achievements."   Mr. Feinstein has been married for over 40 years to Dr. Pratarnporn Feinstein, a psychiatrist and native of Bangkok, Thailand. They have three children Ari, Ricky, and Leila Feinstein and three grandchildren. Though Mr. Feinstein comes from a strictly Jewish background, his family now consists of Christians, Moslems and Buddhists and a mixture of all races.

The Feinstein Foundation

Help End Hunger In America                                                                                                                               37 Alhambra Circle     Cranston, RI  02905                                                                                         (401) 467-5155

How You Can Use Our Money to Help End Hunger     Did you know that over 14 million people in America are going hungry? What a shame -- in the richest country in the world... For the past several years I have been helping fund-raising drives for the needy.     Here's What YOU Can do to Help Right Now: 1) Tell your local anti-hunger agency about the Feinstein annual $1 Million Giveaway so they can share in it to help your needy neighbors. 2) Tell your friends or relatives in other states about it, so they can tell their anti-hunger agencies, too. 3) Send us an E-mail at asf@feinsteinfoundation.org to get on our mailing list for other important news in the battle to end hunger, as it develops. Please, join with us today. Together, we CAN end hunger !   Contact us by Email or call us today at  (401) 467-5155 to speak with a someone from our  organization.   Contact: Alan Shawn Feinstein 401-467-5155 or 401-941-5913                                 For Immediate Release                                                                          Feinstein Offers Another $1 Million Giveaway                              To Fight Hunger For the tenth straight year, Alan Shawn Feinstein will divide $1 million among hunger fighting agencies nationwide using it to help them raise funds during March and April, 2007. Agencies should simply inform their donors that the more of a donation they make to their agency - from March 1st to April 30th– the more of the Feinstein money will be added to their donation! Many agencies say that featuring this in their mailings and telephone solicitations has increased their donations two or three times their usual returns!  Only donations received from March 1st to April 30th, and from use of the Feinstein challenge, should be counted.  These donations can include cash, checks and food items (that can be valued at $1.00 per item or pound) as well as pledges, as long as they were obtained ONLY in response to our challenge. Participating agencies should send in the enclosed reporting sheet, showing the total they raised from March 1st to April 30th, 2007 from use of our challenge, with copies of any publicity they received about it, and copies of their mailing piece(s) featuring our challenge, plus a copy of their federal tax-exemption (501C3) or proof of affiliation with a tax-exempt organization –all sent by regular mail in one envelope postmarked May 1st   to May 9th, 2007 only, to: The Feinstein Foundation, 37 Alhambra Circle, RI 02905.  Nothing else is required.  Please keep a record of what you raised and from whom should verification be requested! Our million dollars will then be divided proportionately among all agencies complying with the above (a minimum of $250 and a maximum of $50,000 to all participating agencies). Checks will be mailed by August 1st, 2007. Feinstein’s past $1 million challenges to fight hunger have raised a record $620 million for agencies nationwide. Agencies should tell their donors that their donation toward this campaign makes them partners in the most successful grassroots campaign to fight hunger of all times. That is something they can take great pride in. A full report of the results of the 2007 Challenge will be posted on our website in July. # # #      Report on Donations Received in Response to the  Feinstein March/April 2007 $1 Million Challenge TO BE MAILED ONLY FROM MAY 1 –9, 2007 To: Alan Shawn Feinstein, 37 Alhambra Circle, Cranston, RI 02905   Agency Name: ______________________________________________________ Address: ______________________City___________________State ______                                                                                                                                                 Zip_______­ Telephone Number: (         )______________________ Name and Title of the Person Making this Report: _______________________________ Total amount raised from March 1st to April 30, 2007 (from use of our $1 million challenge only)  Cash & Checks $ _____________    Food items ($1.00 per item or per pound) $___________   Pledges  $ _____________  Total of  all $__________________ Total number of donors it was raised from: _______________ Please clearly print your email address here:________________________________ (This will be kept strictly confidential) Please notify us of any change so we can keep you abreast of our latest news. Were you able to get media coverage from use of our challenge? (Please include copies of any newspaper articles about it or names of any TV stations giving it coverage.) How worthwhile was our challenge to you? Do you have any suggestions on how our future challenges can be more worthwhile or beneficial to you? If you have participated before, please note the year(s) here:_______________________ If you haven’t, who/what prompted you to do so this year:_________________________ ________________________________________________________________________                                                                                     Thank you,                                                                                     Alan Shawn Feinstein, CEO                                                                                     The Feinstein Foundation     Here is how you can use the Feinstein $1 million challenge to bring you in more donations than ever before: 1.        Feature our offer in your next solicitation mailing, per the next paragraph.  The more prominently you feature it, the more donations it will bring you! 2.        Tell your donors that any donations they send to you in March or April will get Feinstein money from Rhode Island added to it –and the more of a donation they send to you, the more of the Feinstein $1 million you’ll get –thanks to them!  Also tell them they become partners in what has become the most successful campaign of all times to fight hunger! 3.        Contact your local houses of worship and ask them to give this news to their congregations, requesting donations toward it. 4.        Use the enclosed letter from Mr. Feinstein in your mailing.  This can increase your response dramatically!  Send it to as many of your donors and prospective donors as you can. If you have to make new envelopes for your mailing, put a line in bold on them reading: ‘Have you ever heard of Alan Shawn Feinstein?’ and reference our $1 million giveaway right at the top of the first piece in your mailing. It should increase your returns substantially. 5.        Call your newspapers and radio stations to find out to whom to send copies of our enclosed news release (adding your agency’s name, address, and telephone number to it) and telling them that by publicizing it, they will be helping the needy people in their area. Also send a letter about it to the editor of your daily newspaper. 6.        Send this news to your email list urging them to join with us as partners in this #1 grassroots campaign of all times to fight hunger –and to pass the news on to their e-mail list! 7.        Contact all the schools near you, asking them to put on a food and or money drive for you toward our $1 million challenge. Value all food items they give you at $1.00 each when reporting what you raised in response to our challenge. Tell your donors that this makes them partners in the greatest grassroots effort ever to fight hunger. 8.        Feature our $1 Million Challenge on your website and link to our site (www.feinsteinfoundation.org) so your donors can verify our credibility. Good luck!  And thank you for all you do for those who need you.                                                                             # # #                                                                                       Alan Shawn Feinstein 37 Alhambra Circle Cranston, RI 02905  Please use MY money to help  your neighbors in need!                                               My name is Alan Shawn Feinstein. For the past 9 years, I have been giving away $1 million each year to anti-hunger agencies throughout the country.      This year, I am doing it again… WHATEVER YOU DONATE TO THIS AGENCY, I WILL ADD MONEY TO IT. THE MORE YOU GIVE, THE MORE OF MY $1 MILLION THEY’LL GET—THANKS TO YOU!      Why am I doing this? Because I believe each of us was put here on earth to do what we can to help those in need. You got this letter because we feel that YOU believe that, too.       This has become the greatest grass roots campaign ever to fight hunger in our country. Your donation makes you a partner in it with me!        My money started this campaign but it is YOU who will help decide how many needy people in your city or town will be fed this year. I’m only here to give you some support and to remind you of this:  That all that will matter to us someday is what we did while we were here to help those who needed us.                                                        We Are Needed Now! Please give whatever you can - I will gladly add some of my money to yours.  My $1 million will be divided in full proportionately among the agencies receiving donations toward my offer.      Thank you for sharing my heart, and the hope that—someday—no one will ever go hungry. Sincerely Yours,        Alan Shawn Feinstein         Here’s What Agencies Using the Feinstein Challenge Last Year Said About It!   “The response was incredible” - Brattleboro Senior Meals, VT               “Phenomenal! The response was overwhelming” –Sacred Heart Food Closet, Woonsocket, RI   “This has become our largest mail campaign and this year’s direct mail contributions skyrocketed 300% over last year” –Interfaith Assoc. of NW Washington, Everett, WA               “Very Worthwhile –It increased our contributions for this two month period 10 times” –Grace Ministries Food Pantry, North Platte, NE   “The cash donations for March and April were 4 times what we would normally receive. Thank you!” –Community Food Basket, Ottawa, FL               “We received about 300% more than normal” –Thomas Carman Food Pantry, Marina, CA   “Phenomenal.  We were blessed abundantly!”– Church of the Harvest, Pahokee, FL               “We have never raised this much money so early in the year” –Trumansburg Food Pantry for the Town of Ulysses, Trumansburg, NY   “The Feinstein challenge is the highest grossing newsletter of the year” –Institute for Human Services, Honolulu, HI               “Increased our income 3 times” –Hope Foundation of America, Chattanooga, TN   “This is the greatest fund raiser we have ever had!” –New Life Outreach Mission of America, Tabor City, NC               “This year was success beyond our belief” –ACTS, Dumfries, VA   “We raised 10 times more this year. Thank you!” –Abundant Life Harvest Church, Canton, OH               “An excellent marketing tool”– East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry, Stafford, TX   * * *

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