Topaz Page-Green
Topaz Page-Green is a
Early life and education
Topaz Page-Green was born in 1979[3] and raised near Johannesburg, South Africa. Her father and mother were geologists.[4]
She attended Kingsmead College, an all-girls private school in Johannesburg.
Career
After graduating high school, Page-Green began her career in
She studied Africa, sociology and human rights at the New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study.[7]
The Lunchbox Fund
Page-Green founded The Lunchbox Fund in 2005. The fund provides one meal each day to 22,000 underprivileged high school students, totaling more than 2.6 million meals a year.[8] The Lunchbox Fund began in the historically at-risk Soweto district of Johannesburg.[9]
Feedie
Page-Green created Feedie, an app which is credited as being the “first philanthropic food app.” Designed to be used by ‘foodies’ and others, the Feedie application uses social media to transform people's passion for sharing their photos of food into the sharing of actual food with school children in need via The Lunchbox Fund.[10]
Recognition
In September 2015
Forbes included Topaz Page-Green in their list of the “World’s Most Powerful Business Women” in 2015.[12]
Personal life and style
Page-Green lives in an apartment in New York City's
References
- ^ "Mario Batali: How I'm Helping to Feed Orphans". BloombergBusiness. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ Suh, Seunghee (2 November 2015). "The Lunchbox Fund Gets a Little Help from Its Friends". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ a b c Claxton, Eve. "The Interview: Topaz Page-Green". Net-A-Porter. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ Magwood, Michele (2 November 2015). "Jinns & Tonic: Michele Magwood Talks to Salman Rushdie About His New Book, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights". Books Live. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ Edelson, Sharon (1 March 2012). "Topaz Page-Green: Model Citizen". WWD. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ "The Lunchbox Fund:Our Mission". The Lunchbox Fund. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ a b c Smith, Erin Geiger (21 October 2015). "Topaz Page-Green, a Reluctant Model, Embraces Her Activism". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ Baugh, Maria (30 November 2015). "Holiday Giving: 7 Children's Charities You Should Know About". Forbes. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ "The Lunchbox Fund:Where We Work". The Lunchbox Fund. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ Wyrick, Christopher (13 August 2014). "Rose McGowan Co-Hosts 'Feedie' Dinner At The Standard In Downtown L.A." The Lunchbox Fund. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ Guerrere, Michelle (10 September 2015). "Kenneth Cole's Newest Campaign Features Real-Life Heroes". Marie Claire. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ Guerrere (27 May 2015). "Forbes:World's Most Powerful Business Women". Forbes. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ "Topaz Page Green and Joaquin Phoenix". ImageCollect. Retrieved 11 June 2017.