Making every word count.

Eat My Words is a community-led project to raise $100,000 towards the feeding of hungry people in Auckland. The recipient of funds raised will be Auckland City Mission. This page is designed to allow all supporters of the project to track progress — which is another way of saying, here’s where you can see the difference you are making, in reality. Thank you for who you are!

0%of goal

Funds raised

$0of $100,000 target

$100,000 to go

  • Online donations$0
  • Via Ambassadors$0
  • Corporate sponsors$0

Corporate sponsors

0confirmed

Building the coalition behind the project

Poets participating

8/ 50

16% of target

Poems received

12submitted for review

Updates when each poem is uploaded

The people behind the project

Partners and supporters helping Eat My Words happen.

Contributing poets

  • John Adams
  • John Kingston
  • Sarah Penwarden
  • Terry Locke

Corporate sponsors

  • Corporate sponsor names will be announced here.

Ambassadors

  • Lesley Ingham
  • Jenna Tuuta

Individual donors

  • Donor names will be announced here.
Names are shown only where donors have chosen to be acknowledged.

Book & launch readiness

The practical pieces that need to fall into place.

Overall readiness

1 of 6 confirmed
  • Book cover designer confirmedRoss Murray, Red Spark CreativeYes
  • Book layout artist confirmedNo
  • Printer confirmedNo
  • Bookshops agreeing to stock Eat My WordsNo
  • Launch venue confirmedNo
  • PR agency confirmedNo