Second Volume of "A Princeton Christmas" Album Will Raise Much-Needed Funds for School Meals Programs Across Africa

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Eleven choirs in Princeton, NJ have once again contributed music for A Princeton Christmas: For the Children of Africa Vol. 2. This CD is a follow-up to last year's critically acclaimed inaugural album by the richly-talented student choral community. Proceeds will help support the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) school meals initiatives in Africa.

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"A Princeton Christmas CD is a wonderful example of the American kindness and generosity during the holiday season," said Karen Sendelback, President and CEO of Friends of the World Food Program. "Thanks to these choral groups in New Jersey, WFP school meals programs in Africa will continue to reach thousands of children with food and education."

WFP school meals programs provide healthy meals to children in some of the world's poorest countries. For many of these children, this is the only meal they receive all day. In 2007, WFP provided meals in school to nearly 20 million children in 70 countries. It only costs $0.25 to provide a meal to a child in school. In some schools, take-home food rations are also distributed for children to bring home to their families. Serving food at school not only targets hunger at its root, it also helps get children into school, providing them with an important key to a better future - an education.

"Last year, the inaugural album raised over $40,000 for WFP and provided more than 160,000 meals to children across Africa," said Tom Meagher, the organizer of A Princeton Christmas and coordinator for the volunteer-based WFP Committee of New York. "We hope to surpass these figures and continue feeding schoolchildren long after the holiday season is over."

The 18-track music compilation features holiday selections from 11 Princeton-based choirs: The American Boychoir; The Princeton Day School Madrigal Singers; The Princeton Girlchoir; The Princeton High School Choir; The Princeton High School Cloud Nine; The Princeton University Chapel Choir; The Princeton University Tigerlillies; The Princeton University Tigertones; The Princeton Theological Seminary Chapel Choir; The Tartantones of Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart; and Westminster Choir of the Westminster Choir College.

The CD can be purchased online at Amazon.com.

To learn more visit: www.princetonchristmas.org.

Friends of the World Food Program (Friends of WFP) is a US-based nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that focuses on building support in the United States for the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and other hunger relief operations. Friends of WFP unites companies, foundations, and individuals committed to solving world hunger. Our education, advocacy, and fundraising efforts in the United States support WFP's life-saving global food assistance and development programs. To learn more visit www.friendsofwfp.org.

SOURCE Friends of the World Food Program