His Word Game Feeds Thousands

John Breen created a 10,200 word definition challenge online at FreeRice.com last October. For every question that is answered, twenty grains of rice are donated to the U.N. World Food Program and is paid for by corporate advertising. So far twenty million grains of rice have been donated which will feed a million people for one day. The program also was designed to help his son study for the SAT's. The remark of a widow who lives in a refuge camp with her daughter was, "I really depend of rice." John Breen also commented on his program, "When people make changes in little ways, they're more willing to do something big."

David Wybenga