International Recording Artists The Green Children Pay It Forward with Whole Foods Market and Whole Planet Foundation

International Recording Artists The Green Children Pay It Forward with Whole Foods Market and Whole Planet Foundation

Pop Duo Use Music to Provide the "Green" to At-Risk Countries Worldwide

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Green Children announced their global campaign of a mission through music with the help of Whole Foods Markets and the Whole Planet Foundation. The partnership assists disadvantaged countries in advancing financially through microcredit -- a lending program designed to promote entrepreneurship and monetary growth. With the release of multiple singles, including their highly anticipated song, "Hear Me Now," available via iTunes, The Green Children will be donating fifty percent of the proceeds towards a micro-lending project in India.

The Green Children are no strangers to transforming dreams into reality. The twosome, which consists of bandmates Tom Bevan and Milla Sunde, joined forces with Nobel Peace Prize recipient Professor Muhammad Yunus to establish The Green Children Foundation in 2006. Together, the non-profit organization raised over $500,000 going towards microcredit, education, healthcare and the first Grameen Green Children Eye Hospital in rural Bangladesh. Through the gift of song, their latest collaboration with Whole Foods and Whole Planet will seek to further their mission through music to provide relief to other at-risk countries globally.

"We believe that gifts are given for a reason and that we are meant to use them for the greater good," state The Green Children. "With our voice, we aspire to inspire and raise awareness for positive solutions that are working to conquer world poverty."

"We at Whole Planet Foundation and Whole Foods Market are enormously proud to have The Green Children as our partner," says Philip Sansone, President and Executive Director of Whole Planet Foundation. "Through their amazing lyrical and musical gift, combined with their personal and professional philosophy of life, they personify the new higher consciousness emerging from young people today that I believe will transform the world in the 21st Century."

The Green Children are more than the myth and will not rest until global poverty is addressed. Along with the partnership with Whole Foods and the Whole Planet Foundation, The Green Children will be featured in the foundation's new calendar available in all Whole Foods Market stores, performing at a series of Whole Foods Market events to promote awareness and plan to distribute their upcoming album through the major market chain. In addition, the video for their single "Hear Me Now" will be available as a free video download via the Whole Planet Foundation website.

ABOUT THE GREEN CHILDREN

Fantasy is made reality with International Recording Artists Milla Sunde and Tom Bevan, better known as The Green Children. As mysterious as the 12th-century legend about a boy and girl that inexplicably appeared in the English village of Woolpit, The Green Children have strangely arrived on the music scene, quickly becoming the talk of the industry and rightfully so. Hailing from Warwick, England and Alesund, Norway, the Euro-duo is bringing their self-proclaimed "Cinematic Fantasy Pop" sound to an International audience. With the legend comes a legacy as The Green Children are not only changing the music industry but the world with their Green Children Foundation. In an effort to support microcredit, education and healthcare, the non-profit organization has spread hope in countries such as Bangladesh through hospitals, small business entrepreneurship and scholarships. For more information, please visit http://www.thegreenchildren.com/.

ABOUT WHOLE FOODS MARKET

Founded in 1980 and headquartered in Austin, TX Whole Foods Market is a leading natural and organic grocer. With over 270 stories worldwide, Whole Foods is a leader in providing quality, unprocessed and environmentally friendly ingredients, produce, meats, groceries and household products. Tying community with their stores, Whole Foods' motto - Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet - emphasizes that their vision reaches beyond being a food retailer. For more information, please visit http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/.

ABOUT WHOLE PLANET FOUNDATION

Established in October 2005, The Whole Planet Foundation empowers the poor through microcredit in developing countries where the Company sources products. To date, the foundation has committed $9.9 million for micro-lending projects, and has provided $5.3 million in grants to microfinance groups around the globe, resulting in $13 million in microcredit loans - usually less than $200 - to start home-based businesses. The project has given more than 41,000 people the chance to lift themselves and, on average five family members, out of poverty, effectively impacting a total of 205,000 people in communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. For more information, please visit http://www.wholeplanetfoundation.org/.

Contact:

Eddie Garcia
Levine Communications Office
310.300.0950 x 236
egarcia@LROonline.com

Andrew Scott
ASA Public Relations
818.392.0682
ascott@asa-pr.com

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Source: The Green Children

CONTACT: Eddie Garcia, Levine Communications Office, +1-310-300-0950
ext. 236, egarcia@LROonline.com; Andrew Scott of ASA Public Relations for
+1-818-392-0682, ascott@asa-pr.com

Web Site: http://www.thegreenchildren.com/

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