The company is donating $12 of the price of each platter to Share Our Strength, the national organization that supports food programs for the needy.

Meyer has served on the boards of Share Our Strength and City Harvest.

The main beneficiary of the sale is Share Our Strength, which distributes food to the homeless and runs other food programs.

The cost, $40, will be donated to Share Our Strength, a food drive; participating children should be accompanied by an adult.

The pattern includes the logo of Share Our Strength and the logos of 15 restaurants that support the group.

A dollar of the price will be donated to Share Our Strength and Citymeals-on-Wheels.

Five of the books have been for Share Our Strength; six have been for animal-welfare causes.

Mr. Shore is founder and executive director of Share Our Strength, an organization dealing with hunger relief.

The fee is a donation to Share Our Strength, which provides money to charities that feed the needy.

The money is to be donated to Share Our Strength, one of the nation's largest hunger-relief organizations.