Jose Andres
notes: label: Description
content: During the Covid-19 pandemic, candles such as this one, featuring José Andres, were made and sold by a Washington, DC-area public relations professional Kelly Carnes to raise funds for philanthropic causes. Like many professionals, Carnes found herself working at home early in the pandemic with business slowed. She created prayer-style candles with several different designs, each featuring a person she admired, and sold them the online platform Etsy to raise funds for causes associated with each honoree. The candles featured: chef and humanitarian José Andres; director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease Anthony Fauci, who became one of the most respected leaders of the federal government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic; New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern, who was widely hailed for robust and effective leadership during the pandemic; and Brett Crozier, a Naval captain fired after raising concerns about the coronavirus on the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
label: Description
content: Carnes sold 270 José Andres candles and raised $5,400 for his humanitarian organization, World Central Kitchen, and sold 90 Anthony Fauci candles, raising $1,800 for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Foundation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: associated subject
content: 2019 novel coronavirus disease
label: associated subject
content: Infectious diseases
label: associated subject
content: COVID-19 (Disease)
label: associated subject
content: Public Health
label: associated subject
content: 2019-nCoV disease
label: associated subject
content: Disease prevention
label: related event
content: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023
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content: Work and Industry: Philanthropy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2022.0003.1
label: accession number
content: 2022.0003
label: catalog number
content: 2022.0003.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: candle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass, soy wax (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20.5 cm x 5.5 cm x 5.5 cm; 8 1/16 in x 2 5/32 in x 2 5/32 in