The album was part of a collaborative project with 826LA, the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students with their creative writing skills.

Viewers could pledge money to benefit 826LA; participants associated with the highest-earning video won the 826LA Gold Record and an ice cream party.

[3][4] Related to the album, 826LA hosted a "MINI Music Festival" at The Echoplex in March 2010 featuring live performances by students, The Growlers, The Happy Hollows, The Submarines, and Summer Darling.

"So Sleepy", written by The Gummy Bears,[6][7] is performed by Fiona Apple featuring Jon Brion and the Punch Brothers.

[9] In 2012, Baeble Music highlighted Chickens in Love as one of "[their] favorite albums to create positive social impacts in supporting the children of a community".