Menu for Hope III

I’m not one of the amazing bloggers personally hosting this event; however, I’d like to take a moment and let you know about this wonderful event in the food blog world.

Pim, from Chez Pim, began Menu for Hope three years ago to raise money for a charity program during the holidays. Food bloggers donate raffle prizes and the rest of us get to donate money and bid on the prizes. This year’s donations will all go to the UN World Food Programme to fight hunger worldwide.

There are some fantastic prizes, everything from a private gastronomy and chocolate tour of Paris with David Lebovitz to adopting a lamb of your own from Susan the Farmgirl. Books, tours, dinner gift certificates to multi-star Michelin restaurants, and more are available as well (and when I say more, I mean much more!). This year the USD17,000 raised last year has already been surpassed, and, as of today, over USD22,000 have been collected (and this only in one week!).

Now, how do I donate you ask? Well, first visit Pim’s site, where you can get a much more detailed description of the event, as well as a listing of all the prizes hosted by the regional hosts. Of course, for many prizes, you don’t need to live in that region to win them! When you are ready to donate, just click over to the Menu for Hope III site at First Giving and follow the instructions. Make sure to do this by December 22nd, that’s this upcoming Friday! Every USD10 you donate will give you one raffle ticket. Be sure to designate which prize you want by giving the code in where it asks for personal comments.

Good luck and happy holidays!

And now for an update on what I’ve been doing this week… (see below)