Menu for Hope and Other Food-Based Charities

[foodrambler]

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Menu for Hope is an annual fundraising campaign hosted by Chez Pim and a revolving group of food bloggers around the world. The idea was born five years ago, after the devastating tsunami in Southeast Asia and has become a yearly affair, raising funds to support worthy causes worldwide. In 2007, Menu for Hope raised nearly $100K to help the UN World Food Programme feed the hungry.

Each December, food bloggers from all over the world join the campaign by offering a delectable array of food-related prizes for the Menu for Hope raffle. Anyone – and that means you - can buy raffle tickets to bid on these prizes. For every $10 donated, you earn one virtual raffle ticket to bid on a prize of your choice. At the end of the two-week campaign, the raffle tickets are drawn and the results announced on Chez Pim. Whether you are a food lover, food blogger, blog reader, restaurateur, author or food producer/seller or all of the above, see here for details of how to get involved: http://www.chezpim.com/blogs/

Edited December 22, 2008 by chrisamirault (log)

[The Old Foodie]

Yes, please do support this. Proceeds this year are again going to the School Lunch Program in Lesotho.

This is not a "hand out" program.

Lunch helps keep the children in school and getting an education - increasing their chances of breaking out of the poverty cycle. A lot of the food is bought from local subsistence farmers.

There are some great prizes - almost all food-oriented.

The master list of prizes and instructions on how to donate are at Chez Pim