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2007-12-01: menu for hope iv
Menu For Hope is an annual charitable raffle originated by Pim whose proceeds benefit humanitarian causes around the world. The first installment assisted victims of the South East Asian tsunami and the second went to those impacted by the earthquake in the Kashmiri region of India-Pakistan. Last year funds raised went to the United Nations World Food Program. This year the beneficiary will again be the UNWFP but the funds are earmarked specifically for the school lunch program in Lesotho, Africa.
Pim has asked me to organize the Canadian donations this year and of course I'm happy to help out. And I in turn am going to ask you to help as well...
If you are able to provide a raffle prize to this worthy endeavor, it would be greatly appreciated. Here's last year's list to give you an idea as to what has been donated in the past. If you can donate something, this is what you need to do before December 5th:
1. Come up with a gift, or a set of gifts, to offer as a raffle prize. The prize you offer doesn't need to be expensive, but it should appeal to your readership. A small rule of thumb we'd like to suggest is that each prize offered should have the potential to raise at least $200. That means, don't offer a prize unless you are pretty sure you could get at least twenty of your readers to donate $10 for a raffle ticket toward that prize. Remember that you will also be responsible for shipping the prize to the raffle winner, no matter where they live. So, please make sure you can afford the shipping cost as well.
2. Provide two images of your gifts, one at 75x75pix and another a bit larger at 240x160pix.
3. Provide a description of your gift. We need your help in selling tickets, so make your prize description wonderfully persuasive!
4. Email all of the above to corresponding host blog in your region:
Canada: Jennifer of The Domestic Goddess (that's me!)
USA-East Coast: Adam of Slice NY and Serious Eats
USA-West Coast: Bee of Rasa Malaysia
USA-Central: Kalyn of Kalyn's Kitchen
Europe: Fanny of Food Beam
UK: Johanna of The Passionate Cook and Jeanne of Cook Sister
Asia Pacific, Australia & New Zealand: Helen of Grab Your Fork
Wine blogs: Alder of Vinography.
What you will be expected to do during the live campaign (December 10th - 21st):
1. On December 10, write a blog post about the campaign and your raffle prize. Ask your readers to donate money to buy virtual raffle tickets to support WFP. Each US$10 ticket buys one virtual raffle ticket for a prize of their choice. Ticket buyers can specify their desired prize in the comment area of the donation form.
2. Be active during the time the campaign is live. Monitor how your raffle prize is doing on the fundraising page, and encourage more of your readers to donate. You may also write about other prizes that your readers might be interested in.
We hope you can help us out this year. If you have any questions, or concerns, please feel free to email Pim at pim@chezpim.com or your corresponding regional host.
Thank you so much in advance for your help.
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