The Menu for Hope is an annual raffle in support of the UN World Food Programme, with fabulous prizes from food bloggers, food lovers, restaurateurs, and chefs from around the world. Last year, Menu for Hope raised over $60,000 for the World Food Programme.
I had the honor of donating two sets of books on food and diet last year. Unfortunately, I don’t have the time – or the goodies – to participate. But you don’t need to donate stuff to help. Instead, you can donate $10 for a virtual raffle ticket toward a prize of your choice.
Try your luck at lunch with Harold McGee, or a visit with Ferran Adria at the fabled elBulli test kitchen in Barcelona, or get a virtual sheep your very own. There’s lots of amazing foodie prizes from food bloggers around the world. The more you give, the better chance you have to win.
The beneficiary for the Menu for Hope is the World Food Programme, the world’s largest food aid agency, working with over 1,000 other organizations in over 75 countries. In addition to providing food, the World Food Programme helps hungry people to become self-reliant so that they escape hunger for good.
Funds from this year’s Menu for Hope will go specifically to support the school feeding program in Lesotho. We chose to back this particular program, not only because providing food at schools help the kids, particularly girls, stay in school, but also because the WFP is making a concerted effort in Lesotho to source food from local farmers practicing conservation farming methods.
We feed the kids and support their parents farming. What’s not to like in this?
Menu for Hope 4 will run for two weeks, from December 10-21. Go to Chez Pim on December 10 to check out the prizes. See the Chez Pim Menu for Hope FAQs page to see how you can help. Or to the Menu for Hope donation page to buy your raffle tickets. And don’t forget to join the Menu for Hope Facebook page, too.
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Thanks for the mention; I think it’s going to be great this year. Already I see so many prizes I’d love to have, and the event is such a win-win. And no question, bloggers who help publicize and buy tickets are just as important as people who donate a prize!
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