A Menu for Hope II

A year ago, a group of bloggers came together to raise money for UNICEF for victims of the tsunami.  This year, there is a need once again: for the victims of the earthquake in the Kashmir region of India and Pakistan.  If you are a reader of this blog on an occasional basis, a constant basis, or this is your first time here -- I would like to ask for your help in this effort.

The idea here is fun and ingenious.  Bloggers all over the globe have put together fun prizes to be raffled  -- between now and December 23, you get to choose the prize you'd like from a menu of choices and buy a "virtual raffle ticket" with each $5 donation via firstgiving.  None of the money will pass through our hands -- it will go to UNICEF through firstgiving, and we will be notified of the donation.

And what prize is being donated by Life Begins at 30?

 

 

 

 

Buying a $5 raffle ticket and noting "Life Begins at 30 prints" on the *"personal message" of your donation will enter you into a chance to win three beautiful produce prints by San Francisco-based photographer Jason Meagher.  They will be signed, matted, and framed, and will make a beautiful series for your home -- or a wonderful gift for a food-loving friend.

Through the past year, Jason and I have been working on a series of prints of produce.  They are all from local San Francisco farms, and feature stunning produce from our area.  They are of a shallot, a purple okra, and tomatillos.

Whether you choose to buy a raffle ticket for this prize or for the myriad of other amazing prizes, please give whatever you can to this fun and worthy event. 

* - when you donate, you will have the chance to write in a personal message.  Please use this space to say which prize you would like a raffle ticket for.  Each $5 contribution gives you one chance at one gift.  If you give more than $5, you are welcome to request tickets for numerous prizes.

Comments

[Kalyn]

Great idea for a gift. I never could come up with anything that I thought people would actually bid for so I decided just to bid on other people's things!

[Pim]

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. Three times. Too bad I don't get to participate in the raffle!

thanks,
Pim

[Rachael]

Those are just spectacular.