Menu for Hope 4
It’s the 4th annual Menu for Hope!
Here’s your chance to give money to a very worthy charity, and buy yourself the chance to win a ridiculously fabulous prize donated by food & wine bloggers from around the world.
HOW WORTHY?
In Pim’s (the leader of the Menu for Hope) own words::
This year for the 4th annual Menu for Hope, we are again supporting the UN World Food Programme. WFP is the worlds largest food aid agency, working with over 1,000 other organizations in over 75 countries. In addition to providing food, the World Food Program helps hungry people to become self-reliant so that they escape hunger for good.
With a special permission from the WFP, the funds raised by Menu for Hope 4 will be earmarked for the school lunch program in Lesotho, Africa. We chose to support the school lunch program because providing food for the children not only keeps them alive, but helps them stay in school so that they learn the skills to feed themselves in the future.
We chose to support the program in Lesotho because it is a model program in local procurement - buying food locally to support local farmers and the local economy. Instead of shipping surplus corn across the ocean, the WFP is buying directly from local subsistent farmers who practice conservation farming methods in Lesotho to feed the children there.
We feed the kids, keep them in school, and support their parents and community farming. This sustainable approach to aid is something we believe in and strongly support.
HOW FABULOUS?
How about a private tour of the El Bulli kitchen and gardens?
How about a dinner with Eric Asimov, chief wine critic of the New York Times?
How about dozens and dozens of amazing things to choose from, including wine tasting dinners, cookbooks, dining experiences, gourmet foods, cases of wines, and so so so much more.
CHECK OUT THE WHOLE LIST HERE
Or, if you’re just interested in the wine related prizes, CHECK OUT THIS LIST
HERE’S WHAT WE’RE GIVING:
A Mixed Half Case of Austrian Wines
We have picked out 6 bottles of our current favorites. First up are two white wines from 2006, the “vintage of the century”: Donabaum Spitzer Point Gruner Veltliner Smaragd and Hogl Bruck Riesling Smaragd. Next is the Moric Neckenmarkter Blaufrankisch 2005 (to quote Alder: “Tasting the wines of MORIC are a revelation of the best kind.”). The elegant Wenzel Kleiner Wald Pinot Noir 2004, the Possnitzberg Sauvignon Blanc 2005 from star Styrian producer Erwin Sabathi, and a 2005 Muscat-Ottonel Eiswein from Hans Tschida. Valued at over $200.
When you donate, just enter Prize Code: WB27
DONATION INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Choose a prize or prizes of your choice from our Menu for Hope List
2. Go to the donation site and make a donation.
3. Please specify which prize you’d like in the ‘Personal Message’ section
in the donation form when confirming your donation. You must write-in how
many tickets per prize, and please use the prize code.
Each $10 you donate will give you one raffle ticket toward a prize of your
choice. For example, a donation of $50 can be 2 tickets for EU01 and 3
tickets for WB27. Please write 2xEU01, 3xWB27
And of course, we would suggest you go for WB27
4. If your company matches your charity donation, please check the box and
fill in the information so we could claim the corporate match.
5. Please check the box to allow us to see your email address so that we
could contact you in case you win. Your email address will not be shared
with anyone.
Check back on Chez Pim on Wednesday Jaunary 9 for the results of the raffle.
We’ve noticed that lots of people make a donation in somebody’s name, which we think is a pretty great gift. And then if they also win the prize you picked for them, it’s even better!
HAPPY HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALL!
