Update: Nov 9th – I am so excited to let you know that we raised $10,073 for Hurricane Sandy relief. I am simply blown away. Thank you all for your generosity!
I created a spreadsheet with your entries and we had a total of 591 people entered for the draw. All contest winners today were selected using Random.org.
The winner of my Vegan/GF Foodie Box is #79 – Charlotte Cromwell!
The winner of the Blendtec is #556 – Maria Winson!
Like many of you, I’ve been glued to the TV watching the coverage of Hurricane Sandy over the past week. My heart goes out to everyone who was impacted. As a spectator, it’s difficult to wrap my mind around the devastation, let alone what it’s like to be in the heart of it all. We were pretty fortunate here in Ontario, relatively speaking.
My second blog giveaway was planned for today, but I felt compelled to turn it into something that could help those in need. We’ve had great success in the past with the Japan Disaster fundraiser and Shop 4 A Cause and I know with your support we can also make this one a huge success as well.
Fundraising Page Update!! Thanks to the Canadian Red Cross, we now have our own fundraising page set up directly through their website. This means no transaction fees! Hooray. A big thanks to Teilo and Catherine for setting this up and the Red Cross team who put the page together! All links are now updated in this post to direct you to the new page. Don’t worry if you donated previously through Canada Helps – all of your info has been added into my spreadsheet for the giveaway draw. Thanks for your amazing support! The fundraising amount on the Canadian Red Cross page also reflects the total amount we’ve raised, including those earlier donations on Canada Helps. If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask!
So. My goal is to raise 50 billion by Tues. Nov. 6th. ;)
Ok, how does $3,000 sound? I know we can do that! Update: We raised $3,560 in less than 24 hours! Let’s see if we can hit $5,000?
As a thank you for making a donation, I will be doing two random draws for some pretty sweet prizes.
Giveaway #1) Vegan/GF Foodie Gift Box
Oh boy did I have fun at the grocery store this week. I hand selected a huge gift box bursting with some of my favourite food products. So far, I’ve resisted busting open the kale chips…those are my FAV and they are taunting me…..must focus…
I’ll ship this box worldwide, so everyone who donates has a chance at winning. All products are gluten-free and vegan and many are also organic, fair trade, or raw. You can click the picture to scope out the loot closer up.
Included in the delicious gift box:
- Cocovie Coconut Jam (my love!)
- Nuts 2 You Organic Roasted Peanut Butter
- One Degree Organic Green Lentils
- Alter Ego Organic Rainbow Quinoa
- Sweet & Sara Toasted Coconut Marshmallows
- Emile Noel Organic Sesame Oil
- Alive & Radiant Cheezy Kale Chips
- Herbamare (my fav herbed sea salt seasoning)
- 1 peanut butter Larabar
- Enjoy Life Mini Chocolate Chips
- SeaSnax
- TAZO Vanilla Rooibos tea (15 sachets)
- Single serving of Vega Chocolate Performance Protein Powder
- Single serving of Sunwarrior Vanilla Warrior Blend Protein Powder
- box of Mary’s Crackers in Original
Giveaway #2) Blendtec Total Blender
Blendtec has agreed to donate yet another Blendtec Total Blender (valued at $454.95 USD)! Major kudos to Blendtec for their generosity. This prize is eligible to anyone in North America.
Giveaway details:
To be eligible for the giveaway, I ask that your donation is a minimum of $5. If you can give more, that would be great too! Please be sure to check the box that says you give permission for me to see your info – this way I will be able to contact you if you should win.
I will randomly chose two prize winners (one for the foodie gift box and one for the Blendtec) on Tues. Nov 6th. Winners will be announced on the blog shortly thereafter.
If you would like to participate, please visit my donation page.
If you’d like to spread the word about the Fundraiser, feel free to share this post on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc. Thank you in advance for your support!
what a fantastic idea. Well done on thinking this up.
I donated! Thank you for setting this up!
Wow, already almost to $3000 and it’s the first day! I donated… same as many others with the broken college student thing, but happy to give what I can. My heart goes out to all affected.
Do we need to write our email in this actual textbox? I thought you could see it by filling it in to comment.
What a wonderful idea. I just donated on your page but I missed adding my email to the comment box. Thanks.
Im so glad you are doing this! My area was hit horribly hard by the hurricane and the clean up will take awhile. while we were not as bad as some areas, 3 people were killed in my area alone. So thank you all for what you are doing.
I donated!!! Thanks so much for helping spread the word!! (:
I love how you turned the give away around, and into a fundraiser. I donated and giving feels good :)
What a blessing, Angela!! This is such an absolutely amazing, thoughtful idea and I was thrilled after reading your post & going to the donation website to discover that the current total is over $3050.00! Thank you for establishing this easy, convenient & generous way to donate to those who need our help during this recovery time. God bless everyone!
Just donated! This is amazing that you’re hosting this!
Great idea! When I donated, it indicated that you have reached the $3,000 goal! So cool that you are helping out and allowing everyone else to jump on board as well! My sister lives in Manhattan and I have appreciated hearing her updates about the events. They had to bike and long board to a friend’s house after not having power for two nights but are now back home safe, sound, and with power!
Hi Angela,
Thank you so much for doing this for the victims of Sandy. I live in New York, about 15 minutes north of the city and am so lucky that the worst that has happened in my area is the loss of power for 2 weeks, the lack of gas, and downed trees. And lot of the surrounding area around me has extensive damage… but nowhere near the devastation of New Jersey, lower Manhattan, and Staten island. It is unreal. It is really amazing that you are doing something so that the communities affected can rebuild again.
<3
Donated =D This is so wonderful of you to do this Angela and I am happy to help!
hi angela, i’ve been following you for a few year now as I am myself a vegan cook. I’ve always liked a lot your recipes, especially the treats you get so creative.
this fundraising that you’re doing is a great idea and a good way to get as many people involved. it can really make a difference, so thank you for organizing it.
raffa
I was going to donate anyway but a group of people together has much more energy to send!!! I donated as well
I’m so happy that you have already reached your goal!! Now lets shoot for that 50 billion! I just donated.
This is so wonderful of you!
Fantastic idea!!!
Just donated Angela:)
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Put in my donation while eating your pumpkin pie oatmeal. Great initiative, Angela!!
Wow, I just donated and it said you were already past $3000 is that right??? Go Vegans! Thanks for getting this started Angela! : )
It was fun to not only make a donation in the United States but in Canada as well! Thanks for making the donation process so easy! Hugs from the US!