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!
Hey Angela, I think this is so great! You are so thoughtful and kind for thinking of it. I donated and hope it helps you reach and surpass your goal!
What an amazing thing to do!!
I donated too and I hope it helps!
I have also spread the news all over my social media to help generate some more awareness.
~xo
This is a wonderful idea. I just donated. I bet the OSG community will get to that goal in no time!
I donated! You are a very sweet person. Great idea.
Amazing idea Angela, your readers will certainly come through! When I went to donate, you were at $50, and after donating, you had jumped to $150! Let’s go vegans of the world!
(I forgot my email address on the entrance, but its [email protected]) in case I an lucky enough to be drawn :)
Hi Angela!!! I loved your initiative! I donated and shared in my Facebook to let others know about this fundraising! I hope we can surpass the 3000 goal!!!
Thank you for being so nice in so many ways!!!
Wonderful!!! I was just about to look for a relief fund to donate to. I followed your link and donated immediately! So glad you’re doing this… I’ve only heard bits and pieces on the radio, but it sounds insane. My cousin lives in NJ, and he’s okay but he says it’s kind of post-apocalyptic there. He said there are only a couple operational gas-stations, and people are lined up for blocks trying to get in. Hopefully things will start looking up soon!
How nice of you :)
Thank you so much for doing this! I’m from NJ and it’s so heartbreaking to see some of my favorite spots in the state so destroyed. We’re counting our blessings that losing power is the worst of it for us.
This is a wonderful idea- Can people donate through America- ? Great job!
Yep…I did Ü
I donated! What a great idea. Thanks so much for putting this together
What an awesome, thoughtful idea! You’re so kind.
I did donate, but I forgot to enter my email address in the comments box so that I could be entered into the giveaways… could you please add me?
Thanks, dear!
xo.
Sure I will make a note! Thanks for letting me know :)
This is a great idea! I donated, and though it’s not much, I feel like I helped a little bit! Thanks so much for doing this!
every little bit adds up!! Thank you for your generosity.
Hi Angela,
I have been reading your blog for over a year now and have gotten many of my friends to follow as well. This post really touched my heart because I actually work for the Disaster Management Program at the Canadian Red Cross’ National Office in Ottawa.I’ve sent your blog post around to some of my friends here (who love your blog as well!!) and we would love to help you out if you would like to partner with us directly for this fundraiser. That way you can avoid if 3.9% processing fee from Canada Helps and we can make sure all of the money donated makes it to the people in need. I wasn’t quite sure how to contact you otherwise so I thought leaving a comment would be easiest. If you are interested…[Contact info removed]
Thank you again so much for this initative! It means a lot to us here at the Canadian Red Cross!
Catherine Paquin
Thank you Catherine, I will shoot you an email now.
Thanks so much for working with us Angela! This is awesome!
I’m so happy it worked out, thanks again!
Angela,
Thank you for raising awareness for the victims of Hurricane Sandy! I love your recipes and blog! I donated and many more of your readers will do the same! Thank you!
I donated! Thank you for putting together such an awesome fundraiser! I am sure they can use all the help they can get out there.
I love your blog and this giveaway is definitely an awesome one! Thanks so much Angela!!
wonderful idea! I just donated and will make sure to spread the word :)
Thank you for setting this up! I live in Manhattan, but was fortunate enough to be relatively unaffected by the storm. I am happy to donate to helping my neighbors get back on their feet!
done! this is an awesome idea! i’m not sure if i entered my email into the comment box, but i included it elsewhere on the form. thanks for organizing this!
As an east coast resident with family effected but safe, thank you.