For five bucks, you can do good, eat better and sleep like an angel

For five bucks, you can do good, eat better and sleep like an angel. Here's how: Join Chez Pim's Menu for Hope II and buy a $5 raffle ticket to help people still suffering from the Pakistan earthquake that killed 80,000 and left 3.5 million homeless this fall.

Meet Pim, a pretty famous and oft-cited food blogger who knows the way to your wallet is right through your tummy, courtesy of her tangy wit:

"[W]hat fun would it be just to come begging you for some dough, even if it is for a great cause?  So, in order not to turn our otherwise fun blogs into the PBS pledge break bore, we've put together a huge list of cool, fun, and personal gifts -like only we could- to entice you to donate.  Each of those gifts is offered as a virtual raffle prize.  All you have to do is donate $5 and you will be eligible for the raffle drawing for a gift of your choice..." 

And what gifts--gourmet foodstuffs from the best food bloggers on the planet! There are dozens and Pim's list is growing. Fancy (and pricey under normal  circumstances!) gift baskets. A pre-measured Persian feast. Many, many boxes of gourmet chocolates. Not to mention copies of the most famous cookbooks I ever bought and never cracked open.

But I don't want to mislead you. I confess, I did it all for the apple butter. Elise Bauer -- one of the brilliant audiophiles who recorded BlogHer last summer, is the author of Simply Recipes, and the maker of the apple butter that damn near lead to a connubial battle over the last spoonful this weekend. Which I got.

Hence my $25 donation straight to UNICEF via Chez Pim's link. And even if I don't win, I'm betting it'll help right my breakfast wrongs at home to do one more little bit for hungry homeless residents of the Kashmir region. Bravo to Pim and all participants.

Are there other seasonal fundraisers -- for people still suffering from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, not to mention last December's Tsunami -- you'd recommend? Bring on the links! Thanks.

(Hat-tip for earthquake facts: Pakistan Earthquake 2005 blog).

Comments

[Pim]

Thanks so much for the shout out. The campaign is enjoying such a spectacular success because everyone has been so ready to lend a hand. I am ever so grateful.

Did I really say fun three times in that paragraph? I really need to start editing my blog post! I'll chalk it up to finishing the round-up post at 3 am. :-)

cheers,
Pim