In case you missed it ;), I'm doing a marathon with Team in Training on October 19th. The purpose of this race is to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. One of our team members, Danielle, put together a super cookbook for us to use as a fundraiser. We got the cookbooks last week, and they are quite nice - spiral bound, heavy cardstock cover, and tons of fun features inside (substitutions, measuring aids, index by contributor, etc.). These books have the team members' favorite recipes in them - everything from appetizers to desserts. I personally contributed a bunch of the recipes (about 25?); a lot of the other recipes look really awesome, and I'm looking forward to trying them (in all honesty, there are a few that look like duds to me, but most of them look pretty darn good!). In all humility ;), it is worth the purchase price of the book just to get my recipe for Peppermint Stick Torte - my favorite holiday recipe!!!
I bought 25 of these from Danielle, and I am going to be selling them with 100% of the proceeds going to LLS (yes, I am donating the cost of the books - so whatever you pay for the book is going straight to the society). This is where YOU, the reader of my blog, come in. It seems like about 30-40 of you read this every day (!wow!), and I would love it if you helped me out by purchasing a cookbook for $15.
So, if you want one of these, or if you have questions about the cookbook, please e-mail me at tammy (at) kaminy (dot) net, and I'll be happy to get you one. If you need it mailed, please consider donating $5 to cover the cost of shipping, to make a total of $20 for the book (if you buy more than one, I'll ship them both for $5). These would make a great Christmas/holiday gift, especially for a recipient who not only enjoys cooking but giving to a good cause as well.
If you hate cooking and don't know anyone who likes to cook, you can still donate to LLS here.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Hi Tammy, I really like the cookbook for charity idea! I hope you sell them all, have you considered trying to list them on eBay? Quite often charity listings on there go for much higher than a person would expect, especially if it has 100% giving works feature on it.
ReplyDeleteI am working on helping Kina Grannis get exposure for her Leukemia and Lymphoma Society marathon in October. I think this is a really good cause to do events for. Although I am not close to anyone who suffers from it, I know that can change at any time and I want to support the people who do events and marathons, I know it takes a lot of training to get in shape and stay in shape. I am currently working on getting into better shape, but I am way off from running a marathon (I can run about 1/4 a mile before wearing down).
If you are interested, you can read about Kina Grannis here. Feel free to comment the article explaining about a charity event you or someone you know may be doing, the more exposure the better!
Don't forget to add a link for your info page in the comments, if it starts getting many comments I will add them to a post of their own as well.