December brings holiday cheer for so many of us as
we enjoy time with our families and friends and as we share many of our
celebrations over fabulous meals with a menu that includes some of our favorite
foods.
Others in the world may not be as fortunate, but I’m
proud to be part of an exciting effort by our travelblogging community to help
address the issues of lingering hunger and poverty around the globe—Passports with
Purpose.
Travelbloggers everywhere quickly sprung into action
when a call went out from the Passports with Purpose team asking us to round up
a prize to raffle off, with the proceeds going directly to Heifer
International. Heifer International is a non-profit organization dedicated to
eliminating hunger and poverty around the globe by providing families with the
tools, skills and livestock to create the opportunity to build their own lasting
self-sufficiency. Recipients of the organization’s animals pledge to pass on
the offspring of gift animals to others in their community, creating a chain of
partners working to improve the lives of their entire community.
Learn more about Heifer International and its good work here.
Want to help?
The Passports with Purpose crew set up a site to
organize the fundraiser, showcase the prize collection and facilitate donations
through First Giving.
Check out the Passports with Purpose prize page for
information about prizes, including an opportunity to whet your appetite for
travel with a collection of books about traveling and culinary adventures
offered by Midwest Guest:
Spain: A Culinary Road Trip by Mario Batali
w/Gwyneth Paltrow
1,000 Places to See Before You Die-by Patricia Schultz
Immersion Travel USA-by Sheryl Kayne
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives-by Guy Fieri
Frommer's 500 Places to See Before They Disappear-by Holly Hughes
(Books shipped to a winner in the United States or Canada)
My book bundle is just one of the prizes offered in
the Passports with Purpose effort. So, before you make your donation, be sure
to check out all of the great prizes you could win.
Select the prizes you’d love to win, and go to the Passports with Purpose
First Giving link to make your donation. For each ten dollar donation you make,
Passports with Purpose enters you into the raffle for your prize of choice.
Make sure you enter your email address and the prize you want to win in the
comments field, so the Passports with Purpose crew can notify you if you win!
Passports with Purpose promises not to use your email for any other purpose
than to notify you if you win a prize. There is more information on the First
Giving page.
Passports with Purpose founders will pull winners
and notify them via email on December 30, 2008.
Want to learn more?
Visit Passports with Purpose here.
Help us help others, and maybe find some great
travelblogs you’ll continue to enjoy year round in the process!
Meanwhile, best wishes for you and yours this
holiday season!
© Dominique King 2008
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