Help Me Help My Friends

Monday, July 4, 2011

One of the items on my 30-while-30 list is to walk another Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. I have signed up to walk in New York City the weekend of October 15-16. And to help me with the walk, two of my friends, Katie and Lisa agreed to walk with me.

This is a huge committment that they are making with me. Not only are we going to walk 40 miles that weekend in October, but we’ll also be doing lots of training in the weeks and months leading up to the walk (in fact, Katie and I walked 10 miles on Saturday!).

Along with the training, comes the fundraising. The minimum fundraising requirement is $1800 per person. I had an easy time getting to my minimum since I did the walk last year and have a great deal of support from my family and friends.

I want to help my friends get to their minimums since they’re helping me by joining me on the walk. Here’s where you come in. I’m asking you guys to make a donation to my friend’s walk. Any amount helps and is greatly appreciated.

What’s in it for you?

I will be baking up some of my favorite cookies and brownies to send to one of you.
If you donate $5 or more to either Katie or Lisa during the month of July, you will be entered to win this package of goodies from me (you’ll get one entry for every $5 you donate, so if you donate $25, that’s five entries).

To sweeten the deal:

If you guys, my readers, donate a cumulative total of $50 to both Katie and Lisa, I will match your donations!So your $50 will turn into a $100 donation.

And the cherry on top:

To raise the stakes even higher, since my company matches donations, my $50 will turn into a $100 donation. That means that your $50 will actually turn into $150! If you guys get up to $100 apiece, those donations will turn into a $300 donation!
So please consider making a $5 donation to my teammates, Katie and Lisa.

Note:

My offer to match your cumulative donations does not kick in until the total is $50 to both Katie and Lisa. I will cap out my donations at $100 each for Katie and Lisa.
Once you have made your donation, email me so that you can be entered to win the box of baked goods!

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17 Responses to “Reader’s Favorite Recipes from 2011”

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FunandFearlessinBeantown — December 28, 2011 at 8:52 am

I love that your readers’ favorite recipes are both savory and sweet. It looks like you had a wonderful year in the kitchen and I’ve enjoyed following along!
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Megan — December 28, 2011 at 9:03 am

Great roundup! I still want to make that berry cream cheese.
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Emily — December 28, 2011 at 10:11 am

That lemon cake looks divine!
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Elizabeth — December 28, 2011 at 10:11 am

My favorite is the brownies!
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Rachel @ Baked by Rachel — December 28, 2011 at 10:41 am

I love that you divided it up by month!
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Mal @ The Chic Geek — December 28, 2011 at 10:45 am

Great roundup, these all look so yummy!
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Silvianavarromurcia87 — December 28, 2011 at 11:19 am

great post honey!!!!
lots of love to you!!!=D
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Megan @Country Cleaver — December 28, 2011 at 11:59 am
I stopped dead in my tracks at the sight of the coconut layer cake with lemon curd. Just pinned it for the world to see – and for me to make!! ~Megan
- beantownbaker — December 28th, 2011 @ 4:55 pm
  
  Thanks for pinning it!
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Erin — December 28, 2011 at 1:21 pm

Great list of recipes! I like how you did the best from each month. I was just going to do a best overall for the year post. Now you have me contemplating redoing my list!
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Daisy — December 28, 2011 at 2:14 pm

what a delicious compilation. you made a lot of beautiful food in 2011.
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Samantha Angela — December 29, 2011 at 9:16 am

So many great looking recipes there! That cheesecake looks gorgeous! And those Zucchini sticks sound good too.
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Dorian LaFerrara — December 29, 2011 at 6:15 pm
I just wanted to say thanks for all the great recipes! I made all of my Christmas goodies from your blog- including your Fresh Cranberry Orange Cookies and Candied Vanilla Pecans just today!
I look forward to your posts every day! 🙂
- beantownbaker — December 30th, 2011 @ 2:22 pm
  
  Thanks for the kind words. Glad you enjoy the posts 🙂 Happy New Year
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Robyn — January 3, 2012 at 11:22 pm
I made the braised beef for a special occasion and it was AMAZING! Thinking I might need to make it again, now that you’ve reminded me…
- beantownbaker — January 4th, 2012 @ 8:02 am
  
  I’ve reminded myself to make it again as well! I can’t believe it’s been a year since I made it.
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ashley — January 6, 2012 at 9:36 pm

tasty round up!