Cooking (And Walking) For a Cause.
Friday, May 14, 2010
So, it has been a while since my last post. Sorry, guess things have been a little busy. But school is over now for the semester, the huge projects are under control, and I felt like it would be the perfect time to share with all of you my latest project.
This year, I decided to do something I told myself I’d do for the last 5 years. Participate in the Relay for Life. Well, this year, I made the commitment. I’m doing it! The Relay for Life is a fundraiser to benefit the American Cancer Society, to help with cancer research, to help cancer patients and their families, as well as support cancer prevention and awareness. This mission is personal to me. In 2001, I lost my grandfather to a brief but intense battle with a rare form of skin cancer, and the next year, lost my other grandfather to lung cancer. He had not smoked in 55 years. I have had many family members struggle with cancer in one form or another, and upon thinking on it one day, realized a startling statistic– 90% of my family who has passed away, has died from cancer. I know that no family should have to go through this, and I also know how important it is to take care of myself, with cancer being so prominent in my family history.
I’ve gotten together with a group of friends to raise money and participate in the Relay. We’ll be walking around the track at Springfield College from 6pm on June 4th to 3pm on June 5th.
Our team has officially been donned “Lulu’s Pie Diner.” (My previous suggestions were Walking Pneumonia and Running with Scissors. No one shared my sense of humor or enthusiasm.)
We were really excited about the possibility of a bake sale in our fandraising future, and I was inspired by the movie Waitress, starring Keri Russell, and directed by the late Adrienne Shelly. The entire premise of the movie circles around pies and baking (delicious pies, with funny names), so it would really lend to branding our team in a 50′s diner sort of theme.
I will be sharing with you more of the design process for our team shortly (did I mention there’s a Tshirt design contest and a tent decorating contest? Eep! It’s almost all I can think about!). But for now I’d like to share with you the latest fundraising item that I have designed. The Lulu’s Pie Diner Cookbook. The cookbook features 6 recipes, for all of the pies featured in the movie Waitress. There’s chocolate mousse, and custard, and other tasty treats to be found inside of these pages.
This is where I ask for your support. Click on the link below, make a donation. I will send you a brand spankin new, hot off the presses copy of the Lulu’s Pie Diner Cookbook.
Click here to donate. You will be brought the to Relay for Life website.
Thank you.
Filed in: Design | Tags: American Cancer Society, Bake Sale, cancer, charity, Cookbook, Pie, Relay for Life,
7 comments so far
On May 21, 2010 at 9:20 am
did you design this piece?
On May 21, 2010 at 9:42 am
I knew about Relay for Life and their walks, but I had no clue that you could Bake for a Cause. Looks like a great idea. Anything that helps rid this world of this terrible illness, I am all for it!
On May 21, 2010 at 9:46 am
Yes, I did! There’s also a Tshirt, and we’ll be decorating our tent with this theme as well!
On May 21, 2010 at 9:48 am
The Relay for Life allows you to fundraise, in any way you choose. My friends and I thought it would be great fun to center our theme around baking. This is going to be a completely over the top bake sale!
On May 26, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Looks like a rad idea, good luck!
I like pie. Can you ship to texas? Is that even possible?
On May 26, 2010 at 5:41 pm
Hi Gavin, Thanks! I can ship the cookbook to texas, but unfortunately not the pie. I can’t imagine it surviving the trip from MA!
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