Thursday, January 14, 2010

Haitian Relief Effort - Comment to Raise Funds

  • No man is an island

No man is an island, entire of itself
every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main
if a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were,
as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were
any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind
and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls
it tolls for thee.
-- John Donne

FINAL TALLY: February 1st, 2009: You left 1750 comments on this blog in the last 18 days, raising a total of $17,500 for Haiti Relief. Thank you so much to everyone who participated by commenting, linking, tweeting, retweeting and getting the word out.
As soon as they are made available to me, I will post the donation receipts. Thank you again.


UPDATE Days 1-15: 12am GMT 1/29 - 1466 comments = $14,660. Thank you! 3 days left.

UPDATE Days 1-12: 10:30pm GMT 1/25 - 1365 comments = $13,650. Thank you.

UPDATE Days 1-9: 12am GMT 1/23 - 1155 comments = $11,550. Thank you.

UPDATE Days 1-6: 12am GMT 1/20 - 1075 comments = $10,750. Thank you.

UPDATE Days 1-3: 12am GMT 1/17 - So far you have left 691 comments = $6910 raised. Thank you.

UPDATE: I'm getting a lot of questions via email about the legitimacy of this effort, so let me say a few things:
  • After checking with the sponsor to be sure, I can say that the sponsor is a Gulf State embassy here in London. They do not wish to be named as they do not want any further solicitations from unknown parties.
  • They are already donating money to Haiti but on a scale that has nothing to do with this small effort. This, even if I had the kind of traffic that The Pioneer Woman has, represents pocket change to them and it is for a good cause so they are happy to do it.
  • You do not need to thank me, it's not my money, it's theirs. You are welcome to leave a comment with anything else in it other than a thank you to me. 
  • If you have something nasty to say, I'd rather you left it in a comment than emailed me with it as your comment will still raise $10.
This is not the most auspicious way to get back to blogging after a mini-hiatus, but unless you live under a rock (and obviously you don't because you're reading this), you know the eyes of the world are turned toward Haiti at this very moment and the right thing to do is not to just post about something delicious I made or ate, but to use whatever opportunity I might have to help in some way. So here goes my way of helping:
If you are a food blog reader, you already know what Menu for Hope is and perhaps saw my participating bid item, or even bid on it, a few weeks ago. While it is a condition of my agreement with the organization that graciously donated the Kenwood Mixer (on very short notice and which would actually have been happy to donate something bigger if they'd had more notice) that I not name it, this same organization has very generously agreed to make a donation to Haiti Relief through this blog. So, while I unfortunately cannot name this organization other than to say that it is a government mission, I can extend their very generous offer for you folks to help me help the Haiti Relief effort.

For every comment that is left on my blog between now and January 31st, $10 will be donated to the purchase of essential supplies such as blankets, food, water, medical supplies etc... I am fortunate that as the donating party is a government mission, they can organize the prompt purchase and, more importantly, the actual dispatch and arrival of these goods to Haiti.
The number of comments you leave will be added up every 3 days and the corresponding amount will be put toward the purchase of the goods. In case you're wondering, look around, I don't have any kind of advertising on this blog so I don't benefit from any traffic this site gets.

It doesn't matter where you leave the comment, it can be on the first post I ever wrote, I will simply add up the comments I get in my email and tally those up. Just to clarify since I've been asked this a few times already, YOU MAY LEAVE ONE COMMENT PER POST and YOU MAY COMMENT ON AS MANY POSTS AS YOU LIKE ON THIS BLOG, but you may not make several comments on the same post, otherwise they regard that as the same thing as if I commented on my own posts a bunch of times. And to answer someone's question in the comments, as a government mission they are already making their own donation to the effort on a governmental level, this is just a cherry on the proverbial cake because I have a good relationship with them thanks to my husband.

So again, to be clear: You do not have to comment only on the most recent post - the sponsor will take into account new comments left on ANY of my posts before January 31st. In fact, the only restriction is that you may not leave multiple comments on the same post (as these will be disregarded for donation purposes).

If you don't want to participate here, you can always make a donation to a charitable organization such as Doctors Without Borders or a less well-known organization called Partners in Health which has been working in Haiti for over 20 years.
Or you can pick another organization (US readers) from this list put together by CharityWatch.org of the top legitimate charitable organizations involved in the Haitian Relief Effort.

For similar efforts, please visit these other blogs if you haven't already and leave a comment: it's so easy and will help someone over there, and if you can, please spread the word:

Ree of The Pioneer Woman

Alice of Savory Sweet Life

Michelle of Thursday Night Smackdown

Amy of Amy Leavitt Photography

Pam of The Cooking Ninja

Erin at $5 Dinners

Karen of Does that make sense?

May of Mayk all day every day.

Crystal of Money Saving Mom

Gaby of What's Gaby Cooking? 

A.C Parker of Feeding the Saints
 

Thank you.

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Anonymous said...

God Bless all the Haitians and God Bless all the volunteers and people donating time,services and money.

Natalie said...

Wow, what a fabulous effort. Thank you!

Kate said...

Thank you for doing this.

Judi H said...

My heart goes out to the people of Haiti.

Natalie said...

Thank you.

kacyd said...

Thank you for doing this!

Theresa said...

Thank you for giving where it counts. I give through Christian Relief Fund, already an established organization in Haiti. They will give 100% to the relief effort.

erin said...

God bless you and Haiti.

texcinlulu said...

Thanks for caring and doing.
Everyone matters.

Judith van Praag said...

Dear Hilda,
This is a great initiative.
It's good you point out:
"as the donating party is a government mission, they can organize the prompt purchase and, more importantly, the actual dispatch and arrival of these goods to Haiti."
Came to your blog through twitter, I'll tweet it on.

MVD said...

Haiti needs our support and help!

Anonymous said...

Praying for the people in Haiti.

Sarah said...

What a wonderful thing to do!

IowaCowgirl said...

ahhh, the power of the Internet.

Lauralee said...

Wish I could do more, thank goodness you and others can. Bless you all!

bolacha maria said...

Every little bit helps. Thank you for doing this =)

Kate said...

Thanks : )

Anonymous said...

Bless you.

Teressa said...

Thank you for doing this.

Anonymous said...

Jumped here from Ree's PW site. Thanks for what you're doing. I did a mission trip to Haiti in the 80's. What I saw and experienced has stayed with me to this day. God Bless.

Anonymous said...

Thank you.

Katie said...

Thank you for doing this! The people of Haiti are in my thoughts & prayers.

Tahoe Mom said...

It's great to see everyone working so quickly to get relief to Haiti - thanks for your efforts!

MrsD said...

God bless you for what you are doing.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for doing this, it's a great idea! God bless Haiti!

Merri said...

Thank you so much for doing this to help all those in need! God Bless you

bjhegland said...

Every dollar matters. Thank you for understanding that and being a vessel for aid--and love.

bttrflybabydoll said...

Thank you so much for your efforts to help out. It is so sad to see all the horrible pictures coming out of there. My heart goes out to all of those in Haiti!

Alex said...

Just fantastic!

Esi said...

Hilda, thanks for all that you do!!

Heather D. said...

Thank you for your generosity.

Benae said...

Thank you for helping the people of Haiti!

Lisa Johnson said...

This is a wonderful idea and such a kind gesture. I'm spreading the word!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for doing this!

Jessica @ Sunny Tuesday said...

This is such a wonderful thing to do!

Syndee said...

Thank you for doing this!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for doing this!!!

Lindsay said...

Thank you so much for raising money. This method makes it easy for everyone to contribute. I gave you a little shout out on my blog so hopefully you will get a few more visitors!

Unknown said...

Great idea. Thank you!

Unknown said...

Thank you so much for doing this and raising awareness about how people can help!

MelissaJane said...

Thank you so much for doing this.

Kelly said...

God Bless Haiti, thank you for your efforts!

Anonymous said...

wow! thank you to your anonymous donator and to you for organizing this. you are both awe-inspiring!

Ginny said...

May G-d have mercy on the Haitian people. We don't have to know 'who' provided your funds for this relief, He does.

JB said...

This is great!

Kate said...

What an incredibly generous thing to do. Together we can make a huge difference!

Raphaelle said...

I am glad to see a blogger doing their part to help the world.

rgc said...

Thanks for the effort to connect to people. Appreciate it.

Carter said...

Thank you for facilitating this wonderful gift!

Paula said...

Thank you for compassion. Wish I could do more.

Anonymous said...

Thanks to the anonymous donor organization for being so generous!

Anonymous said...

Good stuff-thanks for stepping up and making a difference!

SaraMinerva said...

Thank you for doing this!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for your effort.

nico said...

Thank you so much for this blog effort.

Dawn said...

Thank you for doing this – may our weeping drive us to our knees (Luke 13:1-5) and to our wallets (Luke 25:40).

Sarah B. said...

Thank you for doing this.

valerie grace said...

Thanks for doing this, great idea!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for raising awareness around the world!

Unknown said...

Thoughts and prayers (and now blankets and fresh water) for the people of Haiti.

Donna said...

Thank you.

homecookie said...

Sometimes it's while encountering struggle, that we see people shine.

Peace

Cildmary

Anonymous said...

thanks!!

Kate said...

Thank you for your efforts!

Unknown said...

Thank you.

NC Kate said...

Wonderful - thank you. I think the world is just beginning to see the great good power of social media.

Katie said...

Thank you for raising funds for Haiti. Thoughts and prayers going out to all of Haiti and the people on their way to help the recovery effort.

Mandy said...

Thank you for doing this!!!

Lindsay said...

Thanks for the opportunity to help.

Tony Walsh said...

thx for this! XOXO

Kellie said...

Commenting for Haiti. Thank you!

Jayme said...

This is wonderful; I'm happy to do what I can!

Anonymous said...

Send a ShelterBox! Thanks for doing this!!

Rica said...

Thank you for giving back.

Pam K said...

My heart is breaking for the Haitian people. I pray that the Lord will bless and keep them safe. Thanks for helping them in this way!

Judy H said...

Thank you for doing this

Tina Hudgens said...

Please pray for a dear friend of mine who just return from Haiti (just days before the earthquake, she made it home safe): Here is a specific family to pray for, as well as praying for the entire community: (from martha) Spoke to the Pastor we serve in Haiti. Although he was far enough from the quake not to be hurt, he was very affected. This morning he received a call that this father, 2 sisters, and 1 brother were killed. He is heading to Port Au Prince to try to save his brother who is severely injured. Please pray for safe travel and for him to arrive in time.
http://www.restorehaiti.blogspot.com/

Unknown said...

Thanks you so much for doing this!! Many lives will be blessed!

Steve Garfield said...

Thank you.

Katie said...

What a fantastic thing to do. Thank you so much for this.

Anonymous said...

Prayers for the ones in need, thanks to those who can help in any way.

Anna said...

It's brilliant how many food bloggers are doing this...you guys are really great.
x

Ambulance Mommy said...

Thanks for doing this!!!

Angela said...

So very thoughtful. The least I can do is spread the word. Thank you.

Sonia D. said...

Gracias<3.

Chris said...

wow you have a kind heart. I saw this via twitter.

thetoddlerwhisperer said...

great idea.

Anonymous said...

Bless you for having a caring heart. Hopefully this tragedy will have a silver lining.

Katy said...

Thank you and prayers for Haiti!

Anonymous said...

Praying for Haiti.

Our Gang said...

Thank you for doing this!

Anonymous said...

We all ride this ship together. Tell your friends.

Cristy said...

Thank you for doing this!

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful thing to do. Praying for all in Haiti

meemalee said...

Thanks ;)

Nicholette von Reiche said...

Thank you for spreading the word.

Anonymous said...

Prayi8ng for the people of Haiti...thank you for doing this!

Unknown said...

Thank you for doing this!!!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for helping...my heart aches.

Another charity to consider:
http://waterislife.com

chika said...

thank you hilda and the unnamed organization for doing this and letting us help.

Sara @ Life With the Two said...

Thank you so much for doing this.

Melanie said...

Prayers, love, and hope to all of those affected by this horrible tragedy.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for doing this.

Amber said...

I am so glad that so many blogs are getting involved like this. What a great idea!

Valentina Vitols said...

Thank you for doing this! What a big heart you have!

giz said...

BloggerAid-Changing the Face of Famine is happy to participate actively in any way we can
http://www.bloggeraidmarketing.ning.com

Ellen Wexler said...

Thank you more than I can express. Sending hope for comfort, compassion, peace from loss to all.

la cocinera loca said...

a little help from Paris

janet said...

Thanks for doing this. I echo your call for others to consider donating to Doctors w/o Borders and Partners in Health.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for doing this!

Missy said...

Praying for the people of Haiti...

Lauren said...

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for helping the people of Haiti!

aneclecticgarden said...

Thank you for making this possible.

Amy M said...

Thank you for doing this! My thoughts and prayers to all affected by this tragedy!

Sherri said...

Thank you for posting this! You all are so awesome!

Mama Bear said...

Thank you for doing this!

bobbins said...

Prayers for those in Haiti, and thank you for what you are doing.

Michelle said...

Thank you for doing this!

Jolene said...

This is so amazing. I am in a financial situation where I cannot do much, so it is so wonderful to know that I help can make an impact in some way.

Stacy said...

Thank you to you and the generous donor - I'll be doing a lot of commenting here this month and spreading the word!

Shauna said...

This is a great effort and wonderful idea! Thank-you :)

Feeding the Saints said...

Hi. I am contributing my comment to help. In turns, if you'd be so kind as to add my blog to your list of others doing a similar thing, I'd be so grateful. I have a new food blog called "Feeding the Saints." The link to my post for Haiti is: http://www.feedingthesaints.com/2010/open-hands-helping-haiti/

I have not been as ambitious, because I wasn't sure what kind of response I'd get, and donation money is coming out of my own pocket, but I am donating $1 for every comment--as it stands now, the comments until 1/18, but I may well extend that.

Thank you so much! I'm encouraged by how many compassionate, like-minded bloggers are out there.

Sincerely,
Allison (A. C. Parker of "Feeding the Saints")

Taryn said...

Thank you for doing this. And just as a reminder to everyone (not because you haven't heard it, but maybe you haven't done it yet) you can donate $10 to the Red Cross via cell phone by texting the word HAITI to 90999.

Every cell phone carrier (in the US) is waiving the fees if you choose to do so.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for doing this!

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." ~Anne Frank

tallnoe said...

I'm very pleased that someone mentioned Partners in Health. They're consistently left off CNN's list, and they're amazing.
Thanks for doing this.

Ted said...

This is awesome, Hilda. Thank you for doing this.

Erika from The Pastry Chef At Home said...

This is a wonderful thing you are doing. I'm glad to participate in any way I can.

Heather Baird said...

Thank you for your generosity. Praying for all who are suffering.

Su-yin said...

Thanks for doing this - it's a great idea to do a little to help out.

Jennifer said...

What a wonderful thing you're doing! Thank you!

elsewise said...

Thank you for everything you've done, and will do, to help the relief efforts.

Todd Dewell said...

This is awesome. Going to send more people here.

Erika said...

amazing, hilda!!!

xoxo,
erika

Barbara said...

A great effort Hilda. Well done on finding a way to help from a distance

Unknown said...

I couldn't figure out how to comment! But, I finally found it. Thanks for doing this.

Eric Woods said...

Great work! Thank you!

Anonymous said...

Thanks!

keiko said...

thank you Hilda, praying for all those affected.

White Toast with Butter said...

We made a donation to Catholic Relief Services because Red Cross' site was so busy - that is a good feeling.

Anonymous said...

count me in

Brandon said...

Awesome you are doing this. THANKS!

t.s.h. said...

Ted told me to post a comment here

emily said...

hah, what an anonymous douchebag.

great cause, thanks for doing this.

Anonymous said...

thank you for doing this

Lis said...

Awesome.. Hugs, Hilda :) xoxo

Hilary said...

I saw your post from another blog. What a wonderful way to help those in desperate need. Thank you.

-btw, your photos are beautiful.

Anonymous said...

I've never read your blog before, but I'm commenting now.

Ashley said...

As a student on a *very* fixed income, I am *so* glad to have a chance to help....

Anonymous said...

Many thanks for doing this.

Anonymous said...

Many blessings to you. Thank you so much.

brittany said...

Prayers for Haiti.

Chris A said...

Holding the People of Haiti in our Hearts...

Bob and Chris A

Julia Wittenhagen said...

I think this is a great idea. Such a wonderful idea.

Dan said...

Wish you many blessing. Great cause for humanity..

Sam said...

Thank you for doing this, and thanks to the anonymous donor for your generosity! This is great.

Anonymous said...

This tradegy will somehow bring about good...It just has to. Thank you for your help.

Anonymous said...

My heart goes out to the people of Haiti as they grieve.

Molly said...

Bless you for working this out, and I thank them from the bottom of my heart. I pray that some kid gets dinner or a new pair of shoes from this comment.

Joshua said...

Thanks so much :)

Anonymous said...

thank you for helping Haiti! My family and I have been going to Haiti for several years and are scheduled to go to Pignon, Haiti with Haiti Outreach in February. We are waiting to hear if they still need us to come. We are ready.

Unknown said...

You go!! I can't wait to see what you can do. Thank you.

Anonymous said...

So great, thank you for doing this.

Leslie said...

Thank you for your generosity in this time of distress! God Bless you & yours!

niaRfOdnoF said...

You are an amazing human being for doing this. God Bless You, and the people your money will go to help.

Allie Garcia said...

yay for haiti!

Anonymous said...

I love your blog, and am thankful to see the blogging community rally in such a time as this. Many thanks.

Emily said...

Thank you for your efforts and your good heart.

Unknown said...

Glad to leave a comment.

Crystal Gray said...

God Bless you!

Anonymous said...

Thank you.

Sally said...

Thank you so much for your generous heart. The internet community is truly amazing.

Anonymous said...

So awesome you're doing this!

Anonymous said...

For the people of haiti.

HomoHausfrau said...

Praying for Haiti

Katie said...

so nice of you to do this:)

Anonymous said...

anything to help the helpless

kk said...

wow. you are amazing.

Jenny said...

What a wonderful idea - it is so heartening to see people like you using the internet to bring people together to help others.

liruco said...

Thank you for doing this. Praying for Haiti.

Kerry said...

Thank you so much!! My heart goes out to the people of Haiti, i have donated and getting food packages together for an orphange my nephew went to, just glad to help.

The Purple Foodie said...

Thanks for taking up the cause, Hilda. ANd thanks to the organisation that agreed to support this!

denie heppner said...

i too am thankful for your efforts to help Haiti, a place where a piece of my heart is. blessings!

Megan said...

Personally I think monetary donations are far better than buying goods and then delivering them but if that is what is on offer, I'm happy to post a comment. I will also post a link on Facebook and tweet about this.
Cheers,
Megan
@megangraff

Amy said...

Thank you. This is a wonderful idea and we can help from anywhere in the world.

Secretnatasha said...

What an incredible gift. Thank you.

Lindsay said...

praying, praying, praying.
thanks for doing this.

Anonymous said...

This is great! Thanks for the opportunity.

Millie said...

Thanl-you so much.

Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...

I love how the food blogging community comes together in a time of crisis.

kara.slime.sea said...

So wonderful you are doing this!

Eyes Bigger Than Belly said...

Great cause and so happy to be able to help :)

Unknown said...

What a rad idea! Haiti, we're all pulling for you.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for ding this. can't get the people in Haiti out of my mind!

Jennifer said...

This is incredibly generous and I commend you and everyone involved in it!
Bravo!

rosie said...

Thank you for this. Let's make prayer into action.

Elizabeth said...

This is a remarkable campaign! Well done.

-Elizabeth

MamaHen said...

Thank you for doing this.

Unknown said...

thanks so much for doing this

Daily Spud said...

How could I not comment? Every little does help :)

Anonymous said...

thank you.... thank you for giving us this chance to help in any way possible.

Heidi

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