Stir It 28: Food Lovin' Fundraiser for Haiti

Friends,

I've been asked to participate in what promises to be a fun and tasty fundraising event at NYU - Stir It 28, a collection of food bloggers, local businesses and people who care coming together to raise money for two relief organizations (see press release below for more information).

To buy tickets, please go to www.flanboyanteats.com and click on the banner for the Stir It 28.  Please come! It will be a great event with a variety of treats for Chinese New Year, prizes, drinks and more!

The event is being held at the NYU School of Nutrition and Food Studies, 35 W 4th Street, 10th Floor from 4-7pm this Sunday February 21st.  Drop a comment if you have any questions.  Thanks so much!

       

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

STIR IT 28: Food Bloggers Join Forces With Share Our Strength and Yéle Haiti To Benefit Haiti Relief Effort 

Bloggers in Atlanta, Chicago and Los Angeles mobilize the at-large culinary community to raise money for Haiti relief.

 

Atlanta, GA (February 12, 2010) - Food bloggers from coast to coast have joined forces to raise a targeted $50k to aid in the Haiti relief effort. STIR IT 28: Food Bloggers Align for Haiti Relief is a culinary event taking place simultaneously in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City and Washington, D.C., on Sunday, February 21st from 4:00pm to 7:00pm EST and 4:00pm to 7:00pm PST in Los Angeles. , One hundred percent of the proceeds from the campaign will benefit Share Our Strength and Yéle Haiti.  Participating chefs, food bloggers, restaurateurs and home cooks from each city will prepare incredible and diverse dishes and luscious cocktails for guests to enjoy.

 

As part of the campaign, donations are being accepted during the entire month of February for those who are unable to attend one of the nation-wide events.  Donations can be made via PayPal and advanced tickets to any of the 5 events can be purchased by visiting flanboyanteats.com or cococooks.blogspot.com cococooks.blogspot.com. Tickets are $30 in advance, with limited door sales in each city. 

 

"We are so grateful to Flanboyant Eats, The Duo Dishes, Coco Cooks and all those food enthusiasts, cooks, chefs and bloggers who have come together for STIR IT 28 to raise funds for Haiti Relief.  We know that long after the attention wanes and the media is no longer focused on this disaster that the people of Haiti will need food, water, medical care and supplies.  And they need to know that people care.  Thank you for caring and sharing your strength!,"  says Debbie Shore, Co-founder of Share Our Strength. 

 

Organized by food bloggers Bren Herrera, chef and author of Flanboyant Eats, Chrystal Baker of The Duo Dishes and Courtney Nzeribe of Coco Cooks, the trio lead the effort to bring increased awareness to Haiti's devastation, following the January 12th earthquake that brought down the city of Port-au-Prince.  

 

"It's a day of solidarity and a way for the culinary community to celebrate life, hope and restoration to the island through food," says Bren Herrera, a Cuban native whom is familiar with the plights of third world islands suffering from poverty and hunger.

 

The Atlanta event will be hosted by Bren Herrera in historic West End at SPACE Atlanta, with live entertainment and a DJ, two cash bars serving a signature cocktail called “Stir it Up.” Serpas True Food (GQ magazine top 10 new U.S Restaurants) is a featured participating restaurant offering Creole cuisine, among other notable restaurants and chefs. Montaluce Winery is donating wine for the event, as well. The Los Angeles event will be hosted by Chrystal Baker and held at the private home of Greg at SippitySup.com in the Hollywood Hills. Grey Goose vodka and LA brand attaché Christophe Namer partner with Natalie Bovis-Nelsen of TheLiquidMuse.com to create signature cocktails, as well as specialty sangrias from Fre Alcohol-Removed Wine and Sutter Home Wine. Chicago will be hosted by Courtney Nzeribe at Three Peas Art Lounge, while NYC will be held at the NYU Department of Nutrition & Food Studies. D.C. details to come. 

 

STIR IT 28 community sponsors include SPACE Atlanta, Montaluce Winery, The Liquid Muse, Three Peas Lounge, The People Brokers Public Relations, Word of Mouth Atlanta,  SonnyNite Audio, Party City, Graphic Mail, T-3 True Graphics, RH Media Group, Trader Joe’s and G-PAN. 

 

For more information, please visit flanboyanteats.com, cococooks.blogspot.com, theduodishes.com and the Official Facebook Event Page

 

About Share Our Strength

 Share Our Strength® is the leading national organization working to make sure no kid in America grows up hungry. By weaving together a net of community groups, activists and food programs, Share Our Strength catches children at risk of hunger and ensures they have nutritious food where they live, learn and play. Working closely with the culinary industry, Share Our Strength creates engaging, pioneering programs like Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation®, the nation's premier culinary benefit; Share Our Strength's Great American Bake Sale®, a national grassroots effort; Share Our Strength's A Tasteful Pursuit®, a touring dinner series; Share Our Strength's Great American Dine Out ®, a week-long program involving thousands of restaurants nationwide; and Share Our Strength's Operation Frontline®, a cooking-based nutrition education program. Visit Strength.org and learn more about our goal of ending childhood hunger in America by 2015.

 

About Yéle Haiti

Yéle Haiti is a foundation started by Grammy-Award winning musician, producer and social entrepreneur Wyclef Jean that is changing lives in this desperately poor but optimistic nation.  Through Yéle Haiti, Wyclef uses music, sports and the media to reinforce projects that are making a difference in education, health, environment and community development. In practical terms this translates to over 3,000 new jobs, close to 7,000 children being put in school, more than 8,000 people a month receiving food and approximately 2,000 young people a month learning about HIV/AIDS prevention.

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