Over the past two weeks, my family and I couldn't help but be heartbroken over the catastrophe that took place in the Philippines. Watching the news and seeing our fellow Filipinos suffering in the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda, with no food to eat and no place to stay, is something very hard, and we all wish we could do more. We all thought that hosting a fundraiser is a good thing to do, but with all the fundraisers going on in our area, there was no point in organizing another one. There came the idea of doing an online bake sale instead...where we can reach more people (not just our neighbors and friends) to help...which will mean a better chance of getting more donations for our "kababayans"(fellow Filipinos) in need. So last Thursday (Nov. 14), I launched Online Bake Sale for the Philippines...
With just 4 days left before the bake sale goes live, I would like to take this opportunity to tell everyone that I am truly thankful for all the support I am getting for this event which will benefit Sagip Kapamilya, an emergency humanitarian assistance program of ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. which provides food and non-food relief to affected communities of disasters, and do rehabilitation and disaster risk reduction projects. We now have a total of 43 baked goodies for auction coming from 38 bakers/bloggers including myself. Even Sabrina Modelle of The Tomato Tart who hosted the successful Online Bake Sale for Japan in 2011 is now with us in this Online Bake Sale for the Philippines!
With so much joy and gratitude in my heart, let me introduce to you the generous and kindhearted people who are with me in making our online bake sale possible. Without them, we wouldn't have delicious goodies to auction on Monday! :)
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| My youngest daughter made this after watching on TV the huge devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan |
With so much joy and gratitude in my heart, let me introduce to you the generous and kindhearted people who are with me in making our online bake sale possible. Without them, we wouldn't have delicious goodies to auction on Monday! :)
Adora of Adora's Box
Ala of Wallflour Girl
Amy of uTry.it
Amy of uTry.it
Anna of Simply Umami
Betty Ann of Asian in Americamag
Charlotte of The Pampered Chef
Christina of Christina's Cucina
Cindy of Cindy's Recipes and Writings
Claire of Clairesquares
Claire of The Simple, Sweet Life
Courtney of CCCakery.com
Deanna of Teaspoon of Spice
Elvira of Meryienda
Gintare of Gourmantine
Jacqueline of The Dusty Baker
Jennifer of A Baker with an Appetite for Writing
Betty Ann of Asian in Americamag
Charlotte of The Pampered Chef
Christina of Christina's Cucina
Cindy of Cindy's Recipes and Writings
Claire of Clairesquares
Claire of The Simple, Sweet Life
Courtney of CCCakery.com
Deanna of Teaspoon of Spice
Elvira of Meryienda
Gintare of Gourmantine
Jacqueline of The Dusty Baker
Jennifer of A Baker with an Appetite for Writing
Mark of Javelin Warrior's Cookin w/ Luv
Maureen of Orgasmic Chef
Oggi of I Can Do That
Reeni of Tortillas and Honey
Sabrina of The Tomato Tart
Samantha of Five Heart Home
Sandra of Sandra's Easy Cooking
Serena of Serena Bakes Simply from Scratch
Sivan of Suite Foods
Stephanie of Steph's Bite by Bite
Sue of Munchkin Munchies
Susan of The Spice Garden
Swathi of Zesty South Indian Kitchen
Ted of Good Karma Caramels
Tiffany of Como Water
Maureen of Orgasmic Chef
Oggi of I Can Do That
Reeni of Tortillas and Honey
Sabrina of The Tomato Tart
Samantha of Five Heart Home
Sandra of Sandra's Easy Cooking
Serena of Serena Bakes Simply from Scratch
Sivan of Suite Foods
Stephanie of Steph's Bite by Bite
Sue of Munchkin Munchies
Susan of The Spice Garden
Swathi of Zesty South Indian Kitchen
Ted of Good Karma Caramels
Tiffany of Como Water
We also have 3 cookbooks for auction from Dalyn Miller of DalynMIller PR and 5 grams of good quality Iranian saffron from Laura of Family Spice. We also have cash donation pledges from Corinne of Heart of Mary, Kate of Diethood, Sawsan of Chef in Disguise and Loreena Yeo of 3:16 Team Realty. And guess what??? Andrew Sigal, the founder/chairman of FoodPool, a California corporation headquartered in Oakland, CA will match the first $500 raised in our bake sale! That means we're $500 closer to our target goal! Thanks so much FoodPool!
If there are still some of you out there who would like to donate baked goodies, we are still accepting pledges until tonight, 11:59 PST. Just fill out this form. And for those who would like to make flat donations or match any portion of the total sales, we will be accepting pledges until Sunday, Nov. 24 11:59 PST. Fill out this form for that.
Please help us make this fundraiser a success! Keep on sharing this event with everyone you know! Email it to your friends, tweet about it with the hashtag #bakesale4pinas, share it on your blog, facebook, google+ or in any of your social networks.
For complete details, visit ONLINE BAKE SALE FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
If you have any questions concerning this fundraiser, email me at
If you have any questions concerning this fundraiser, email me at
And please rock our online bake sale badge to show support!
Tomorrow, I will post a preview of the items that will be available for auction on Monday! Watch out for it!
Looks like its going to be a great bake sale! How wonderful for the $500.00 pledge!
ReplyDeleteAnd you were worried there wouldn't be enough participation. :) What a great turnout Tina and the donation from FoodPool is so very cool!!!!
ReplyDeleteHope a lot will bid on Monday so we can reach our goal! :)
ReplyDeleteGod Bless you tins and all the good souls who participated.
ReplyDeletePlease help us pray for a good turnout at tomorrow's auction, Leah! :)
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