Blogging Out Hunger: So, I Got Stop & Shop To Do Their Part, Now It's Your Turn!!!

CLOSING OUT AT: 209 COMMENTS = $209.00 RAISED AS OF 2/28/09!!!  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING!!!

Stop & Shop will donate $1 for each comment (up to $300) to the Community Food bank of New Jersey!!!

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Last week, over 100 of my blogging friends and I got together and blogged about the This Bank Can't Fail campaign (spearheaded by my blogging friend and fellow Jersey Girl Deborah Smith of JerseyBites.com) to Blogging Out Hunger on behalf of The Community Food Bank of New Jersey and families in need across the garden state.

Growing up ours was no stranger to hunger.

Okay, let's be honest, what's the diff -- what about the rest of the year -- what's so special about blogging and who listens to Mommybloggers, anyway?

[bites lower lip]

Well, I asked my friends at Stop & Shop if they would like to help sponsor This Full House with a call out for donations in support of Blogging Out Hunger and they seemed to feel that it's, you know, a pretty good idea.

Aaaand, here's the good part, there's a way you (yes, YOU!) oh, savvy Internets, can help.

How?

[grin]

Why, by doing what you do best...of course!!!

Just so you know, Stop & Shop is actually making a pretty significant donation to the New Jersey Food Bank this holiday season. Its Food For Friends campaign raised more than $1 million dollars which is being distributed to 300 local hunger relief organizations throughout the Northeast -- the New Jersey Food bank receives about $74,500.

Stop & Shop gets the value of supporting bloggers (like, helping to make the New Jersey Moms Blog Launch Party a great success and sponsoring this Thanksgiving giveaway) and they're willing to help a Mommyblogger out this time, too.

How?

By helping me to continue to spread the word about the desperate need that The Community Food Bank of New Jersey is in due to the increased demands being put on New Jersey food pantries.

Aaaand?

Well, here's where you (yes, YOU!) come in.  All you have to do is a leave a comment -- like, telling us what's your plan on dealing with this cuh-ray-zee holiday week, or something as simple as, you know, what's for dinner -- and Stop & Shop will donate $1.00 and are more than ready to write a check (for up to $300.00) to The Community Food Bank of New Jersey!!!

I know, 300 comments (just who do I think I am, Dooce) it's a tall order -- so, please, feel free to share (like, Twitter, Digg, Kirtsy, Stumble this blog post) and help spread a little Christmas/Hannukah Mojo!

Why?

Because nice matters, hunger sucks and Stop & Shop knows we care...DAMMIT!!!

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Comments

[Joe Calamito]

As one of the 100 bloggers -Thanks Stop & Shop for continuing to spread the word.
I am a loyal customer of the Bayonne Stop and Shop. Yo're the best!

[JayMonster]

My normal way of "dealing" with the holidays is to bury my head in baking cookies and not looking up until around Jan. 2nd.

This year I am taking a little more time to stop and thank the people that I know that make the world a better place.

Liz... On behalf of myself, the Food Bank, and just about every life you touch... thanks. And Happy Holidays.

[crazyguyonabikenj]

$Awesome$

[Elicia]

Great idea and happy holidays! Another $1 in the bucket :-) Best of luck!

[Jennifer James]

This is wonderful. I'll be sure to retweet. Happy Holidays!

[Jodi]

We are having the usual Christmas dinner at MIL's house. I love holiday food!

[Mercedes]

Thank you Stop and Shop!

[TechyDad]

Tonight we're having fried fish with steamed cauliflower. Tomorrow night is Pizza night. Then, for Christmas night, we're having our traditional Chinese food. (We're Jewish and don't celebrate Christmas. Chinese restaurants are about the only places open so that's become our tradition.)

[Laura Tomasetti]

Liz,

This is awesome that you're organizing this - talk about someone who doesn't need one more thing to do during the holiday season...but you find a way!

The Food Bank is so deserving. Organizations that feed the homeless and poor are among the hardest hit by the economy - they have a greater need, fewer donors and higher costs. Thanks for making it easy to help!

Laura

[Netta]

This is great.
What a beautiful thing.

[Roxiticus Desperate Housewives]

Thanks for setting up this program with Stop and Shop....and thanks to Stop and Shop for their spirit of generosity to those in need. I wrote a post yesterday with a link here, so hopefully I've sent some of my best commenters and additional $$ to the FoodBank.

By the way, I believe Dooce closed her blog to commenters once she got popular... so she may have more visitors, but she won't get 300 comments like you will!

Happy holidays!

[Wendy]

I happily followed a Twitter tweet here to chip in $1! Great idea!

[kristi]

Found you on twitter courtesy of mom bloggers club.
Sending a buck your way.
Nice thing you're doing.
Glad I can contribute in some small way :)

Happy Holidays!!

[Axel & Kathie from California]

The Bible says, that is is in giving that we receive. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas. God Bless,
Axel & Kathie

[PattiT /BakeSpace]

What a great thing for Stop and Shop and Liz to do. Thank you, it really is a rough year for a lot of people.

[bonggamom]

What a wonderful cause. We're having spaghetti and meatballs tonight and hopefully with your donation some other families down on their luck will also be able to have a good dinner.

Of course I'll help spread the word! Thanks to you and Stop and Shop (sounds like I'm thanking 3 people) for doing this.

[Melissa]

This is awesome, Liz!

[PeeWeeMom]

Liz - great job and great job by Stop & Shop - yeah them! Keep this going people - tell everyone you know to comment. Mommybloggers are making it happen - woo hoo!

[Chag]

I think it's great you're doing this! I hope you get to 300!

And we had tacos for dinner.

[tim]

Great idea. The Community FoodBank of New Jersey does great things - thanks for spreading the word

[mannequin]

Jersey? But I'm from MD. What's this got to do with me? I don't even like Jersey.

Only I DO care deeply about people that are in need ... for the grace of God, there go I. It's horrible to think that right here , maybe five blocks away is a family with no food. That is just so sad and how can anyone NOT help?

What a wonderful thing for Stop&Shop (and Liz) to do. That's quite generous of them! AND considering that you dress like Pat Benatar, that's really, really gracious of them to look past.

We're having Christmas dinner this evening since my son has to be shuffled around between parents.
Itsa toikey for us!

Happy Christmas Liz and thanks for a year of laughter, kindness, sadness bloggin!

[Soo]

Thanks to you and Stop and Shop for this. Hunger in the U.S. is not necessary.

[Roxiticus Desperate Housewives]

Keeping up the commenting stream, I've got an award for you and your blog on Christmas Eve morning over at Roxiticus Desperate Housewives. Hope my readers and the dollars are still pouring in...thanks again to you and Stop and Shop for a terrific contribution to a great cause.

Happy Holidays!
Roxy

[Rona]

I think this is a fantastic idea. We can all do our part.

[michael]

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