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As you probably know, I recently won a contest with Quaker Oats.  The prize was the best part... $10,000 was donated to Food For The Poor for the children of Haiti.  This was before the earthquake that devastated that region.  So, when Quaker and Good Bite asked if I would participate in another contest for charity - I jumped at the chance.  And this time those who benefit from this one live a little closer to home.... right here in the United States.

Share Your Strength is not just a charity organization.... it's a movement to stomp out childhood hunger in the United States.  We live in the land of dreams.  America offers more opportunity than any other country in the world.  Yet, we have kids who are hungry.  It's just not right.  It's even worse today in this bad economy.  Not only are families struggling more, but good charities are having a harder time raising money to help them.

Good Bite and Quaker came up with a fun way to raise funds for Share Your Strength.  Quaker created a fun website  QuakerOats.com/CreateYourDay where you can create your own oatmeal creation.  For every bowl of oatmeal created on this site, GoodBite.com & Quaker will donate $1.00 to “Share Our Strength”, a charity dedicated to ending childhood hunger, up to $25,000.  This goal is no small feat, but with your help we can do it.  $25,000 will go a long way to helping Share Our Strength continue their important work.

Several of the nation's top food bloggers were asked to participate in this very worthy cause. You can watch my video below and see David Lawrence introducing me to a new oatmeal creation to help "Create My Day".







I encourage all of you to visit QuakerOats.com/CreateYourDay and make your own oatmeal creation.  And please... share with your family and friends!!  It only takes a couple of minutes.... It's fun.... you'll be supporting a great cause.... and it won't cost you a cent!! 

So, please go "Create Your Day" and let's help Good Bite and Quaker reach their goal of raising $25,000 for Share Your Strength. 

My Video is Up! . . . Please Vote, Vote and Vote Again!

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The wonderful recipe and collaborative blogging website www.goodbite.com has teamed up with Quaker Oats to create a fun and inventive new contest that will not only show you creative ways to spice up your oatmeal - but also donate a whopping $10,000 to a wonderful charity.  Twelve of the nation's top bloggers have been selected to share their favorite food memories.  Those memories become the inspiration for Good Bite Host and celebrity chef, David Lawrence to create unique oatmeal toppings.

Over the past several weeks, a new round of videos will be posted where you can vote for your favorite.  From each round, semi-finalists have be selected.  At the end of eight weeks, the bloggers video with the most votes wins!  The prize . .  $10,000 will be donated blogger's favorite charity! 

I'm very happy to announce that I was chosen as one of the 12 bloggers! I selected the wonderful charity "Food For The Poor" as the recipient of the $10,000 if my topping wins.  As a "foodie" myself, I can't shutter to think of all the people in this country and around the world who go hungry.  Now celebrating its 27th year of operation, Food For The Poor (FFP) is an interdenominational Christian relief and development organization working primarily in 17 countries in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States, to assist children and the poorest of the poor.  As of TODAY, my video is up!  Please check it out and vote "thumbs up" for my topping and Food For the Poor!

Food For The Poor: By working together with pastors, missionaries and churches in these regions, they ensure that the aid is reaching those who need it most.  They provide whatever is needed on an emergency level, but they also focus on providing good housing and education that gives these families the tools to strive for a much better way of life.  Forbes Magazine reported that Food for the Poor has the most impressive financial commitment ratio compared to all other large charities . . . 97% of what is donated is actually used towards the charitable expenses instead of administrative costs and salaries.


My video is up and I want Food for the Poor to get that $10,000 so please visit the link below... get your friends and family to visit!.  Share this link with them and click on Laura's Best Recipes www.youtube.com/quakertalk - Vote "THUMB'S UP!"  I have some serious competition ... some of the most popular food bloggers online - so please click and vote

It's a wonderfully delicious cause!

And if you haven't already bookmarked www.goodbite.com as one of your very favorite recipe websites . . . what are you waiting for?  You can view easy to follow video recipes by Chef David Lawrence and your favorite food bloggers.  It's where blogging meets the professional culinary world in order for you to see the best recipes online!  Check it out . . .