What happened in Haiti this past Tuesday is devestating. Watching the news every night is heart wrenching as I see pictures of children without their families and all the destruction that has taken place in this country.
After seeing what Ree and Alice did on their blogs, I was inspired to do something too. Because I am only 23, and have very little extra income my parents are helping me out on this one and we will be donating together! (they are amazing… I don’t know what I would do without them and all their support in everything I do) For every comment that is left on this post, we will donate 50 cents to Doctors without Borders. This charity is one of my favorites and I love what they do. (at one point in time… before I became obsessed with the kitchen… I was pre-med in college and always dreamed of working with Doctors without Borders in different countries)
So leave your warm wishes and prayers in the comments and then next Friday, my family and I will make a donation on behalf of everyone that commented and showed their support.
Haiti is going to need continuous support for a very long time. Once the news stops running these segments and the papers start to write about other happenings in the world, donations will still need to be made, so if you can’t afford to make a donation now maybe you will be able to help in the near future. Even the smallest amount could help in saving a life by getting clean water, bandages or basic food neccesities.
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What a great idea! You have such a good heart.
The only thing tastier than Gaby’s food is Gavy herself
Brilliant!
Fantastic! Its wonderful that you’re doing this.
Great idea Gaby… keep the survivors, their families and all volunteers in your hearts and prayers.
Every little thing can make a big difference! Good Idea!!
Awesome Gaby! I’m adding you to my links now.
You are the sweetest person I know! Hope you get lots of comments.
Gaby, that’s what I love about you – you are a woman of action! I just RTed your link to this, too.
fantastic! i’m adding you to my links, too.
You are awesome Gaby! XOXO
It is so cool that you are doing this. Hope all is well. My prayers and thoughts are with everyone in Haiti and beyond. This has inspired me to do more!
Thanks for setting this up. xoxo
Gaby this is great! Every little bit helps!
So kind of you and your parents! It is tragic what happened over there and I hope they can rebuild and wind up stronger than ever before.
Your parents are awesome!
So nice of you & your parents! Thanks.
thank you, gabs
Well done Gaby – picked up your link from Michelle @ thursday night smackdown. Have added you to my favs
V. thoughtful of you and your folks. Thank you! Love to you….
Way to go Gaby!
Thanks for doing this!
Such a great idea Gaby, this is absolutely amazing. I’m telling everyone to come here and comment:)
xoxo
That’s wonderful! I’m adding you to my links right now. Visit me if you can because my donor is giving $10 for every comment left on my blog (govt organization that can afford it).
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.
Additionally, if you text the word YELE to 501501 to the organization Yele Haiti (started by musician Wyclef Jean) to donate $5.
What a fantastic joint effort this is…. peace be with all of you and foremost, the people in Haiti..
you’re amazing! xxoo
Great job Gaby! Thank you (and your parents) for doing this!
thank you for doing this! it’s much appreciated.
Hi Gaby,
Good of your parents. I, too, wrote about Haiti at my blog : (http://giseleperez.typepad.com/painperdu/2010/01/haiti-and-new-orleans.html) a couple of days ago, and asked people to help. I didn’t think to ask others for matching funds, though. Great idea!
God bless your generous family and the people of Haiti! Thank you!
Very cool idea.
Best of luck. I will retweet so there are more comments.
Gaby, y’all are amazing. Thanks for taking this on. Let me know where you end up on this and I’ll match it up to $100. Cheers!
Fantastic idea!!
Hi Gaby…
Great idea! A chef on the East Coast is having a fund raiser ….HUGE….let’s think of something that our chef friends can do together, also.
xooxo
Dear Gaby, What a great idea! You are terrific. Larisa
Consider me commented!
Great idea, Gaby, count me in.
I love Doctors without Borders. I already donated $20 to them and another $10 to red cross. The people of Haiti are going to need all the help they can get. Thanks for doing this.
Such a generous soul at such a young age. Thank you so much!
This is so great, thank you for doing this!
Thank you for your generosity in this time of distress! God Bless you & yours!
The SMC alums would be proud of you too.
Much love and success…
gina snyder
Wonderful thing you are doing. God Bless You and the people you are helping!
I volunteer with Haiti Outreach in Pignon, Haiti. Thank you for helping the Haitian people!
God Bless you for doing this!
So cool that you’re doing this!
Gaby, so young and yet so awesome! You are on the ball and so proactive. Thank you so very much for being such an inspiration!!!
Thank you so much for your generous heart.
Thank you for doing this. Praying for Haiti.
Great idea Gaby!
Thanks to you and you parents for doing this.
God Bless!
You are AWESOME! Thank you! Praying for Haiti…
Thank you for doing this…
people amaze me. thank you for giving us one more way we can help
When I turned on the radio yesterday, the first sentence I heard was “Tens of thousands are feared dead.” By noon I was hearing numbers of 40 and 50 thousand. By the end of the the day, estimates of 140 thousand. As stressful as my life is right now, I have huge gratitude for my family, the roof over my head, and the rest of a long list. Life in Haiti on a good day is hard. Poverty is a life-degrading force, and it touches everyone in Haiti. Even though I am not much of a pray-er, I offer prayers to those affected by the earthquake, and hope it reaches them. Thanks to you and your parents for doing this, as I can not afford to give much on my own right now.
Grateful to you for making this kind offer. We are praying (and donating) too.
Good job.
Good job! Every bit counts!
Way to go!
Well done!!
It’s a great thing you and your family are doing; similar challenge going on my blog. Thank you, and God bless you as well as those poor folks in Haiti.
Thanks for donating to such a good org.
God bless you for doing this!
Thank you so much for doing the good thing!
Nice idea, Gaby
This is a wonderful thing you and your parents do!
I’m so happy to see more and more bloggers are doing this to help Haiti.
Do hop over my blog for Haiti Relief Support – Comment to raise funds
Thank you! What a fantastic idea.
I’m commenting in honor of Cory and her family.
LOVE IT, Gaby! I’d love to help too. I’ll match 10 cents for every comment (including mine of course) for the next 30 days! I wish I could do more but I’m not working much right now. Let’s work on getting the word out!
My family will pray for the people of Haiti daily.
You go girl! Haha. Can I comment twice?
This is great Gaby and thank you also to your parents! I am going to have my kids, Nick and Emily, post a note as well for I think it is very important that they realize that there are less fortunate people in this world and that anything we can do to help really matters!
So great of you and your parents to do this. God bless.
Thanks- praying for Haiti
This is fantastic, thanks for doing this.
Pretty awesome thing you got going here! Best of Luck Gaby!
Thank you for your generosity.
Thank you for doing this!
thank you
I am commenting in honor of Corey and her family at Watching the Waters.
Thank you and God Bless!
Gaby this is such a wonderful thing you and your family are doing. The good karma will be returned to you and everyone who has donated to help with the earthquake relief. Thank you.
Nice work, Gaby. Every little bit does help. Our hearts go out to the citizens and people of Haiti and those who were affected by the earthquake.
My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Haiti!
You ROK! Thanks for the inspiration and kind hearts!
I think what you guys are doing is great!
Good for you!
I donated to Doctors without Borders already, but I’m glad to add to the donations!
Strength to Doctors without Borders……long may they strive. Thanks.
We love you Haiti!!
Excellent, fantastic thing you are doing here, Gaby! Thank you – and your parents.
Kudos to you and your family for doing this. I donated to the American Red Cross and put something on my blog too, to encourage people to donate.
Thanks to you and your awesome parents!! It is just amazing to see so much generosity! It is my prayer that Haiti will come out of this stronger and better!!
Thanks for the initiative! Keep up the good work
God bless you!!
I love Doctors without Borders too. Thanks for doing this.
Excellent idea! I, too, put a link on my blog when I donated to Red Cross. Thanks for doing this!
Very generous of you. Thanks for doing it.
Thanks for doing this. I donated through the American Jewish World Service and am glad that a comment here will lead to more donations for Haiti!
Wonderful idea!
I’m really close to your age…and get a lot of help from my parents, too, so I hear you!
Got here from another blog doing a similar comment-thing. You guys are all wonderful.
Our prayers and are sent to the people of Haiti
It’s terrifying what happened in Haiti. It is so great to have everyone pitch in and do what they can to help! Thanks for doing this, Gaby.
I almost went to pre-med to be a doctor so I can help make a change. Doctors Without Borders is one of the charities I support on a regular basis and I’m so glad you picked them!
Hi Gaby,
I found your blog 2 days ago. It’s really great. Your post is a great idea to raise some money for Haiti. I can only say THANK YOU!
Zita
from Budapest, Hungary
Europe
Great idea! God bless you!
Great idea, Gaby. Your energy amazes me!
What a beautiful idea. Thank you.
Thanks for doing this. This is awesome.
Good idea Gaby! This is a great idea
Great idea!
Thank you.
That’s wonderful! Thank you for your idea to make a contribution and thank you to your parents! I will enjoy browsing around your blog now!
you are such an inspirational woman. Thank you for your good heart! xxoo
Gabby, My niece Marie Cacciatore turned me on to your website. Beautiful and delicious. And now, this support for the Haitians. You are one of those people who is generous of spirit. It is in every part of you.
You inspire.
I was also inspired by Ree and Alice and am doing the same thing on my blog
http://thecuriousbaker.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/support-for-haition-se-mobilise-pour-soutenir-haiti/
My prayers are with everyone in Haiti
What a great idea Gaby! I’ll be forwarding this to everyone I know so as to inspire them to do a little something as well. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for all you are doing.
Wow, good for you. My heart has been breaking for those struggling in Haiti. Thanks for doing what you can to help.
I’m glad to have discovered your blog!
Wonderful idea! We all need to show we care.
Good work Gaby!
It is so devastating to watch, and now another quake. Although it looks impossible to fix from where we sit, the Haitians are resilient people and they will forge ahead, and they will need lots of help. Thank you for your pledge! xox Mary & Carter
I send my healing prayers and vision of peace to Haiti.
I was directed here from Corey of Watching the Waters. I am amazed by what you’re doing here and had to comment! Throw 50 cents in the bucket for my comment. Let’s all keep Haiti in our thoughts and prayers.
We send our love and healing thoughts to the people of Haiti and to those that, like you give from their hearts. Our local bakery is also donating all proceeds this Sunday to the Doctors without Borders.
I don’t remember if I commented, if I did, you can disregard, but I wanted to make sure it’s in there!
Gaby, what a great idea! Thank you
What a great way to make everyone feel apart! Thank you. Your recipes look yummy!
great idea. god bless Haiti in their time of need.
Great job, Gaby! Thanks to you and your parents.
My candle is lit for the LIGHT
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