{"id":892,"date":"2008-12-21T23:08:33","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T23:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/?p=892"},"modified":"2008-12-28T16:05:21","modified_gmt":"2008-12-28T16:05:21","slug":"give-the-gift-of-a-menu-for-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/21\/give-the-gift-of-a-menu-for-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Give the Gift of A Menu For Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UPDATE: Menu for Hope has been extended until December 31st!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>There are only a few days left until December 25th arrives. If you&#8217;re still scrambling around to find presents, why not consider giving gifts that give back?<\/p>\n<p>We know that not everyone is a blogger, and not everyone is online and not everyone has heard of the <strong>Menu For Hope<\/strong>. But that doesn&#8217;t meant that you can&#8217;t give the gift of the <strong>Menu for Hope<\/strong> to everyone you know!<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, I&#8217;ve created two easy ways for you to share the <strong>Menu for Hope<\/strong> with others. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstgiving.com\/menuforhope5\">Donate in their name<\/a>, send them an email explaining you&#8217;ve donated in their name and attach one of these images, or print it out and slip it inside a gift card! Each of the files is sized 8.5&#215;11&#8243; and has space to list which prize(s) you&#8217;ve bid for, and a reminder to check ChezPim.com on January 12 to see if they&#8217;ve won!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <strong>full-page explanation of the Menu for Hope with some of the Lesotho Photos<\/strong>. You can download it as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mfhv.jpg\">image (jpg)<\/a> or as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mfh2_3.pdf\">PDF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mfhv.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"894\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/21\/give-the-gift-of-a-menu-for-hope\/mfhv\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mfhv.jpg?fit=612%2C792&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"612,792\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mfhv\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mfhv.jpg?fit=612%2C792&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-894 aligncenter\" title=\"mfhv\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mfhv.jpg?resize=231%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"mfhv\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mfhv.jpg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mfhv.jpg?w=612&amp;ssl=1 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In case you&#8217;d prefer just a little token of your gift, here&#8217;s a <strong>page with 2 &#8220;coupons&#8221; to cut out and insert into gift cards<\/strong>! You can download it as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mfhgiftcert.jpg\">image (jpg)<\/a> or as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mfhgiftcert.pdf\">PDF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mfhgiftcert.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"893\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/21\/give-the-gift-of-a-menu-for-hope\/mfhgiftcert\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mfhgiftcert.jpg?fit=792%2C612&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"792,612\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mfhgiftcert\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mfhgiftcert.jpg?fit=792%2C612&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-893 aligncenter\" title=\"mfhgiftcert\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mfhgiftcert.jpg?resize=300%2C231&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"mfhgiftcert\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mfhgiftcert.jpg?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mfhgiftcert.jpg?w=792&amp;ssl=1 792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are really a ton of great prizes available for the Menu for Hope! Check out the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/15\/menu-for-hope-europe-prizes\/\">Europe Prize List<\/a><\/strong> here on this blog, or go to ChezPim.com to see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chezpim.com\/blogs\/2008\/12\/menu-for-hope-2.html\"><strong>Menu for Hope Master Prize List<\/strong>!<\/a> Check the progress of the fundraiser at the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstgiving.com\/menuforhope5\">Menu for Hope Firstgiving page!<\/a><\/strong> Can we get it to $50,000? What about $70,000? Get donating, now!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Was this helpful? Please let me know!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: Menu for Hope has been extended until December 31st! There are only a few days left until December 25th arrives. If you&#8217;re still scrambling around to find presents, why not consider giving gifts that give back? We know that not everyone is a blogger, and not everyone is online and not everyone has heard&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/21\/give-the-gift-of-a-menu-for-hope\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-blog-event","category-menu-for-hope","entry","has-post-thumbnail"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4uB1-eo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2189,"url":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/22\/give-the-gift-of-a-menu-for-hope-with-gift-card-inserts\/","url_meta":{"origin":892,"position":0},"title":"Give the Gift of a Menu for Hope with Gift Card Inserts","author":"Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy","date":"December 22, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"There are only a few days left until December 25th arrives and a few more days that you can donate to a Menu for Hope. 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I'm a big fan of the Menu for Hope, and I've participated the past two years by donating a prize, and this year I'm honored to be the host for Europe for Menu for Hope V. Menu for Hope has\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog Event&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog Event","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/category\/blog-event\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/menuforhope.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":901,"url":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/23\/menu-for-hope-last-minute-gifts-that-give-back\/","url_meta":{"origin":892,"position":5},"title":"Menu for Hope: Last Minute Gifts that Give Back!","author":"Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy","date":"December 23, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"UPDATE: Menu for Hope has been extended until December 31st! Looking for some last minute gift ideas? Below are some ideas for Cookbook lovers, Food Lovers' Boxes and Baskets, Travelers, Aspiring Food Bloggers, Art Lovers and Shoppers! 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