Give. Share. Change the World.

Starting today, February 22, 2012, Moveable Feast will participate in a revolutionary eight-day global giving campaign spanning more than 60 countries around the world.  “Everyone Gives” promises to be the most extensive and inclusive global giving event ever attempted, benefitting more than 200 non-profits around the globe.

Give

Please support us by making a small donation, as little as $5, to Moveable Feast through the Everyone Gives website.
1) Go to www.EveryoneGives.org
2) Enter "Moveable Feast" to find our tree
3) Pledge your support to us!  --> Be sure to continue onto the Moveable Feast website to complete your donation.

Share
After completing your donation, please tap into your social networks to invite friends, co-workers, clients and family to support us too!

Change the World

Donating through the Everyone Gives campaign creates a tree that tracks the donations received.  We hope being part of this campaign will raise awareness about the needs of our community and the services provided by Moveable Feast.

Go to www.EveryoneGives.org right now and search for the Moveable Feast tree!

Donating is simple and secure, and one hundred percent of all donations made through Everyone Gives go directly to the non-profit selected by the donor.

About Everyone Gives

Everyone Gives grew from a seed planted by the leaders at Colliers International, one of the world’s largest commercial real estate firms.  The idea germinated and grew through collaboration with other like-minded organizations, seeking to create sustainable good.  In this campaign, Colliers International and Moveable Feast join together with hundreds of charities around the world.

“I think of it as a giving tree,” explains Doug Frye, President of Colliers International and a founding sponsor of Everyone Gives.  “One donation becomes five, five becomes 25 and 25 can become hundreds.  And you can track your giving tree and your friends’ giving trees on the Everyone Gives website.”

Everyone Gives can be reached at www.everyonegives.org, www.facebook.com/EveryoneGives, www.twitter.com/EveryoneGives and www.tinyurl/EveryoneGives (LinkedIn).

Cheers: A Taste for Life

Don’t forget that tomorrow, February 23^rd, is the second annual A Taste for Life event benefiting There Goes My Hero.  From 6pm – 9pm, at Silo Point's 19th Floor Sky Lounge, enjoy bourbon tastings, fine wines, and craft beers, along with tasty  

hors d'oeuvres and one of the best views of the Inner Harbor that Baltimore has to offer. Tickets are $50 in advance or $65 at the door. Click here to register!

A little background:

There Goes My Hero is a foundation that provides hope and nourishment to leukemia patients and their families. Back in December 2010, we partnered with them to be able to provide meals to people living with blood cancers. So your support means a lot to us.

Oh, and please spread the word!

Divapalooza: Cinco de Gayo!

Mark your calendars folks, and get your tickets while they last! Our favorite Divas and Divos have announced yet another great Divapalooza theme - Cinco de Gayo - for this year's 2012 performance on May 4th and May 5th.

The Divas and Divos, using their "self-proclaimed" talents, provide a hilarious and entertaining evening, of which all proceeds are donated to charity. Last year, they raised over $70,000 for Moveable Feast!

Tickets go on sale today at 7pm. The only way to order tickets is by sending an email to sam@divapalooza.com. First come, first served! Sam will contact you with payment information, and orders will be processed as they are received based on the date/time stamp on the email.

Ticket prices? 

• Premium seating - $150
• Full tables/Bench - $75 per seat
• General seating - $50
   

For more info about Divapalooza 2012 and to sign up for their newsletter, please visit www.Divapalooza.com.

222 More Meals

Yesterday we posted about the many Thanksgiving treats we’re preparing for our clients this week as well as what we are incredibly thankful for- supporters like YOU. (Read yesterday’s post here.)

Today- with Thanksgiving only a day away - GiveCorps is giving us a chance to fund 777 meals for our neighbors in need AND to give back to those who donate ($10 off at Alonso’s & Loco Hombre!). During our first promotion on GiveCorps, a Baltimore-based website guided by the idea of “Give Local. Get Local.,” we reached our goal of $1,000 in one day. Now, we’re trying to raise just $400 more to provide 222 additional meals.  

How can you help?

1.       Make an online donation to our Moveable Feast project “Providing Hope Through Meals” on GiveCorps.

2.       Mail a check payable to the GiveCorps Foundation with “Moveable Feast” in the memo line to: The GiveCorps Foundation, PO Box 5606 Baltimore, MD 21210.

3.       Mobilize your network by pushing the project to your Facebook and Twitter communities!

As you look forward to feasting with your family this Thanksgiving, help us make sure that others are able to enjoy a healthy holiday meal as well.  

Here's to food, family and good health this holiday season!

Turning "Likes" into Meals

How can carpet, hardwood and glass translate into meals for Marylanders in need? Floors Etc. is making it happen with your help. Floors Etc. is a local flooring boutique that has been serving Baltimore for 120 years. They’ve been voted “Baltimore’s Best Flooring Company” twice by Baltimore Magazine, and over the next three months, they are taking their customer and community service to a new level: Facebook.

From now until the end of December, Floors-Etc will donate $1 to Moveable Feast for every person that “likes” their facebook page. With our strong network of online supporters, this simple challenge could provide a lot more meals for men and women struggling with serious illnesses. So take a second to “like” Floors Etc.’s facebook page and spread the word!

Black Dragon's Dress to Impress Banquet

For the past three years, Black Dragon, a charismatic motorcycle group, has put their time and energy into staffing our final Ride for the Feast pit stop at the American Visionary Art Museum. They provide our riders with the motivation and encouragement to bike the final miles to our Mfeast offices in East Baltimore. Now they want to do more! Join Black Dragon members Too Hot, Kiss, Diva and Bouncie on Saturday, October 22^nd for their Dress to Impress Banquet. From 8pm-12pm at The Forum (4210 Primrose Ave, Baltimore), expect great food, an open bar, DJ Sugar Chris, door prizes and more! 

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A portion of the proceeds will come back to benefit Moveable Feast!

'Tis the Season...for Workplace Giving!

Moveable Feast is rolling up our banners, copying our materials, collecting our business cards and heading out to represent the great work we do at kick-off events and fairs across the Greater Baltimore region. Every year around this time, government and private employees alike have the opportunity to sign up for charitable giving through payroll deductions. It’s an easy, tax-deductable way to give back, and we encourage you to designate Moveable Feast for your gift (look for us under Community Health Charities!). With our average cost of $1.80 per meal, every $9 donation will provide 5 free, nutritious meals for a man, woman or child struggling with a severe illness. See our different designation codes below!

·         United Way/Community Health Charities (CHC): all Central MD campaigns                          #6574

o    Combined Charity Campaign (CCC): for Baltimore City Employees                                            

o    Maryland Charity Campaign (MCC): for MD State Employees                                                     

·         United Way/CHC: Eastern Shore campaigns                                                                                   #54

·         Combined Charity Campaign in Frederick: Government & public school employees            #0527

·         Chesapeake Bay Area Combined Federal Campaign (CFC): for Federal Employees                #14810

 If you see us at an agency fair or campaign tabling event, stop by to say hello!

RED MAPLE Chewpons Deal!

Hey folks! Don't miss out on this great Chewpons deal to benefit Moveable Feast!

Rated 3.5/4 stars by Baltimore Sun restaurant critics and named "The Hottest Spot in Mt. Vernon," Red Maple is simply the place to dine, drink, and lounge.

The current Chewpons coupon is a 50%-off deal: for $15, get $30 worth of food and drink. Discover the Fireside Lounge, Rainbow Room, and Dance Floor at Red Maple....enjoy global-fusion small dishes, elaborate desserts, and signature drinks...all while benefiting Moveable Feast. How? A portion of your Chewpons online purchase will directly benefit us!

This Chewpons deal is only available for one week, so get yours today! Click HERE to buy!

Special thanks to Chewpons.com for their support of Moveable Feast services.

Good Fellas Happy Hour this Thursday!

The Good Fellas of Baltimore are at it again - hosting another event to benefit Moveable Feast...those generous, gracious fellas, we don't know what we'd do without them! 

Join the Good Fellas on Thursday, July 21st for a happy hour fundraiser at Ciao Bella restaurant (236 S. High Street, Baltimore).  

There will be specialty food & drink specials, with a portion of proceeds going directly to Moveable Feast! Any donation given at the door is appreciated but not required. See you there!

Click here to add this event to your Google Calendar. 

Click here to see the official Facebook event page. 

Moveable Feast & Fueling Good

Let the voting begin!

For the next few weeks, we need the power of your click. The folks at CITGO are awarding 12 charities with a gift of a $5,000 Gas Card at the end of this first voting period, and Moveable Feast is registered with the hope of being one of them. We do a LOT of driving to further our mission - 75,829 miles worth just last year. Fuel for our vans = meals for our neighbors in need, and now you can help by voting for us every day from now through August 11!

Click here to vote for Moveable Feast.

Click here to receive daily reminders in your email to vote - we promise not to email you after August 11th. 

Divapalooza News!

Hey Divapalooza Fans!

This year's Divapalooza was an incredible, fabulous success, raising over $70,000 for our life-saving Moveable Feast services.

Check out these pictures of the Divapalooza check presentation from May 24th. A group of the Divas and Divos met with Moveable Feast staff to present them with the official check!

And if you missed this year's extravaganza, or want to see it again, mark your calendars for August 27th for the Divapalooza 2011: Cirque du So-Gay video premiere. Bring your chairs, blankets and coolers (and a small donation of $10.00) and see the show in this fully edited video. Your donation will help the Divas cover the costs for next year's show. DVDs and Blu-rays will be available for purchase at the screening and online. You may arrive as early as 7:00 PM; the video will begin when darkness falls. For more information and directions, please contact Sam@divapalooza.com.


Finally, SAVE THE DATE for: 

• October 22nd: BINGOPALOOZA at Baldwin Hall in Millersville, MD
• April 13th & 14th: DIVAPALOOZA 2012. Theme TBA.

Adapted from a recent Divapalooza e-newsletter (sign-up here). 

Baltimore Business Networking

Next Thursday, June 30th, come mix and mingle with Baltimore's top professionals - including the Good Fellas of Baltimore. 

A portion of the proceeds will benefit Moveable Feast, so if you're looking to enhance your professional network and meet some new connections, join us next Thursday!  

The event takes place at the Havana Club (600 Water St.) from 6 to 9 PM.  

Add yourself to the Facebook Event Page.

Who ARE the Good Fellas? The Good Fellas of Baltimore are "seven entrepreneurs joining WITH the community to help a different charity and family in need every episode." Their efforts are featured in a WBFF Fox Baltimore television series of the same name, airing on Saturdays at 1:00PM.

Best of all, they will be featuring Moveable Feast in an upcoming episode. This year, they also participated in Ride for the Feast! 

Check out Episode 2: "Balance," below. To see more of the Good Fellas episodes, click here. 

Dining Out For Life 2011

Dining out at a restaurant has become commonplace in our daily lives. 

When we can't figure out what to concoct for dinner, or we don't have time to cook, we simply hop in our cars and drive to the nearest carry-out joint. Easy peasy.

And even when it's a planned excursion, indulging is typical. Spent a few extra bucks on a dessert mousse at that new cafe? Ordered the 16-oz. instead of the 12-oz. steak? Not a big deal - we might go home with a few less dollars in our wallets, but that delightful feeling of fullness? Priceless.

For some, however, that "full" feeling does not come so easily. Moveable Feast is, at its core, a hunger organization that feeds people living with HIV/AIDS, breast cancer, blood cancer, and other life-threatening conditions. Proper, regular nutrition is crucial to their ability to fight disease. 

Our clients are so poor that their next meal is not as simple as "What do I want to cook for dinner tonight?" or "Where can I buy something quick to eat?" Rather, our clients face dilemmas such as: "Where will I find the money to even buy groceries?" or "How will I cook when I'm too weak to get out of bed?" or simply "I have no friends or family. Who will feed and take care of me while I am so terribly sick?"

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How can you help? Dining Out For Life (DOFL) is an annual fundraiser to benefit Moveable Feast. Now in its 18th year in the Baltimore Metro area, it is your opportunity to dine out and help those who, without the services of Moveable Feast, would not have the opportunity to feed themselves properly, much less dine out at a restaurant. 

How does Dining Out For Life work? Simply dine out at a participating restaurant on September 22nd, 2011. The restaurant will donate 20-50% of your bill to Moveable Feast, in support of our lifesaving nutritious meal delivery programs. And that's it! No extra money spent on your part - simply dine out to save lives.

How can I get even more involved? We are searching for enthusiastic Ambassadors to support DOFL. Ambassadors are stationed at their favorite restaurant (given participatory status and availability) to promote Moveable Feast and DOFL - passing out informational materials, speaking with patrons about our mission, etc. Ambassadors are also expected to help populate the restaurant by encouraging friends and family to dine out. Contact Amanda Fisher (afisher@mfeast.org ; 410-327-3420 x11) if you are interested!

Do you yourself own a restaurant in Baltimore or the surrounding areas? If you'd like to get your restaurant involved in Dining Out For Life, please click here for more information and to register. 

What participating restaurants are saying: 

• "Great event for a great cause! It increases business so it's win-win for everyone!" - Clementine 
• "The feeling of goodwill can't be beat. By going full force at 50%, the restaurant at Moveable Feast both win. Most people want to go to the places giving the most." - Woodberry Kitchen

So on September 22nd, join us in Dining Out For Life. Help us to provide that cozy feeling of fullness to our clients that we are so lucky to enjoy!