Our Giving Model
Funding the food system. Powered by food bloggers.
Our Giving Model
Funding the food system. Powered by food bloggers.
Donate a Post
Food bloggers develop content for their blogs every day. Some keep a strict editorial calendar, while others wait for inspiration to strike. Regardless of frequency, bloggers attract loyal readers through their engaging storytelling and delicious recipes.
The Giving Table provides bloggers the opportunity to join with like-minded individuals to fund critical programs that will help change the food system.
Our "donate a post" model works in tandem with the content food bloggers are already producing, which is why it fits seamlessly into their existing content strategies. Every post includes three sections—a narrative, a recipe, and a call to action—and guidelines are provided for every campaign so our messaging remains consistent.
By pledging to participate in a campaign, here's what bloggers are really donating.
TIME
In the time it takes to develop a post, bloggers are contributing to charity instead. Our post guidelines follow a similar model for standard food blog posts, including a narrative, recipe, and call to action.
MONEY
The Giving Table taps into the power of crowdsourced fundraising. By turning money for ingredients or weekly coffee runs (typically $20 or less) into capital for food projects around the world, bloggers are empowered to see their gifts in action.
NETWORKS
The power behind our "donate a post" model lies in the existing network of our bloggers. Combined, we have hundreds of thousands of readers, and when they come across the same message on the same day, our power is amplified. We cannot be ignored.
(Just think about the potential. If 1,000 readers across our sites donated just $10, that's $10,000 for charity.)
Current Campaign: The Lunchbox Fund
Feed South Africa | February 10, 2014
Current Campaign: The Lunchbox Fund
Feed South Africa | February 10, 2014
In South Africa, 65% of all children live in poverty
Feed a child, nourish a mind. On February 10, 2014, food bloggers are donating their posts to support The Lunchbox Fund. We are raising money provide a daily meal to 100 South African schoolchildren for one year.
Our Goal
Our goal is to raise $5,000.
Fundraising will take place on Causes from 2/10-2/16, and the funding will provide a daily, nourishing meal to 100 schoolchildren for an entire year.
Never donated a post before? Read more about our giving model here.
Photo courtesy of The Lunchbox Fund
The Story of The Lunchbox Fund
The Lunchbox Fund has been fostering education via nutrition since 2005. It provides daily meals for orphaned and impoverished children in townships and rural areas in South Africa.
This is often their only meal of the day.
Because this meal requires children to be in the classroom to receive it, they are not only receiving the nutrition their bodies are desperate for, but an education that will help each child reach their full potential.
Sign Up to Donate Your Post
Step 1. Fill out this form to donate your post. Once you've signed up, your blog will be added to the list below (please allow 1-2 days for links to appear).
Step 2. Invite fellow bloggers and help spread the word on social media.
POST GUIDELINES
Prep your post using the guidelines provided here.
Each post will contain three elements: the narrative, the recipe, and the call to action. Statistics, suggested tweets, and digital assets are all available to help you prepare.
Posts go live the morning of February 10th.
#feedsouthafrica
Participating Bloggers
A-D
2Teaspoons
Bloom & Nourish
Cafe Magazine
Canned Time
Cindy's Recipes and Writings
Corbin in the Del
Cultivating the Good
curiosa di natura
Delightful Crumb
Dish by Dish
I-L
JoinMeForDinner
Kate in the Kitchen
Letty's Kitchen
Local Belle
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