Share Our Strength Incentives and Updates
To make this year's Share Our Strength fundraising campaign a little more interesting, I've decided to commemorate certain early donation milestones by videotaping myself trying to overcome a few food-related obstacles:
When we reach $1,000 in donations, I'll eat a handful of cilantro.
At the $2,500 mark, I'll eat 6 raw oysters.
At the $5,000 milestone, I'll eat a bowl of tripe soup.
But, to make it a little more interesting, I want YOUR ideas for what I should do for the $6,500, $8,000 and $10,000 donation milestones. Heck -- let's come up with ideas for the $12,500 and $15,000 milestones, too, while we're at it. Do you want video footage of me singing some Rick Astley, Celine Dion, or New Kids on the Block at karaoke while doing The Robot? Do a little dance in front of the White House, whisks in hand? Photographic evidence of my walking into a coffee shop while still in my pajamas? Or, as a friend's young son suggested: video footage of me "walking around town with a cute, cute kitty on her head?"
You name it, I'll consider it, and I'll update you as we go.
Or, hey -- how 'bout, if we reach $100,000 in donations, I'll legally change my name to Alinea Blymire. Make it happen, people.
How much to get you eating something with Velveeta?
Posted by: Tom | November 27, 2009 at 09:10 AM
I think these culinary offers of yours are quite sweet and best of luck to you with your fundraising.
I'd like to say that as a lover of cilantro, I can't imagine just eating a handful of it. That seems a bit off-putting (and I love it, remember), so if you do it and don't like it, you might still want to give it a chance mixed in with some actual food.
Cheers.
Posted by: Regina | November 27, 2009 at 12:15 PM
Listen up everybody if you wanna take a chance, just get on the floor and do the new kids dance!
Posted by: Chris | November 27, 2009 at 01:03 PM
ok so for the $6,500 mark you should eat a roulade of soft shell crab, boiled and minced tripe, celery, rolled in banana leaves.
Posted by: Bradley | November 27, 2009 at 01:48 PM
Please eat a durian fruit at the 8,000 mark.
Posted by: stan | November 27, 2009 at 04:21 PM
Well, this might mean possibly opening your house to someone you may not WANT in your house - but how about if for one of those higher levels you did a lottery and one of the donors gets to cook with one of your future Alinea attempts, assuming they can make it to the area? I think that's a whole bunch more positive than force-feeding you icky things, plus it will leave more cilantro and oysters in the world for those of us who like them! (Tripe, however - that I'm not sorry to lose)
Posted by: Anita | November 27, 2009 at 04:38 PM
Use that cilantro to spike some celery soup.
**evil grin**
Oh and I'm in.
Posted by: Rachel Luxemburg | November 27, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Why not eat treats to celebrate instead? I adore durian so I second that suggestion for the 8k mark.
Posted by: june2 | November 28, 2009 at 04:41 AM
When you get to $15,000, can you try to crash a White House party and shake hands with Michelle and Barack?
Posted by: TheFoodninja | November 29, 2009 at 03:15 AM
If these levels represent some "test of will", then eating a bunch of celery would seem to be a good challenge! ;^)
Posted by: tomdarch | December 01, 2009 at 01:22 AM
There should always be room for interpretive dance. I'm just sayin'
Posted by: fabulousmjsess | December 01, 2009 at 12:17 PM