We all have seen one or the other person in the family/friends circle who has suffered with Cancer. Its difficult emotionally, physically and financially. So here is a great cause to help a dear blogger friend who is suffering from cancer, an event organized by Bee-Jai , Manisha , Shankari , Garrett and other food bloggers. Please read through.
This is an appeal on behalf of a group of food bloggers who are friends of Briana Brownlow @ Figs With Bri .
Bri was diagnosed with breast cancer two and half years ago. A mastectomy, chemotherapy and two years of relatively good health later, the cancer is back. It has metastasized to other parts of her body. At the age of 15, Bri lost her 41-year old mother to the disease. Now, she’s waging her own war against breast cancer. More about it here .
She is going through intensive chemo and other treatments and needs to focus single-mindedly on healing and finding what treatment works best for her. Her health insurance, unfortunately, does not cover holistic alternatives which she would like to try. Bri and her husband Marc have enough on their plates right now in addition to worrying about her medical bills.
The team organising the JUNE edition of CLICK at Jugalbandi has organised a fundraiser to help Bri and her family meet her out-of-pocket medical costs for ONE YEAR.
CLICK is a monthly theme-based photography contest hosted by Jugalbandi . This month’s theme is: YELLOW for Bri
Yellow is the colour of hope. Through the work of the LiveStrong Foundation , it has also come to signify the fight against cancer.
The entries can be viewed HERE . The deadline for entries is June 30, 2008 . The fundraiser will extend until July 15, 2008 .
The target amount is 12,000 U.S. dollars . We appeal to our fellow bloggers and readers to help us achieve this. Bri deserves a chance to explore all options, even if her insurance company thinks otherwise.
There’s a raffle with exciting prizes on offer . After viewing the list, you may make your donation HERE or at the Chip-In button on any participating site .
Your donation can be made securely through credit card or Pay Pal and goes directly to Bri’s account.
This month’s photo contest also has some prizes. Details HERE .
You can support this campaign by donating to the fundraiser, by participating in CLICK: the photo event, and by publicising this campaign.
GET WELL SOON DEAR BRI. OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU.
Who does not like the beautiful strawberries? I have this uncontrollable love for them, so I buy them almost every time I go for shopping. As far as I have seen, they have pretty short shelf life compared to any other fruits. So if I forget them for a while, I have to throw the entire stock. That happened a couple of times. So this time as soon as I bought them, I made this delicious milkshake for dinner. Yes, dinner :).
My touch to this simple milkshake was a generous amount of cardamom powder. I was not sure how it would work out. It was just out of the world. Now I know what to do with remaining strawberries.
Ingredients: 2 cups cold milk 3-4 strawberries 1 tbl spn sugar(change according to taste) 1/8 tea spn freshly powdered cardamom
Method: In a blender, take strawberries, milk and sugar. Blend it for couple of minutes. Now add cardamom and mix. Serve chilled.
Serves : 2 Preparation time : 2mins
