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20 Percent of Each New Paid Subscription Goes to This Visionary Project
Well, I'll be wrapping up another trip around the sun on November 14, one week from today. I'm one year short of a significant round number. I'll leave it to your imagination which round number that is.
To mark the occasion, I'm rolling out this special promotion. If you become a new paid subscriber between now and November 21 (that's the two weeks bracketing my big day), I will donate 20 percent of the proceeds — that's right, 20 percent — to The Evolved Network non-profit.
The Evolved Network is a Chicago non-profit that works to improve the lives of underprivileged youths through cooking lessons, food education and farm-to-table experiences. I greatly admire Chef Sebastian White, who founded the organization in 2020, for his visionary efforts to not only provide food education and cooking skills, but to instill confidence, creativity, and the benefits of teamwork in students, most of whom have grown up in circumstances that provide limited choices.
Local Food Forum has written often about The Evolved Network. If you are not yet familiar with the organization, I urge you to take a few minutes to watch this beautifully produced video about its work.
So how does the fundraiser work? Pretty simple. Click the button below and sign up for a paid subscription.
If you sign up for a $100 Founders subscription, $20 of that goes to the Evolved Network.
If you sign up for a $50 subscription, $10 of that goes to the Evolved Network.
If you decide to take a $5 monthly subscription, I will also send $10 to the Evolved Network, under the presumption that you'll stick with us for a full year.
And if you're willing to go a little deeper in your support of Local Food Forum and The Evolved Network, we are now soliciting sponsorships, with deep discounts and benefits for food/farm non-profits and local farmers. I'd love to have that discussion with you... click the button below to email your interest.
Becoming a Local Food Forum paid subscriber or sponsor will help us get closer to our goal of making this publication self-sustaining, while providing financial assistance to a groundbreaking non-profit. A total win-win.
If you're a longtime reader and this all sounds a bit familiar... you're right. Last year I ran a similar promotion to celebrate my 20th anniversary as a cancer survivor, and it produced $232 in proceeds for Lurie Children's Hospital. My goal is to top that this year for The Evolved Network.
Many thanks in advance if you can help.
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