[This contest is closed. Winner(s) announced here.]
I’ve been asked to let you know about a special awareness and fundraising campaign from Macy’s called Come Together, the goal of which is to feed 10 million people suffering from hunger. Come Together invites the public to host special dinners in their homes, asking guests to pledge donations to Feeding America. Two lucky readers will win $25 Macy’s gift cards!
Come Together invites people to host special dinners in their homes and ask their guests to pledge a donation to Feeding America. In return, Macy’s will match these donations dollar-for-dollar until the total goal of 10 million meals is reached. I’m always looking for a good excuse to get together with my girlfriends. Saturday evening three dear friends and I got together for our own Come Together celebration.
There are three ways that you can get involved: Host, Give and Shop.
- Host- Friends and families across the country can host dinner parties from casual to formal, send invitations and manage party details including themes and recipes on www.macys.com/cometogether. In lieu of bringing traditional host gifts, guests are suggested to make a donation to Feeding America.
- Give – Donate $1 directly at any Macy’s register, one dollar provides dinner for seven.
- Shop - Macy’s customers can shop for the cause and get special savings in-store on this Saturday, October 17, when Macy’s hosts a national Shop For A Cause day. A portion of the $5 in-store ticket sales will benefit Feeding America.
How to Enter
If you could invite 5 people (dead or alive; fiction or non-fiction; bloggers included!) to your dinner party, who would it be? Tell us in the comments! Contest ends Sunday, October 25.
If you help spread the word via Twitter, Facebook, or blog, leave extra comments for each to get additional entries.
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What a great cause! $1 feeds 7 people? I need to get on that feeding plan! If I could invite 5 people? I’d defintely say my husband’s mother since the kids and I haven’t met her. She passed away when he was 17. I would also invite my grandmother just so I’d finally get the chance to say goodbye. (I miss her) Outside of that? Jesus (for my obvious reasons to me), and two people who have no family to visit (a regular thing we do at holidays).
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Abigail Adams, Sir Walter Scott, Charlotte Mason, Teddy Roosevelt, and G.K. Chesterton.
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retweeted!
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Just 5 people? I choose the people on my list for all different reasons: Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey, my mother-in-law (she’s deceased and I never met her), Princess Diana, and my grandma (I miss her).
Hi! i retweeted on Twitter!
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And for my additional entry:
I would invite:
1. President Obama so we can have a one on one talk about world politics and about his personal life w/o all the cameras and non sense
2. Garfield the Cat – he was my favorite childhood cartoon and boy can he eat!
3. My grandparents who passed away 3 years ago.
4. Al Gore, i always admired his efforts with climate change. I respect him a lot.
5. My high school advisor who mentored me throughout my entire 4 yrs there. She influenced a lot of my achievements.
I would invite my best friends from college. I haven’t seen them in years, and they’re like my sisters.
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I’d invite my mother in law and father in law (both in heaven!), Ronald Reagan (funny and thoughtful conversation) , my husband (so he could enjoy, too), and Robin Williams (for entertainment, of course). Oh, but what about Itzak Perlman (violinist)? Can I bring 6?
I would invite my mom, dad, grandfather (who is deceased), and my 2 brothers.
I also blogged about this:
http://grand-giveaways.blogspot.com/2009/10/macys-25-gift-card-giveaway_15.html
I would invite my husbands daughter who was adopted out 18 yrs. ago and recently we came in contact with her. Then I would invite my husband and our 5 children to sit around and get to know each other over dinner and games.
If this does not count, I would invite Sarah Edwards ( wife of Jonathon Edwards), Joseph from the Bible in Genesis, my good friend who makes me laugh, my husband, and someone who was sitting by their self and looked like they could use a friend.
I’d invite 5 gals that I love hanging with — Kristal, Kim, Ann, Sharon, and Laurie. They each touch my life in a different way and I’m sure we’d all encourage one another in more ways than I can count.
I would invite:
1. my mother in law-cause we all love her!,
2. my mom-she passed away4 years ago,
3. my grandmother- she lives 8 hours away and not in great shape so we don’t get to see her often,
4. the apostle Paul- he lead such an interesting life!!!
5. Mary the mother of Jesus- can you imagine what it must have been like knowing you were raising the Savior of the world!!! How awesome!!!
Debby
1. Jesus
2. Mawmaw
3. Mom
4. Paul (my favorite apostle)
5. Dr. Looney (I want my white rock)
6. Beth Moore (love her Bible Studies)
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amy grant
my mother
donielle brinkman
darlene zcsech
wy judd
Ugh, this is tough!
I am a total political nerd, so I think my answer goes something like this:
John Adams, James Madison (who my cat is named after), Lyndon Johnson, FDR, and my husband
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