A Fund For Jennie

We were going to post more fudge pairing recipes today but then something caught our eye that seemed infinitely more important. A couple of weeks ago, a food writer/blogger named Jennie lost her husband. And while there are some terrible things on the internet, there is also a lot of love. Bloggers have a way of forming a beautiful community to become honest-to-goodness friends. Jennie had a wonderful community of food blogging friends who have now rallied around her to support her during this awful time. They aren't just offering love, prayers, and encouragement, they are also building up a fund for her and her two girls.

Pulled from the fund's website:

“As you can imagine, Jennie is overwhelmed not only by her grief, and the sudden responsibility of raising two children by herself, but she is also struggling with this financially. She just learned that she cannot collect widow’s benefits from Social Security because she earns too much money each year. The health insurance for her and her kids runs out in December and she just learned that the total she will have to pay will be more than her mortgage. It’s possible she’ll have to pay off the entire mortgage in one lump sum because the apartment was in his name alone.

And more than anything, Mikey wanted Jennie to continue living her dream of being a food writer. And he wanted to make sure his kids were taken care of well. That’s why he worked as hard as he did.”

We felt like we should do a little something to help out. We are just a little store here in Wisconsin Dells so we can't offer hundreds of dollars of product, but we can offer something. And you can be sure that there is a lot of love in our treats.



So this is our contribution... A pound of each: Fudge (your flavor choice), Cashew Crunch, Vanilla Cowmels. We will cover shipping to the highest bidder (US only please). The total value is $37.00, so we'll start the bidding at $35.00.

To bid on these goodies, leave a comment below. Be sure your email address is correct so we can get in contact with you if you're the highest bidder. Keep in mind that all of our comments go through an approval process, so it may not show up right away.

The auction closes on August 31 at midnight, CST.

If you prefer to just make a donation to the find, go here.
To follow the project on Twitter, search #afundforjennie.