KitchenAid launched 1,000 Cooks for the Cure today and I’m thinking pink! And raspberry, too! (Enter below for a chance to win this beautiful berry colored mixer.) But first let me tell you a little about 1,000 Cooks for the Cure and how you can host a party to help an amazing cause at the same time. KitchenAid in partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure helps raise funds and awareness for the fight against breast cancer. Their goal is to have 1,000 cooks host a party, potluck, bbq or any get-together large or small with friends or family anytime between July 18 and July 27. Cook for the Cure gives people with a passion for cooking a wonderful way to support a meaningful cause. Host an event and encourage guests to donate to Susan G. Komen® sometime during this week-long fun and fundraising initiative.
Find out how you can get involved:
1,000 Cooks for the Cure website: http://cookforthecure.kitchenaid.com/host-a-party/
- Register your party and let’s help fill up their map page with as many little pink ribbons as possible.
- Check out the “How to Host” section for helpful forms, invitations, recipes and inspiration.
Plus, here are a few possibilities from me to help you think pink and party perfect.
Strawberry Milkshake Cupcakes | Confetti Chocolate Chip Cookies | Pink Flower Fondant Covered Cupcakes | Pink Flower Bouquet Cake Pops | Big Love Chocolate Chip Cookie | Miniature Double Decker Doughnut Cookies | Pink Panda Cupcakes | Peppermint Candy Cookies | Pink Heart Cake Pops | Brownie Sundae Bon Bons
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And now… enter for a chance to win this Beautiful Raspberry Ice KitchenAid Stand Mixer:
- Just leave a comment on this post to enter. Easy! You can share what kind of get together you’d want to host, or if there’s someone special in your heart you’d want to host it for, or you could simply say hi. (hi back from me!)
- And … for an additional entry, register to host a #CookForTheCure party at http://cookforthecure.kitchenaid.com/host-a-party/. Then just enter the Host ID number that gets assigned to you right here in the comments section of this post as well. That’s it!
Deadline to enter is July 27th, 2014 at 11:59 pm ET.SORRY – TIME’S UP! Winner announced below. One winner will be chosen at random and announced sometime July 28th on this post.- Good Luck!
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It’s time to announce a winner! And to everyone who was able to register to host a party… Thank you!!!
And the winner is… #396 – Congratulations Maria!
What a GORGEOUS mixer!
i would host a bake sale
I would host a party for my mom, who was recently diagnosed with cancer. Thanks!
Love the color! I would love to have a baking party!
My husband gave me my mixer 30 years ago! It is finally wearing out while our marriage gets stronger!
What a beautiful mixer. I have always wanted a kitchen aid and to have this one would be awesome. My family has a history of breast cancer some that didn’t make it and some survivors. It is a cause near and dear to my heart.
later tater,
laney
Love this colour!
Love your blog! And you can never go wrong with pink!
Hi!
Lots of love from Germany! ?
Would love to host a cook for the cure party, but I’m currently down and out with a back injury. So, in the meantime I’ll check out all the blog posts. So fun and a really awesome way to help and spread the word. Please also enter me in the kitchenaid drawing. Thanks!
I would host a party in honor of my friend Marisa, who lost her mom to breast cancer when we were in high school. Thanks so much for the chance! :)
What a wonderful color! Love it!
Hi! this is such a pretty color!
I would use this mixer to bake a ton of goodies for No Kid Hungry :)
Great idea!
Hi!
I’m hosting this event as a part of 1,000 Cooks for the Cure in honor of Peggy White. Host ID: 12916
OMG. Love the color!!!
Would love to make some wonderful stuff with this mixer. Also hope we can come together to donate to this wonderful cause.
What a fabulous idea. Love when people come together for a good cause
I’m usually not a fan of pink, but that mixer is GORGEOUS!! And a great cause too…
Beautiful color!
Thanks so much for the chance. This mixer would be an absolute beauty in my kitchen, and I would bake, bake away! I would host a party for my aunt who had a scare this year, but will be o.k.
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great cause, beautiful machine.
love that colour! <3 baking party for all those who have passed too soon….
That is an amazing color! How cute. I’ve actually been looking for host a Harry Potter themed party recently :)
Hi…..what a beautiful color!!!
I neeeeed that mixer! So so beautiful!
I’m making Cherry Chip cupcakes for my dad and sister. All three of us are breast cancer survivors. My dad is 92 yrs young and cancer free for 14 years!
We need a cure! Thank you for spreading the word – also, love the mixer
If I won this, I would use it to bake something for my 10 year old cousin who was born with leukemia. (Is that how you spell it???)
what a fun pop of color!
I love to bake and breast cancer runs in my family, so I’d love to host a small get-together combining both baking and breast cancer research to support a good cause. :]
This mixer is beautiful.. My favorite color too! Ohh the food I would create.
Absolutely love your blog, love the mixer, and love to all the ladies and families affected by cancer!
I am always baking for the causes that are so important to me. Having the lovely raspberry mixer would be a blast-and add a little feminine touch in my world!
I’d throw a party for any one of the three women I know recently diagnosed with breast cancer. And their kids…..
I lovvvvveeeeeeee it!!! With kitchen aid and your great recipes my imagination is the limit. I would totally host a party…
Such a great idea, I may have some planning to do. And that mixer is gorgeous!
I’d love to win this mixer and teach a friend how to bake!
I would host a party for my 4 aunts who have passed from cancer and the one survivor!
First off Hi! And next if I host a party I would have to practice recipes first and I would host the party for my grandmother who passed away with breast cancer.
have coworker who just won her 3rd fight and has now had 2 mastectomy’s, love fighting for the cure!!!!
Beautiful mixer! Great cause!
This is such a great idea! I love the idea of hosting a party with cute desserts for raising money in this manner. The mixer color is perfect.
I would bake with my sisters in honor of my sister-in-law Deb that just went through her breast cancer fight and is winning.
I love your blog and what you stand for. Your energy and spirit are inspiring. With my mother, sister and myself having battled cancer (all caught very early), we’re so grateful for the support of researchers, our families, lives and love. They make it all easier to get back to health and living. Thank you! And raspberry is my all-time FAVORITE color.
Hello!
Lovely kitchenAid and the colour is great in my kitchen too:-)
I would like so serve this sorbet ice on a sunny day:
http://mariahoffbeck.blogspot.dk/2014/07/hjemmelavet-sorbet-is.html
Tanja
LOve all shades of pink..especially brighter better for the cause
Beautiful!
I’d love to add this to my kitchen!
pretty pretty!
I would like to raise money to help cure cancer for the many people I know suffering now from it.
Awesome mixer; great event idea
I love to host a summer BBQ!
WOW this mixer is so pretty w/ the glass bowl!! I love all your baked goods as well!! What a great cause…
Hi! Great cause! :)
I would love to win this awesome mixer. It would be just in time to make a baby shower cake and cupcakes I have been asked to make.
This is FABULOUS!!!
What a wonderful giveaway you are hosting!!
If I win this it will help me host a 4 birthday birthday party for my brother, 2 sons and husband!!
Thanks so much for your kindness!!
I would host a party for my best friend Virginia.. She is not only a breast cancer survivor but also the most kind, generous,angel on earth person I know and I love her!
This is great!!
What a gorgeous mixer! I would love to have a sumer garden party!
My daughters and I are hosting bake sales for St. Jude’s, and having a kitchenaid mixer would certainly help!
thanks for the opportunity to support awareness, and for the Mixer
Love this! Absolutely gorgeous and would help with so many tasks in the kitchen!
Love his mixer! It would spend much time helping me bake cookies, cakes & treats with the help of my sweet little four year old daughter.
I LOVE the color of this mixer!!! I would be so so happy if I won it!! :)
I would Love the mixer forever!
I’m hosting a wedding that weekend. MY wedding! And we will all remember the friends and family who have been affected by Cancer.
Let’s make a baking party! everyone comes together and has a lot of fun! just love these days!
Amazing cause!
I don’t think I could host a cook for the cure party in my tiny bachelor apartment, but what a wonderful idea!
Cancer is sadly somewhat common in my family, it’s always wonderful to see the new and interesting ways people are coming up with to fund-raise for research and awareness.
Kudos to any and all of you who participate!
Anything to find a cure!
I would bake a batch of raspberry crumb bars to match this mixer!!
I would love to own this and such a pretty color, too!
I’d cook in honor of my grandma! :)
Would love to win this mixer, it would speed up cookie making for our church ministry.
Lost my cousin to cancer – She would have LOVED to see me make her favorite icing in it! Praying for a cure!!
Both my grandmothers have had breast cancer! They are both very near and dear to me. I never knew one grandmother (as an adult), and my other grandmother lives very far away, but we love to cook and bake when we get together. It’s something we share…<3
My mom’s 78th birthday is Sunday and the whole family will be getting together to cook and celebrate her birthday.
The color is awesome! I would love to see this in my kitchen!
I would love to throw an engagement party!
What a pretty color!
Host for our annual pink party
I would throw a party for my beautiful friends Marie Cullens and Kathy Rameriz who are both battling breast cancer.
Love the color. It’s so vibrant!
Hi from me!!
Beautiful! I love to cook for my children’s teachers and my husband’s faculty! School is just around the corner!
what a beautiful mixer!
I would host a pink ice cream party–cause it is hot in AZ!
I would love to host a cupcake party and the raspberry color is amazing!
I’d love to win this!
I desserts party in honor of my grandma!!!!!!!!!
I would love to have this. AS A MEDAL—almost to 5 years cancer free. I was diagnosed in October 2009. WOOHOO. Love the mixer.
I just moved to Texas so I would host a meet and greet for my neighbors.
This would be lovely for a vintage inspired kitchen!?
let me win this so that i can make some awesome cakes for my friends from indonesia!!!
hope this is my lucky day! *fingers crossed*
Hi, Bakerella! You’re fabulous! LOVE the strawberry milkshake cupcakes, so adorable!!
I’d host a pink tea party!
I love the mixer! I would love to make delicious vegan/plant-based treats for my lady friends and family to help prevent breast cancer growth.
HI!!
Oh and I would probably host a baking party or a potluck for my teacher who fought breast cancer :)
I would love to host a get together for some good friends of mine. We lost a dear friend to cancer last year and I’d love to host a night to remember her life.
Love this! Beautiful!!! What a great cause!
I LOVE this mixer!! I can’t even imagine all of the delicious creations I could make with this beauty!
Too many friends to list…
what a gorgeous color! love to bake. this would be a wonderul addiion to my kitchen.
Keep up the great work!
I would never stop baking if I had one of these babies!! That would have to be my reason for a get-together: People to eat my baked goods!!
Want to throw myself a pink party for being cancer-free after surgery and treatment for breast cancer! And I’ll have one every year I am cancer free! I have always loved to bake but have never had a stand mixer.
I would like to host a cupcake decorating party.
Great cause.
I love this mixer, and dream of having one of my own!
this color is stunning for a mixer!!! Hi!…and hope I win :)
Very pretty!
Great mixer.
I would love to host a party! I’ve been saving up for a new mixer and this one is gorgeous; it’d be perfect! A great cause!
Cool mixer! Would love to have one!
I LOVE the color of this mixer! I would host a Pink Cupcake Party for my Daughter and GrandDaughter, who love Pink! What a great idea, to Cook For The Cure! God Bless you and Your Cause!! Thanks!
This is a beautiful mixer and a beautiful cause.
What a great Idea to have the chance to host a Susan Komen fundraising party, this is an amazing mixer with a beautiful color.
hope someday they will find the cure. cancer is a terrible thing.
I adore this color and would love to freshen up my kitchen with a new gift!
My favorite color of all times! This would be amazing in my kitchen.
Id love to host a pink party for the ladies with cupcakes and some champs!
My husband gave me my mixer 30 years ago and we are still going strong! Unfortunately, my mixer is not doing so well!
I’d host in honor of my grandma who passed away from cancer on Christmas Day 2011. She taught me how to make homemade pies and homemade noodles.
I would love to host a baking party for my 6 & 7 year-old Girl Scouts!
I know a few warriors in pink – amazing women who have fought so bravely and are an inspiration to me! I think a lovely “berry & pink” themed tea to honor their fight and share with friends would be my idea as a way to use this beautiful mixer for the refreshments!
That is a beautiful kitchen aid! And for a great cause!
Party host id is 12900!
I would have a Pink Cookie get together with family and friends. It will be a pink cookie exchange!
we are having a cake and cake pop bake sale at work. Six survivors in our office alone!
Hello! What a beautiful mixer, and great cause!
I would host a baking party in honor of my friend Paula who passed away 10 years ago.
HI! I would love to bake some of the delicious looking goodies I have seen on Bakerella!
Love the mixer!
love the color and the cause!!
Hihi!! Who doesn’t need a gorgeous mixer?!?
I would have a party for my Mother, a survivor!
Love the color!! Would look great in my new kitchen. I would have a bread making party!
Gorgeous colour! (and gorgeous friend who beat breast cancer)
I would make something for a birthday party!
I love hosting get togethers for my huge family. It is so special to spend time all together!
Me encanta! Seria fantástico realizar mis recetas en ésta batidora, el color luce como un caramelo!
I would love a bubbles get together, with a champagne bar and cookies
I would host in honor or my two older sisters, both of who, fought breast cancer!
I’d give this to my mom, she’s a breast cancer survivor! ????
What a great give away. Prayers to those that continue to fight this battle.
Love Kitchen Aid and this color is amazing!!!
I love potlucks — such a fun way to get everyone involved.
Love Love Love!
I would love to host a party for my mother in law whose mother battled breast cancer, she would be very touched
Well, we are having a back to school party in a couple weeks….may not have this in time….but I love any good reason to whip up some goodies!
Hi. Thanks for posting this. Not hosting but I will donate to the cause
Want.
I would love to give this to my daughter! We love to bake together.
the raspberry color is beautiful!
I’d love to host a brownie party!
I would love to host a devotion/bible study with my youth girls! :)
Beautiful mixer!
What a cool idea! I would want to host a decorate-your-own-cupcake party with some of my co-workers from the summer camp I’m working at!
What a great thing “Cook for the Cure” is!! Its quite sad how many of us have been affected by cancer…….My great-aunt passed from breast cancer, my grandfather passed from colon cancer, my mother-in-law survied colon cancer and my sister-in-law survived breast-cancer. It breaks my heart I would love to win this amazing kitchenaid mixer! The pink is such a fantastic color and since I bake all of the time, especially for fundraisers, this would be perfect! Thank you so much! xoxo ~Ashley Ozuna
Maybe myself…I am due in sept, with a girl. A pink mixer would fit the decor.
Its so beautiful!
I will be hosting a BBQ.
i would host a party for my dance director, who recently recovered from cancer.
I would bake all kinds of #pinkdesserts for my best friends upcoming baby shower for her and her new baby girl!
I have a kitchen aid mixer that is 20 years old love it and use it so much, I want to get my neighbors together for the cure, I would love this new mixer
I would host a group of my scrapbook friends so we could scrapbook and bake cupcakes.
Beautiful! Hi, Aunt Linda!
What a beautiful mixer! I would host a summer BBQ!
My mom is at high risk for great cancer and my aunt is a 2x survivor. Just last summer my moms college roommate/good friend lost her battle against her second bout of great cancer leaving behind two young girls and her husband. I would bake cookies with a breast cancer aweness/theme!
Hi and thanks for the opportunity to enter. Love the color!
Now THAT is a cute stand mixer colour!!!
I was just diagnosed 3 weeks ago. My mastectomy is July 30th. Thank you for what you are doing to bring more awareness to this fight.
Hello to whomever might be reading, as someone who has participated in the mall to mall walk for breast cancer it’s nice to know there are other ways to support this great organization.
I would host a fun girls night in party
My husband bought me my mixer 30 years ago when we were married! But you have to hold the button down for it to work :( Can’t wait to start baking with a new one!
beautiful color!
Beautiful!!
I love a bake sale for a great cause, and I love this mixer, too!
Hi, this is a beautiful mixer! Thanks for it. Blessings to all. :)
I would love to host an everything pink tea party! :)
What a beautiful mixer! I would have to throw a beautiful dessert party if I won!
My dear friend suffered from breast cancer. This makes me think of her.
If I won this mixer it would be for my youngest daughter. She loves to bake. It’s her go to stress reliever. She is 11 months post transplant. She is a double lung/liver recipient. So I’m thinking organ donation party would be grand!!!
For my sister Hope…who I love madly!
Like to be a bakearello
How many school function parties I could host with that colorful mixer. It’s BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!
I would just love this. How fun would a baking party be! A girls night filled with treats, and of course wine! This mixer would be the perfect help!
Raspberry Ice! Shut the front door! I love it! Glad to have a chance to win it.
Such a beautiful color!
My signature color! Would love to host a party in honor of my daddy.
I am thinking about hosting a party at work. I have 2 coworkers who are breast cancer survivors.
Would love to give this to my future daughter-in-law as a wedding gift.
I would host for my aunt who has cancer and a friend who just discovered breast cancer in both breasts. Thanks for the chance
Love this color. I’d like to win it for my daughter.
Beautiful color! It would be a great addition to days when us girls get together to bake.
Love this color, we support the cure.