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!
This is my favorite color! I lost my mom to breast cancer at a young age. She loved to bake. My wish is that no one ever suffers the wrath of this disease in the future.
I would want to host a BBQ with many delicious baked treats!
I would host a party for all the women in my family!
This is such a pretty color!
Host ID: 12869
I want to host a pink bridal shower!
what a great cause and beautiful mixer!
If I win this would host a Pink Party, in honor of my Mom, Ovarian Cancer survivor, my daughter Melanoma survivor, & my good friend Nancy, breast cancer survivor. Just have a big party with lots of pink food.
I Love this mixer!!!! Please pick me :) ill admit I’m new to baking but I am loving it!
What a great color!!
I know the drawing is random, but if I won this beautiful mixer, I would give it to my sister who has always wanted one.
Hi there!
Hi! If I was able to host I would do it in memory of my Mom. She taught me the baking secrets that I use now.
I’m not normally one for pink, but that is a really nice color!
Raspberry Ice favorite color
Gorgeous! I would host a Labor Day bash!!!!
Hi! Gorgeous color!!!
Where I live in an adult community, there is always someone going through some form of cancer, currently a friend with breast cancer. This would cheer someone up.
I’d host any type party! love it!! but since this is linked with cook for the cure, I would host a survivor party as I am a 8 yr one myself!!!
Love that mixer! I wanna win!
This would be amazing to win!
Love the fondant cupcakes. My granddaughter, age 8 made these 2 years ago for her mother for mothers day.
Love it!
I am so in love with that kitchenaide! It would be the perfect gift for a new mommy like me :)
For my amazingly beautiful and strong mother who’s kicking cancers butt for a second time
I would host a welcome home party for my friend’s 7 year old son recovering from brain surgery.
Uh… hi! :)
Pretty in pink!
Hi :). Would love the raspberry kitchen aid mixer. She’s such a beauty.
Love this color!
It would be fun to host an end of summer party!
My daughter would love to host a party. What a beautiful color!
I would use this mixer to whip up something delish for a co-worker for fought Breast cancer and is now fighting leukemia. She is the toughest person I know!!!!
I like making dessert tables for birthday parties. Brownies, cookies, cupcakes. You name it.
I would throw it for my friend Tara!
Thank you! :)
Love, love the color.
…what kind of party couldn’t you hold with a mixer as pretty as that!! So fun!!
This mixer is gorgeous! I’d love to give it to my mother.
Such an awesome idea to host! The mixer is gorgeous and would not want to sit on the same table as my stainless steel one! :)
This would be amazing to win for my mom!
Hi! I would host a party for my Grandma:)
Dessert party in memory of my sister who passed away 2 1/2 years ago from breast cancer and my mom who passed away 12 years ago from stomach cancer.
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HI!!! Love the color..
This mixer would look amazing in my kitchen!
What a beautiful color!! Big “Hi” and “Thanks for spreading the news about the contest!
getting back to baking after a stroke =would love it!
My son is engaged to a young lady who is a fabulous cook. This would be so helpful to them – and it’s so beautiful!!
That color kitchen aid is amazing!!! I have always wanted a kitchen aid mixer!!
I would have a party for my auntie
What a wonderful idea! This could be the GNI I wanted to plan with girlfriends and our kids for a nite of baking! Perfect! And the berry mixer is just too cute! WANT! :D Thank you!
These are beautiful mixers and have always wanted one. This is an amazing colour and bake all the time for friends as gifts.
I’ll be hosting a dinner party for my 24th birthday on July 26th!
Potluck Friday Game nights!!
Hi..love your contest, but this one has got to be your best one. I’d love to have that awesome Raspberry Blender to bake for our local Cancer event next month. Keeping fingers crossed X
Hmm… I think I’d host a brunch party! It would be bright and cheery in the summer and guests would have the whole day to think about donating! :)
it would be nice to start off a baking. Baking is such a passion for me yet i love the colar.
I’d have a dessert party in honor of my friend’s family. She has lost two sisters & her mother to cancer.
I’m a breast cancer survivor, have my own part time cake/cupcake business…and now that I’m finally over with treatment i’m ready to go back and start again…would love to win it !
Love the beautiful color of this mixer! I would host a Champagne and dessert party!!!
I would love to have a brunch in pajamas!
A dessert party! Always a guaranteed success!
Hi! My son’s first birthday party is coming up and I’m planning on making literally everything from scratch since he’s allergic to dairy and soy. I also make desserts at my dad’s diner to help out. Needless to say, a mixer would be a tremendous help!
I would love to bake with that new mixer. Loving the color.
This is the neatest, coolest color for a mixer. This could be that splash of color I am looking for in my “newer” kitchen!!
I would make something to celebrate my cousin, a breast cancer survivor. And then have her over to share it!
This gorgeous I would love to win it!
Hi! My son’s first birthday party is coming up and I’m going to be making literally everything from scratch since he’s allergic to dairy and soy. I also bake desserts for my dad’s diner to help out. Needless to say, a mixer would be a huge help!
Fantastic color!
This mixer would be an amazing start to our new life getting back on our feet! The house hunt is on and I can’t wait to entertain again!
Have a wedding coming up…this would really help!
Love Kitchen Aid!
Love Pink!
So pretty, Love it! Great cause!
Oooh, what a pretty, girly color! Love it!
Thanks for the giveaway!! Would love to share the anti-breast-cancer fight in honor of my BFF from middle school and high school, Suz, who fought and defeated breast cancer, diagnosed on her 30th birthday.
I’m planning a girl’s night out camping party with DIY crafts, food, and music tbh this week. Super excited!
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
I love the color!!!!!!!!
An awesome color and an even more awesome cause!
What a beauty!
That color is amazing!!!
pretty mixer, even better cause.
Love to bake up a storm for my my uncle’s upcoming 90th birthday celebration!
What a beautiful color for a beautiful cause. Thank you for the giveaway.
Good luck everyone!
I’d love this mixer for a cupcake party!
Love the color!
I love that mixer!
Love that color!
I love kitchenaid mixers!!
This kitchen aid would be the greatest gift to me. Not only because it’s what I always wanted but this will help me make a lot of pastries since I’m a pastry student.
I love the raspberry color. :)
Oh my goodness! That pink mixer is beautiful! It’s kind of pink I would be so tempted to buy if I saw it at the store; but, then my sensible side would talk me out of it. And I would end up with silver or white.
I love !!!
What a great giveaway! Good luck everyone!
This color is so beautiful! Thanks for the chance!
Love this mixer and would love to have a BBQ with friends!!
Love the beautiful color. In memory of my brother Craig who lost his battle with cancer. Miss him every day.
Love the color, very cheerful and bright.
Every year since 2002, my family and I have participated in Relay for Life in memory of my grandmother and aunt.
I would make pink lemonade cupcake with a raspberry filling. I would set them out for the soldiers I work with in honor of their support for our country. The men and women are so grateful for anything homemade and I bake a lot of cookies, cupcakes and cake pops for them. The color of this mixer is spectacular. Love love it.
hi! this is such a beautiful colour I would use it all day every day!
Very pretty! I would love to mix some goodies in this!
I love the color!!!!
This mixer would forever remind me to get my annual mammograms!
I love this mixer! Would love it to make treats for my kids’ birthday parties!
Hello Bakerella! such a lovely idea to do a giveaway for a good cause :)
Would be a wonderful reminder of those past, and hopeful that we can find a cure going forward…..
So pretty!
Wow! Great idea from KitchenAid. I think I would host a backyard BBQ get together or maybe just an old-fashioned ice cream social. Too many friends fighting or have fought breast cancer.
I would host a party for my sister-in-law who is battling cancer.
Hello, that mixer is sooo lovely!! :)
I would give this to my friend with breast cancer.
I would love that mixer! What a great color!
My favorite is pink! Love ii! Let’s celebrate!
Hi! Love your site!
I think it would be fun to host a cookie party! Everyone loves a cook, right? :-) Of course, they’d have to be pink! ;-)
This mixer is awesome!! Love the colour and the cause!
I would host a party in honor of the many coworkers I know who have faced breast cancer.
I would host a baking party for sure. This mixer is awesome!!
Gorgeous! My mixer just bit the dust so this would be perfect :)
Thinking of my beautiful, brave Auntie Sheryl.
what a great cause. i love the mixer! hi from NYC! :)
Such an amazing cause! I love the color!
I love this #cookforthecure
Love this color.
Mmmmm…..Raspberry Ice. My favorite Flavor!
I hate my kitchen! It’s small ugly! This mixer would bring so much brightness to my kitchen! Staying positive is important.
I would host a party for my mother-in-law — 6.5 years cancer free!
I love this kitchen aid and I love this program!
That’s an amazing color! And I’d love to win it for my sister…
Great color and great cause!
I will host a party anytime!
My heart goes thump thump thump looking at this – I would love it – it would be like a jewel on my counter top! eeeks!
gorgeous colour!
such a great idea for a great cause!!
Hi!
I always love the things you post!! :)
This color is edible. I’d bake a cake for my sister and mom, both survivors.
Gorgeous!
I’d love to host a party for my mom who had a scare with a benign tumor!
I would love to host a pink summer tea party!!
Beautiful mixer. It would be wonderful for personal reasons, but also for fundraising to benefit causes.
Gorgeous color. Wonderful cause.
BEAUTIFUL!!! Love love love the color!!
What a great cause. I have volunteered for the Susan G. Komen Race for the cure for the past 5 years.
This is great!!! #cookforacure
This color just makes me happy. I would want to host a dessert exchange. Everyone bring a pink treat to share! And the recipe of course.
What a beautiful mixer and wonderful cause! I love it all, Bakerella! :)
I would l-o-v-e to have this mixer. I have a 30 year old Oster. They do NOT make the paddle or large whip for them. I have every attachment for my Oster except those. I just cannot afford to buy everything all over again.
I’d love to bake a cake and host a party for my fellow Cancer Survivors during our community Relay For Life!
Such a beautiful color for a beautiful cause. ????????
Hi! Love your website/stuff/style!
Such a gorgeous color!
I am giving a divorce party for a great friend!
This mixer is amazing. What an amazing conversation piece to have in the kitchen.
For my grandma!
Beautiful color!!!! I would bake some beautiful cupcakes if I won.
Hi! My three girls and I would *love* that mixer!
This would be amazing. Love the color!
Love, love that raspberry color!
I would love to throw a “Pink Party” for my five sisters and me!
Hi Back to you! I’d host a party in memory of my friend Betsy who fought a valiant fight with dignity, grace and humor. I’ll raise a glass because the sun is over the yardarm somewhere right now! Cheers my friend!
Love. This. Color. I’d like to host a wine & cheese party!
Love that color!
I would love to have a cooking party with some of my closest friends… I would really love this stand mixer! :)
I love this mixer, such a gorgeous color!
I like the clear bowl! Would maybe host a tea party with a bunch of ladies!
I would host a family get together in memory of my grandmother who we lost to breast cancer 24 years ago. Can’t help but wonder if the advancements that have been made would have saved her today.
Hi!
LOVE,LOVE,LOVE this new color. Wish I could host an event but the timing is all wrong this time.
I love this mixer, hopefully one day I will own one. I bake and host parties for my whole family and enjoy showing love through cakes!
I’d love to host a cupcake party
I love this idea! I would host in memory of my mom and my cousin. BTW, I LOVE this color mixer!!!
I would host a party in for all my friend who have had/or maybe still do, have Breast Cancer!
I love this idea!! I would host a party in memory of my mother and cousin. Beautiful color, by the way.
Beautiful colour!
I would host a a sushi and cupcake party, favorite foods of a close friend that passed away from breast cancer.
Beautiful color!
Hi, love the color!
I would love to win this mixer!!! Perfect color and I’d love to Learn to make macaroons!!!!?
That kitchenaid mixer is the color of my dreams!
Love the color!
I love this mixer. I’d host a party with my girlfriends to celebrate one of our good friends and myself for just receiving clear biopsy results for lumps we both had.
This would be a lovely addition to my new apartment, and if I hosted a party for the cure it would be for my aunt who is a survivor.
I fall in love with the color :) hi
Hi :) I would host a chocolate dessert party for my mom. We share a deep love for chocolate!
This would be great. Mine is 15 years old & the pin shakes loose while I’m using it.
My roommate and I have already planned a moon bounce party for next weekend – this would be a fabulous tie-in!
I can not wait to mix something in it :) hi to all :))
Oh my gosh I would LOVE one of these… please please pick me!
Love the color!
So Pretty! I would love to use this to bake some goodies in honor of my Aunt. Miss you Tia!
HI! Great cause!
Loooove this color!!
an ice ream social would be perfect for summer
Amazing colour. I would love to have one like this.
And then host a little party for all the people who are the best in my life.
My mother-in-law is a breast cancer survivor!
Simply beautiful!
Love it!!
HI!!!! :) love this cause!
A summer bbq!