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By Gwen Ashley Walters | OCTOBER 22, 2011 | NEWS & NIBBLES

Peace, Love, Cupcakes

UPDATE: The random number generator spit out #7, so congratulations to Andrew Ruiz, winner of a pair of general admission tickets to the 2nd Annual Cupcake Love-In. Thank all of you who took the time to enter. If you didn’t win, we hope you still will buy a ticket to the event (general admission is $20, proceeds go to CASS).

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Sunday, October 30, 33 professional bakers and chefs will compete in the 2nd Annual Cupcake Love-In at the Hotel Valley Ho.

Last year’s family-friendly charity event sold out, so this year the hotel is giving the event a bigger venue to accommodate more cupcake lovers. Co-founders Kelly Garcia and Tracy Dempsey expect this year to sell out, too.

Pen & Fork bought a pair of tickets to giveaway, so if you want to stuff your face with unlimited cupcakes and support Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS), leave a comment below, telling us your favorite cupcake flavor.

We’ll randomly pick a commenter who will win two general admission tickets (because really, it’s more fun to have someone along to help you stuff your face with gobs of cupcakes).

Taste cupcakes from Urban Cookies (winner of Food Network’s Cupcake Wars) and from Tammie Coe Cakes, Posh Restaurant, Barb’s Bakery and dozens of others. Don’t worry, there will be vegan cupcakes, too, from 24 Carrots and gluten-free cupcakes as well.

Judges include local celebrity Chef Aaron May, New York Times best selling author Jenn McKinlay, author of the Cupcake Bakery Mystery series, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Founding Editor of Cupcakes Take The Cake Blog and Wynter Holden, former Phoenix New Times Night & Day Editor (who has no idea what she’s gotten herself into).

Come out and support CASS and our local bakers and chefs. Bring the whole family because there is nothing as magical as seeing a room full of kids with pink frosting smeared on their faces.

Read the fine print and enter to win a pair of tickets:

Fine print:

One entry per person, on this post only.

Barring natural disasters, broken bones, virus-infections, etc., you agree to attend the event if you win.

Deadline to enter (via a comment) is midnight (PST) Wednesday, 10-26-11.

One winner will be selected at random to receive both general admission tickets, and will be announced on Thursday, 10-27-11.

Tickets will be left for the winner at “will call” at the Hotel Valley Ho the day of the event (10-30-11).

Event Details:

Cupcake Love-In
Hotel Valley Ho
Sunday, October 30 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Visit Cupcake Love-in for more information

*** To enter the ticket giveaway, just leave a comment with your favorite cupcake flavor. Good luck!

 

By Gwen Ashley Walters | SEPTEMBER 04, 2011 | NEWS & NIBBLES

“Would you buy a cup of coffee to save a life?”

When you put it that way, how can we not buy a cuppa joe?

CoffeeWeek™ is calling all Phoenicians to participate in the week long CoffeePledge Against Cancer™, with proceeds benefiting the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Phoenix Children’s Hospital.

Want to help? Here’s how:

1. Host a coffee break. For $10, you can buy a cup of coffee for up to 24 people at one of the participating host coffee shops (see below). Book your coffee break through the website.

2. Show up at any of the participating locations and enjoy a cup of coffee (or tea or water) — and then social media the heck out of it: Tweet it, Facebook it, Foursquare it — help generate buzz while you catch a buzz.

3. Can’t make it to a participating coffee shop? You can donate directly through the website here. 100% of public donations go directly to fighting childhood cancer.

You’re probably going to drink a few cups of coffee this week anyway, right?

Through CoffeeWeek™, you can make those cups count.

Details:

CoffeeWeek™ starts Monday, September 5th and runs through Sunday, September 11.

Follow along…

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CoffeeWeek

Foursquare: https://foursquare.com/coffeeweek

Twitter: @CoffeeWeek

Participating Valley Coffee Shops:

Echo Coffee
2902 N 68th Street, Scottsdale
Hours: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Sunday

Fair Trade Café
1020 North 1st Avenue, Phoenix
Hours: 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Sunday
424 North Central Avenue, Phoenix
Hours: 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday

Press Coffee
15279 N. Scottsdale Roadd, Scottsdale
Hours: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday; 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday
5410 E. High Street, Phoenix
Hours: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday & Saturday; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday

Carmel’s Coffee & Bakery
4233 East Camelback Road, Phoenix
Hours: 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Sunday

If you want to know how CoffeeWeek™ got started, you can read about co-founders Aspen Decker and Marcos Arce and their nonprofit Social Good Foundation here.

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