A fundraising event that only raises $501

I love cookbooks. I don’t know why, because I am not a good cook and only cook when I have to. But I love browsing cookbooks and marking recipes I will never make. My sister Susan Puckett works in the cookbook industry and wrote her first cookbook at age 23. She has written many more over the years and collaborated on even more. So she legit loves cookbooks. She gets cookbooks in the mail from publishers, because she writes a cookbook column for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where she was once the longtime food editor.

She saves those cookbooks and donates to the Invisible Food Pantry the ones she can part with. I invite people in the community to donate their unwanted cookbooks, and once a year I hold a Carport Cookbook Sale benefitting the Invisible Food Pantry.

I have done it for five years, and the most money I have made is $800. Last year, I only made $230. This year, I was thrilled to make $501. It might not sound like much, but I enjoy it. I love chatting with other people who love cookbooks and telling people about the Invisible Food Pantry. $501 will buy five grocery store gift cards for college students, with a dollar left over. As long as there are people who share my love of cookbooks, I will be holding my annual Carport Cookbook Sale!