Lance Bass is the quintessential jack-of-all-trades: singer, host, actor, producer, writer, entrepreneur, cosmonaut, foodie and proud philanthropist. Honoring his commitment to philanthropy, Lance Bass announced today that he has partnered with Chef'd, onePULSE Foundation and CrowdRise by GoFundMe to launch a campaign giving fans a chance to win a trip to Los Angeles to cook with him on his Facebook Live series, #LanceEats at the Chef'd headquarters. Proceeds from the sweepstakes will benefit onePULSE Foundation, a charity dedicated to creating a sanctuary of hope honoring the 49 lives that were taken in the tragic day at Pulse Nightclub.
"onePULSE foundation is near and dear to my heart after the horrible tragedy at Pulse Nightclub two years ago. Creating this fundraiser during Pride month is important to me because the LGBTQ+ community needs to stand together," said Lance Bass." By remembering the victims and survivors, we hope to create real change for the future. I also wanted to make sure that people were incentivized to show their support and I can't wait to show the winners the time of their lives cooking with me at Chef'd!"
The former *NSYNC star playfully announced the campaign on his Instagram with a video referencing several of *NSYNC's hit songs.
Now, Lance has traded in his microphone for a knife and has become one of the newest faces in the culinary world. He's competed on "My Kitchen Rules" with his mother, is co-owner of Estrella restaurant in Hollywood and he partnered with leading, non-subscription meal kit company, Chef'd to transform his southern-inspired family recipes into ready-to-prep meal kits including Baked Chicken and Creamy Rice Casserole and Mama's Coconut Cake.
For every $10 donation at www.CrowdRise.com/lancebass, participants will be entered to win roundtrip airfare for two, a two-night stay at a hotel in Los Angeles, and the exclusive opportunity to meet Lance and help prep him in the kitchen of Chef'd headquarters in Los Angeles before he goes live with his cooking demo on Facebook!
All proceeds from this sweepstakes will go to onePULSE Foundation, where Lance serves on the board. The fund is intended to support construction and maintenance of the memorial community grants to care for survivors and victims' families of the tragedy of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando on June 12, 2016, plus endowed scholarships in the names of the 49 victims, educational programs and a museum.
Contestants can enter as many times at they like before the contest goes "bye bye bye" on July 1st.
onePULSE Foundation is the official 501(c)(3) incorporated to manage the design and construction of a permanent museum and memorial dedicated to the PULSE tragedy. The museum and memorial will honor the 49 people who were killed there and support families, survivors, and first responders. As part of its mission, onePULSE Foundation will provide endowed scholarships to honor each of the 49 angels along with educational programs to promote amity among all segments of society. More information is available at www.onepulsefoundation.org.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Chef'd is a high-quality ingredient meal kit company that was created to help consumers rethink the home-cooked meal by offering fresh, pre-portioned ingredients that aim to eliminate food waste and cut consumer grocery costs, all without the hassle of subscriptions and delivered conveniently to their door. Launched in April 2015, Chef'd is the only non-subscription-based ecommerce company in the meal kit industry that offers home chefs a variety of recipe options available any time and conveniently delivered as often as they desire. Chef'd also partners with celebrated chefs and culinary influencers to create a variety of delicious recipes that make it easy for home chefs to create memorable culinary moments. In addition to its ecommerce business, Chef'd offers national retail distribution in partnership with Smithfield Foods in a variety of club and super market retailers, enabling customers to conveniently incorporate Chef'd meal kits into their shopping lists. In partnership with Smithfield Foods, Chef'd can combine its e-commerce insights, product development expertise, best in class manufacturing assembly, and culinary excellence with Smithfield's unique knowledge of product development and in-store marketing, strong sourcing capabilities and distribution network, and understanding of retail customers. To ensure customers experience the freshest possible produce and proteins whether purchasing in-store or online, Chef'd has pioneered groundbreaking new packaging technology to create meal kits with unparalleled shelf life. Offering more than 1,000 recipes online, Chef'd allows shoppers to purchase the meal kits they want, when and where they want them. Follow on Twitter @get_chefd and Instagram @Chefd. Taste what's possible at www.Chefd.com.
CrowdRise by GoFundMe is the world's largest crowdfunding platform dedicated exclusively to charitable fundraising. Used by millions of individuals, tens of thousands of charities, hundreds of companies and many of the most famous artists and athletes in the world, CrowdRise by GoFundMe enables people to creatively leverage their resources and networks to unlock the power of the crowd to support positive social missions and create massive impact.
Founded by actor Edward Norton, film producer Shauna Robertson and Robert and Jeffrey Wolfe, CrowdRise has conceived, implemented and powered campaigns that have raised hundreds of millions of dollars to date. For more information visit www.CrowdRise.com. In January 2017, CrowdRise merged with GoFundMe to offer both people and organizations the best fundraising tools for any cause they care passionately about.
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