Extreme sauce, Extreme generosity.
There are some special goings on at Jungle Jim’s “Weekend of Fire”. Mr Blair Lazar, creator of some of the finest and hottest sauces on the planet, is announcing a special deal for those planning to attend the Midwests’ biggest chile pepper event. This doesn’t invovle ‘discounted prices’ or ‘special offers’ but rather a chance to help out the StepUpForCharity.org efforts in an unbelievable fashion.
Due to a scheduling conflict, Mr Lazar has known that he would not be able to attend the show in person. In conversations with him this evening, he has offered that Jim Campbell man the booth for him. In return he is going to donate 100%- every penny- of the sales generated that weekend to the StepUp Charities. You pay $5 for a bottle of
hotsauce- $5 goes to the charity.
Such an offer speaks volumes to the character of the man widely known as the most collectable of hot sauce makers. While his reputation is widely known as the maker of the worlds’ hottest sauces, no less so should be his reputation as one of the most generous people on earth!
Additionally, he has promised that many of the bottles available for purchase will be signed.
Please, if you are down at Jungle Jim’s that weekend, stop in and buy!
Written by Anthony
Nick Lindauer founded Hot Sauce Blog in 2004, making it one of the internet's very first hot sauce review sites. After 20+ years of tasting, reviewing, and attending every major fiery foods event in the country, he's back behind the keyboard covering the hot sauce world he helped build.
15 responses to “Extreme sauce, Extreme generosity”
Absolutely fantastic. A great thimg Blair is doing for a great guy and a great cause.
Thats a really great idea for a really great cause.
Great stuff!
Very Impressed!
Oddly enough, this article appeared today:
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Knowing your money is going to a good cause can activate some of the same pleasure centers in your brain as food and sex, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
People who participated in a study got a charge knowing that their money went to a charity — even when the contribution was mandatory, like a tax. They felt even better when they voluntarily made a donation, researchers found.
In the study, Mayr and two economists gave 19 women volunteers $100 each and then tracked their brain activity in a functional magnetic resonance imaging scanner.
The women were shown their money automatically being transferred from their account to a local food bank.
When the money reached the food bank account, it activated portions of the brain — the caudate nucleus and the nucleus accumbens — known for pleasure. The effect was even greater when the people got to choose to give the money away.
“What is interesting is that these pleasure areas are for really basic needs, like food, sex, sweets, shelter and social connection,” Ulrich said in a telephone interview. “It’s the area that tells the brain what is good for us.”
As it turns out, “That very same brain area not only tracks what is good for us, but what is good for others,” he said.
He and colleagues were hoping to find out whether there was something in the act of giving itself — and not just the social and egotistical reward of being a philanthropist — that offers satisfaction.
“The fact that we find pleasurable activity in those mandatory tax-like situations strongly suggests the existence of pure altruism,” he said.
Mr Lazar must be feeling on top of the world then 🙂
Man- you guys are making me break out the Kleenex again. Way to go, Blair!
Kudo’s (not the granloa snack)
very generous. doesnt surprise me in the least.
I think I need to go to JJ’s
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I think you do to
Thanks Bret for re-arranging the booth layout in order to facilitate this- much appreciated!
Holy Carp !!! WOW
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YOU FISHING AJ?
DAY!!!!
FATHER”S
HAPPY