Sean and Jillian have hosted Friendsgiving’s for No Kid Hungry for the past five years. The main reason they host a Friendsgiving each year is because they are both very passionate about helping children, in particular around hunger issues.
Over the years they have gotten creative and have come up with different themes each year, from taco assembly lines to dinner being delivered right to people’s doors. “We just love coming up with themes,” shared Jillian. “We’ve had Friendsgiving brunch, Southern Friendsgiving, Mexican Friendsgiving and, last year, socially-distanced delivery Friendsgiving.” This year due to the ongoing pandemic they opted to not host again in person, but that didn’t keep them from surpassing their $6,500 goal. Their theme this year? you ask. It was a Zoom Thanksgiving. To make it interesting they hosted a Zoom fundraiser which included a cooking demo and Q&A session with celebrity chef Jen Carroll from Bravo’s Top Chef. We love how creative they got with their virtual fundraiser.
Their favorite tip to share is that “there are no rules, so have fun with it! Have a new baby? Host a Friendsgiving brunch (our solution when our daughter was 1). Have friends who worried about getting bored with Thanksgiving food? Host a Mexican Friendsgiving with turkey meat tacos, etc.”