New Haven Independent

The prize: 2 free tickets (each worth $75) to the April 17 “Taste the Nation” event at the Omni. Chefs from 25 top area restaurants will be serving their food there; you can sample all of it.

How to win:: Find the New Haven Independent’s Flyerboard, near the top of the right-hand column of this and every page of the website. Click on “view all.” Find the flyer for this event. Click on the flyer. You’ll see a spot to email the flyer to friends. Do that. Every time you email, your name goes into a drawing to win the two free tickets.

The event is a fund-raiser for Share our Strength, an organization dedicated to ensuring no kid in America goes hungry. New Haven had a 27.6 percent child-poverty rate in 2007. (Click here to read a release about the event and program.)