The Bake Sale

This past school year I have been the Co-Chair of the "PTC" (Parent Teacher Committee) for the Day School, that they boys attend. It is similar to the PTA. My Co-Chair is my dear friend Kathryn and I am so thankful she has been my partner on this fundraising adventure...as we have found out the hard way...FUNDRAISING IS HARD! Our first semester was trying to say the least, and we started this year discouraged, but ready to try again!

We had been told previously that we could not have a Bake Sale, but we decided to try asking again and to our surprise we were told YES! So we got to work quickly; we made signs and put them all over the school, we sent home flyers with all the kids, and recruited lots of baking volunteers. In 1 weeks time, we were able to put on one pretty awesome Bake Sale! Another mom had the great idea to have it be donation only, and with that we made $312!!! A nice deposit for our little fund has really boosted our spirits and we are ready for other fun projects and fundraisers! And we have had several requests to repeat the Bake Sale before the end of the year!

We will have at least 3 or 4 other opportunities to raise money this year. One of our goals is to replace the book shelves in the school office. They are at least 40 years old, and bowing under the pressure of all the books. So we are excited that we might be able to fulfill this request! We also hope to buy new bikes and trikes for the kids to play on! Hopefully I will have more success stories in the next few months!

Kathryn setting up the Bake Sale table. She is an awesome task manager!

The bake sale was only 2 days before we went out of town, so I opted to not "bake" something. I went to the Popcorn Shop and bought a bag of "Tutti Fruiti" popcorn. I divided them up into little bags. They are in the red tray in the middle of this picture. They were a big hit! And super yummy and fun for the kids! 

We placed our table right outside the main door, so EVERYONE saw us as they picked up their kids at the end of the day! It was a BEAUTIFUL day, like it was made for our Bake Sale! :-)

Ben and the twins next to him were the official greeters. Ben loved it. "HI!" He would call out to anyone who walked by!

Just some of the goodies that were donated: Oreo truffles, chocolate chip cookies and donuts!

Hershey Kiss/Pretzel/M&M yummies, Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies, Pumpkin Muffins...

The kids LOVED helping with the Bake Sale! They loved even more that we let them pick a couple items from the table!!! Ben, Jonathan and Kathryn's daughter Avery.

Now Brady has joined the kids! I was very thankful to Brady's mom Shelley, who took care of my kids while I ran the Sale!!!