TGA- Fin
Posted: March 22, 2011 | Author: Alyssa | Filed under: Alyssa, The Great Adventure | 2 Comments »
The last two days of our baking adventure were all about a bake sale. The kids had wanted to do a bake sale, and then when everything went down in Japan, it fit perfectly to raise money for the cause. So Thursday was our bake and prep day, and the kids did great. I basically left everything up to them, just to see if they could do it, and for the most part they did. They baked brownies, chocolate chip cookies, muffins, meringues, and decorated cakes. Although some of the kids were getting a little testy and thought that rather than focus on their own work, it would be funny just to screw with other people’s food. It was a little disappointing to see some of the negativity and immaturity showing through, but it had been a long two weeks for all of us, so I tried to cut them some slack.
Even though there weren’t a ton of people on campus, our bake sale on Friday raised about $100 which I have decided to match, so total we are donating $204 to Japanese Relief.
It has been a tremendously long two weeks, and there are definitely things that I will do very differently next year, but overall it was a really good experience and I think (hope) that the kids enjoyed it. Now if you’ll excuse me I have to sort through an absurd amount of kitchen stuff and figure out what the hell to do with it…
I see 2 options. Donate it to a soup kitchen or other charity, maybe a YMCA or something where they do cooking classes. I’m sure there is a charity that could use it OR pack it all up to use next year then you’ll have more money next year to spend on ingredients and trips or more fun stuff. Just a thought
I think I’ll probably do a combination of the two…and if I have to store some things in my kitchen for the next year, then so be it. Its all for the kids….