A Sweet Epiphany in Baltimore
Posted by Megan Pierce on Friday, August 6, 2010
I’m a can-do person. I don’t ever sit on the sidelines, and can never seem to stop moving.
On my first day as a summer intern for Domino Sugar, the Director of Marketing of our firm informed me that one of my big projects for this season was going to be putting together a Great American Bake Sale for Share Our Strength, since we are a major corporate sponsor and want to get physically involved in the cause.
Immediately the event planning gears in my mind began to turn at rapid speeds. Where will it be held? Who will bake for us? How can I make this event the most successful and efficient possible? I was so focused on success and my task at hand, that never once did I think about Share Our Strength’s purpose, or about its significant mission.
About a week into planning for the event that was to be held in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, the gears started to slow their pace, and I found myself browsing Share Our Strength’s website while eating lunch one day. I stumbled across the “Facts about Hunger” page, and my jaw dropped. As I bit into my fat turkey and cheese sub, I read that one in four kids in America don’t know when their next meal will come. Why is this terrifying fact so far under the radar?
That day, I realized what a serious epidemic childhood hunger is in OUR nation, and the gears in my mind began to turn again, but this time, I was eager to get the word out. It was now my duty to not only raise funds for Share Our Strength, but more importantly spread awareness of this serious issue, so that bigger strides could be made towards eliminating childhood hunger in America.
The actual bake sale went over phenomenally. Local bakeries and Baltimore’s Culinary Arts School donated TONS of baked goods—more than we had room for. The bake sale was run by over 30 willing Domino employees, the majority of who work at our refinery in Baltimore, and really embraced SOS’s cause. Everyone was really excited for the event and had a blast working the bake sale (we even got grown men to dress as chocolate chip cookies!).
Childhood hunger in America is REAL. But we have the power to make a change. And the fact that *we *can do something about it to make a difference is also very real. Eliminating childhood hunger in America by 2015 is an ambitious goal, but one that is very possible if we get our country on board. We need to protect our nation’s children, for they are our future leaders of America. I believe that together, we can do it.
The time to end this epidemic is overdue. Let’s move mountains…and keep on baking!
And here are some more images from our bake sale for you to enjoy!
August 6, 2010 | 2 comment(s) | Tags: event, great american bake sale, no kid hungry, partners
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Posted by Jack on August 7, 2010
What a fun day in the Inner Harbor. Megan is correct, there were a lot of donated baked goods and a lot of folks volunteering their time and talents. She did a wonderful job pulling it all together. I hope she inspires others to step up and hold a bake sale to help us help America's kids. And remember, the size of your bake sale does not matter, it is the end result that counts. And in the end 100% of the funds raised at every bake sale gets back to the kids who need it.
Posted by Nancy on August 9, 2010
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