Last year we had our inaugural bake sale fundraiser, and it was absolute success.  It’s time again to turn bread into bread! 

There are TWO dates for this event: the drop-off day, and the sale itself.  If you are interested in participating, the drop-off day is the important day for you! That’s: Saturday, October 5.

How it works:  The drop-off is at Minion Erika’s House, 22111 Edmunton, SCS mi 48080, from 12pm-4pm.  You bring your contribution to the drop-off, and leadership will take it to the bake sale.  Easy peasy!

What Should I Bake?  Good ideas are:

• Family size desserts, such as whole cakes, pies, tarts, cobblers, etc
• Big fat cookies, brownies, lemon and pecan squares, other sorts of traybakes, etc
• Breakfast pastries like scones, whole coffeecakes, pans of cinnamon rolls, etc.
• Breads: whole loaves, bags of rolls, quickbreads like pumpkin, banana, etc
• Your grandma’s super special something!

What’s not so good an idea?

• Teeny tiny individual things (unless they’re bundled together in a package.)
• Anything that needs refrigeration.
• Cupcakes, rice crispy treats, muffins, cake pops (they just don’t sell for some reason)
• Anything store bought.

Things to Remember

• Include a label or note with your offering of what it’s called.
• Cut traybakes like brownies into large squares (like the size of a nano sticker!) rather than tiny squares.
• You need to bring your offering in/on something, and you won’t get that dish back, so don’t bring your favorite baking pan.  Cake circles and disposable paper baking pans are available where baking supplies are sold, or a dollar store plastic plate can look very nice.

I want to help, but I can’t bake!

That’s okay!  Maybe someone can help you!  Do you have a mom or granny who’s the baker in the family?  A brother who went through culinary school you can trade some computer repair for help?  A friend or fellow Wrimo that brings the BEST stuff to potlucks?  Maybe you can buy the ingredients and learn a valuable skill in the process.

No, seriously, I will poison someone.  There will probably be fire.

If you really want to help out, you can bring cash money to the drop zone instead of a baked good.  We will be getting some ribbons and packaging and printing thank you notes and info cards, and a little cash will help cover those things.

Can I come to the bake sale?

Sure!  The address for the church is: 20475 Sunningdale Park, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236.  The sale will be from 9am-1pm on Sunday (the day after the drop-off.)  We just have to be sure to be courteous to the parishioners and not disrupt their space.  NOTE:  If there is an emergency at the church, we will be postponed until the following Sunday, and we will make an announcement.