Increase Miller Elementary School, Goldens Bridge, New York, raises $825

Fifth grade students decided to hold a bake sale to raise money for charity. Rather than choose a major charity, where their efforts would have minimal impact, they wanted each cupcake they baked and sold to count. With over 300 million people in Africa living on less than $1 a day, they knew that every dollar would make a difference. The event was a big hit with customers and volunteers alike. The bakers produced a wonderful selection of delicious treats from ‘smores in doors’, to exotic biscotti, breads, coffee, marble and many other delicious cakes, cup cakes that sold like hot cakes, cookies galore, to homemade granola. The student volunteers turned up with smiles on their faces and raring to go, and worked those sales carts, with some impressive sales pitches!

-Contributed by Lucy Kneebone, one of the parents who helped run this awesome fundraiser