Hi Good Food Funners!One of the main projects we work on with Share Our Strength is the Great American Bake Sale.  As summer is upon us, so are bake sales all across the country that help end childhood hunger!  Kids can host their own bake sales and learn what it's like to do something good for other kids.  Register at www.strength.organd join in the fun!Below are some fantastic bake sale stories we received recently and had to share:

Dylan and Caitlin Fitzpatrick, 7 year old twins from Folsom, California, held their 4th annual Great American Bake Sale in June. They baked for weeks in preparation, making cookies, cupcakes, breads and their personal favorite, candy sushi.  The twins raised more than $1300 at their bake sale. Many of their friends and family members came to visit their bake sale, even their teachers.  As a thank you to some of the businesses that donated baked goods and raffle items to their bake sale, Dylan and Caitlin each wrote stories about Great American Bake Sale.

The Slippery Muffin

Written by
Dylan Fitzpatrick, age 7

            Once there was a Great American Bake Sale run by the Fitzpatrick Family.  They baked tons of treats: cookies, bread, candy sushi, brownies and other delicious treats.  One treat was a very slippery muffin.  He was made of bananas and if you ever bought him, he would slip right out of your hand and go back to the bake sale to be sold again. 
            One day while he was giving a customer the slip, he slipped on a banana peel himself.  He squealed with laughter.  Unfortunately, while he was laughing so hard, he did not see the puddle of chocolate ganache in his path.  He fell right in and became a chocolate banana muffin.  He brushed himself off the best he could and returned to the sale.  As he walked up, all the customers screamed, “Wow, he looks delicious.  I am going to buy him!”  He was so scared, he ran off and found a hungry child.  He figured that if he was going to be eaten, it should be by a child who needs healthy food.  The customers were so amazed by the kindness of the muffin that they donated lots of money to Share Our Strength.  All of the money that they donated went to make sure that other children were not hungry.

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The Runaway Cookie

Written by
Caitlin Fitzpatrick, age 7

Caitlin and Dylan were holding their 4th annual Great American bake sale.  They baked lots of goodies.  They had cookies donated from The Cookie Connection and made candy sushi.  On the day of the bake sale, one cookie, Chippy, was so nervous that he ran away from the bake sale.  Caitlin and Dylan shouted, “Come back here Chippy!”  Chippy ran and ran until he was safe.  He looked at a store and found one quarter.  Then Chippy looked at the bakery and found 50 cents. He went to the pet store and found another quarter.  Chippy ran back to the bake sale, threw his money in the jar and as he ran off he shouted, “I just bought myself, nobody can eat me now!”

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This summer, Food Network and Good Food Gardens are going local!  The Edible Garden is The New York Botanical Garden’s summer-long celebration of growing and eating fresh, locally grown food. Learn to grow and prepare delicious garden produce, meet celebrity and Food Network chefs and gardeners, and spend time with family and friends exploring the many summer exhibits all within the garden’s spectacular 250-acre landscape, just minutes from Manhattan, the boroughs, Bergen County and Westchester.
 
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