Patriotic Bake Sales and Dinners

Today is Patriot‘s Day, September 11th and it’s time to honor our troops. People always wonder how they can help? Should they send home cooked dishes or favorite snacks. Yes, there are some organizations that have that. You could also think about having bake sales and dinners. The proceeds can be donated to the local veterans or even to the troops thanks to a help of your local officials or local newspaper.
If you plan on a bake sales make sure you alert the media . The more people know the more money you’ll make. You can even have tie in goods such as yellow ribbon cupcakes or slices of red white and blue decorated sheet cake. Of course you want to sell apple pie as well (and other American classics such as chocolate chip, raisin oatmeal and snicker doodle cookies) /Remember to have a separate table set up with coffee. Tea bags instant hot cocoa and milk. You can also include juice boxes and water too,. Local stores may want to contribute some things such as the drinks or some of the ingredients.
Dinners are always fun because they don’t have to be formal. You can have all you can eat fish and chips or barbecued chicken. Also everyone can chip in for a massive pot luck buffet. Everyone can bring in their specialty form salads to dessert and have it open to the public. Remember to have in in a place with a kitchen like your local schools or Elk’s Hall. Again you could also have entertainment and door prizes to raise more money. Again try to get local merchants involved to help defray the costs.
The war in Afghanistan is not over. Our troops need all the support they can get. If they can donate their time and effort then so can we , no matter how small the contribution. The money can go for good things for them. Think about having a bake sale or a dinner . The proceed s would be really needed and appreciated.