Bake Sale Journal #1

This activity took place for only three hours but was well worth it in the end. People donated money to Haiti through 20 dollar bills even, just for a 50 cent brownie or cookie. This helped showed me how committed people were to helping others in need. It also showed who didnt care, since some people just laughed and walked away. The temperature was vvery low and I spent most of the time shivering however in my opinion it was necesary because I was helping a country that was probably feeling a lot worse. For the bake sale I made a variety of cup cakes ranging from lemon poppy seed to double chocolate chip and all baked goods sold for 50 cents. Baking the goods was relatively easy and I was driven more by the urge to contribute to this event in order to help the earthquake victims and actually selling them took even more concentration because in order for people to donate you have to show that you yourself are interested in the cause you are selling for. This activity proved to be very helpful to me because first of all it helped me with my organization skills, teaching me how to plan ahead and bake the goods as well as group together with others in a common area to sell the goods. Along with the organization I was able to feel important having helped donated a couple hundred dollars, possibly more, to a foriegn country in need. Overall I feel as if this activity was a success and it helped me feel like I was part of a bigger picture.