Yesterday, oh what a day! I live in a highly suburban community, by Northern VA standards, full of apartments, condos and townhomes. Just down the road 3 of my closest friends live in the SAME complex. How convenient for me, 1 stop = fun x 3! One of these dear friends is the event coordinator for the apartment community. This is a surprisingly time consuming, but very rewarding side-job. She does it in her spare time as her focus is purely on being a stay-at-home mom. But, it gives us a chance to come out to her events and support. In the special case of Veteran's day, it gave me a chance to propose, plan, and execute an event at their complex for the benefit of our local military!
My husbands' base has an officer spouses organization which spends the year raising money to create a college merit scholarship fund for high school seniors of military (regardless of rank, branch, or status of service). So how neat would it be to host a bake sale in this apartment community on Veteran's day to raise money to contribute to this scholarship fund?! Thats exactly what we did!
The apartment complex supplied us with the funds to purchase our ingredients and we recruited volunteers to bake. We had pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate on chocolate cookies, fudge brownies, a decadent assortment of cupcakes, and an apple pie! We all dressed in our finest military paraphernalia to represent the different branches. Of our group of friends, we have Navy, Air Force, Army, and of course Marine Corps. It was a grand ole time. Though it was FREEZING!!!!
We raised about $250 and have a few left overs. Once our toes became numb, we realized it was time to head inside! The left overs will be sold at our church this Sunday after service. So much fun!
More information on this scholarship? Visit Q.O.S.O.
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