Thank You!

As the year comes to an end, I am reflecting on everything that I accomplished with Baking a Difference in 2017, and I am grateful for your support.  I was so excited to launch Baking a Difference LLC in April 2017, because I wanted to use my passion for baking to help charities and people in need.  Thanks to all of your generous donations, 2017 has been a busy year.
 
This year has been very fun because I got to help many worthy organizations.  In total, since April, I donated nearly 800 cookies (including chocolate chip, sugar, oatmeal chocolate chip, and shortbread), 82 cupcakes, 76 muffins, 108 dog treats, and 48 Rice Krispie treats.  Baking for organizations like Last Day Dog Rescue, our military troops deployed in Germany, P.B.J. Outreach, the Paralyzed Veterans of America, the Ford Employee Christmas Fund, Wills for Heroes, the Houston Humane Society, and the Farmington Hills Fire Department helped me to learn and develop many new skills.  I had to create partnerships and build relationships with the organizations I helped. I also had to learn how to manage my time.  School work and extra-curricular activities had to be prioritized along with baking.  Additionally, in the past year, I have learned a lot about money management.  I had to track the money I received, the money I spent and what I spent it on, and I had to go to the bank to deposit the money into an account. Starting this organization has allowed me to learn so much about baking in these past few months.  It was fun experimenting and trying so many new things, like making my own chocolate frosting, making sugar cookies from scratch with homemade icing, and making dog treats for the first time.
 
I started Baking a Difference to help people while doing what I love, and I am glad that I have this opportunity.  I have accomplished a lot in the first year of Baking a Difference, and I cannot wait to achieve even more next year!  I could not have done it without your generous support, and I thank you very much!