I know I am late on this, but I did want to share what our family did with our "Living a Better Story" money. I struggled with this for a long time as to figure out a way to make the money grow. Neither Kyle nor I are very creative in this type of project, which is I guess why it took so long. However, I was at church one recent Wednesday night, and I just opened up to a couple of friends asking them how they were doing on it. One of them immediately said that she was baking cakes and selling them. The other one said something then about how she had heard about the pound cakes I make and I should take orders and sell those to make the money grow - then she ordered 4 loaves right on the spot!
So, I went home, made a flyer, and brought it to my workplace. I received orders for 21 loaves of pound cakes! I quickly took the order form home, because I had to get started immediately.
I took my family's $20 that we collectively received, bought ingredients, and began baking. I charged $5 per loaf, and I will end up making $105, taking out just a little bit for more ingredients.
The Dream Center has always touched me at Christmas like none other. My friend Fran began this tradition 3 years ago with our picking kids/women from the Christmas tree in the children's department, and we just absolutely LOVE putting a face with the name on our card. It makes it so much more meaningful for our children to meet the people we are buying for. So, another member and I are pooling our money together to purchase needed items at the Dream Center.
Elizabeth, Kyle and family
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