Will Bake for Food was a fundraising bake sale and food drive to fight hunger in our community. It was founded by myself and Jenny Miller, and we recruited local food bloggers to donate baked goods for the sales that ran in 2010 and 2011.
As co-founder, I ran all event logistics and volunteer baker management, and worked with both Northwest Harvest and the Emergency Feeding Program as beneficiaries of the event. Additionally, I collaborated with Jenny Miller for all marketing, PR and social visibility.
2010
Sold out all 1600 items in 90 minutes
Collected 1900lbs of food and $866 for Northwest Harvest
According to Northwest Harvest, this was 10x their typical donation for bake sales
300 people through the door in 90 minutes
2011
Collected 828lbs of food and $2571 for the Emergency Feeding Program
1862 items for sale, including
26 cups of cider, 14 cups of press pot coffee, and 15 pour-over coffees
604 cookies
57 cupcakes
4 different kinds of marshmallows
53 high-ticket items (costing over 10 tickets each)
Donated ~500 items to the Rainier Valley Food Bank
260 people through the door in 2 hours