Mission And Outreach Bake Sale

St. John the Divine Anglican Church and the Christmas Exchange*

7th Annual Biggest Ottawa Bake Sale

Where: Fourth Avenue Baptist Church, 109A Fourth Ave (corner of Fourth and Bank) in the Glebe.

When: 9:30 – 1:00 Saturday October 6, 2007

What baking is needed to sell at the Sale?
-   Anything with pumpkin sells well (not muffins though).
-   Pies were the fastest sellers – especially pumpkin pies and apple pies.
-   Desserts for Thanksgiving sold really well.
-   Muffins did NOT sell well last year, but a few did sell. If you’ve already baked them for the sale, bring them on! But please, don’t bake any if you haven’t started already…

How to deliver the baking
-   Call Rosemary Clarke at 613-823-0883 and arrange to drop your baking off at her house. If you are unable to drop it off, Rosemary will pick it up.
-   Rosemary has a freezer that is waiting to be filled with baking.

What volunteers are needed for the day of the sale?
-   Sign up sheets will be available on the table in the school foyer.
-   We have enough volunteers for setup. Thank you.
-   We still need people to clean up at 12:30 – 1:30
-   We still need people to help with sales from 9:30 – 11:30 and 11:30 – 1:00

Who does what and why are we doing this?
-   The Christmas Exchange provides us with all the advertising, publicity, a table and signage.
-   The Christmas Exchange receives half of all the sales
-   St. John the Divine keeps the other half of the sales. Mission and Outreach committee will discuss what to do with the money generated.

* Excerpt from the Christmas Exchange of Ottawa web site:
Christmas Exchange of Ottawa is a volunteer-driven organization headed by a volunteer Board of Directors. Since 1915, Christmas Exchange has been delivering food and hope to eligible families referred each year by churches, schools and social agencies — those who know the need first hand. We also provide a central registry to cross reference clients and avoid duplication. This way we are able to ensure that every dollar goes where it is truly needed — distributed evenly and fairly. The Christmas Exchange is completely funded through the generosity of our donors. The service we provide our community is at no cost to the taxpayer or any level of government.