Crowd comes out to help feed the hungry
Annual bake sale benefits food pantries
By DONNA HICKMAN
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Gracie Tripp, left, and Sydney Berhaus look over some of the goodies they'd like to take home at the Help the Hungry Bake Sale.
- Donna Hickman / Daily Journal
FARMINGTON — Good cooks, bad cooks and folks who don’t cook at all browsed tables and shelves Saturday set up at St. Joseph Catholic School and took home a bundle.
The 3rd Annual Help the Hungry Bake Sale opened its doors at 9 a.m. and a steady stream of shoppers armed with boxes made their way inside. They found booths decorated by local churches and filled with breads, cakes, pies, cookies, all things chocolate, international goodies and even food for the family pet.
Tina Lenz had barely been in the door 15 minutes before she already had a bounty of baked bargains in her box.
“I’ve got yellow squash pecan bread, raisin bread, pecan pie muffins and poppy seed muffins,” she said. “We had our first garden this year, so I donated some canned goods, too. This is my first year at the sale and I think it’s a really good idea.”
Barbara Idecker examined the handmade items on sale at Grandma’s Kitchen.
“I’m shopping for gifts,” she explained. “This is my first year here. Some friends of mine wanted to come, so I came, too.”
Farmington Mayor Jeannie Roberts picked up a German Chocolate Cake.
“My mother always made it for Thanksgiving and she died two years ago,” said Roberts. “I never learned to make it, so we’ll have one this year.”
The event raises money for the two food pantries in Farmington at St. Vincent de Paul and the one operated by the Farmington Ministerial Alliance. Last year, the sale brought in $24,000 for the two pantries.
“I’m hoping we’ll do at least as well this year,” said Chris Landrum, an organizer. “People are just making donations as well as buying things. We are getting checks from people who say they can’t be here, but they wanted to contribute.”
New this year was an International Food Booth operated by Claudette Roper. She sold Swedish Coffee Cake, Stollen, German Christmas Cookies called Lebkuchen, Greek Lemon Cake, Baklava and Italian Bread Sticks. By 9:45 a.m., she was just about sold out.
“I wanted not only to sell the food, but to create an awareness of other countries’ traditions,” she said.
Among her shoppers was Brenda Gibson who said her sister is coming home from Germany and she thought she’d buy her something to remind her of the country she left behind.
Denise Ransom blazed through the door with an empty box and proclaimed, “I’ve come for pies — lots and lots of pies.”
Carole Short bought some bargains from the thrift store booth along with a cake — one that she made and donated, then bought back.
“I figure I know I’ll like it!” she said.
Meanwhile, Tina Lenz came across the gym floor again with cocoa and hot apple cider mixes added to her box.
“I’m looking for things I don’t make myself,” she explained.
Jacob Taylor was one of dozens of people who took part in the Cake Walk. As music played, they walked around a giant pink cupcake and when the music stopped, if their number was called, they won. Taylor won twice and took home two cakes.
Barb Greene happily brought out her wallet to pay for her purchases.
“It’s well worth the cost,” she said, “It’s for a great cause.”
Lenz came around again with a bigger box, this time with Baklava, chocolate angel food cake, pecan pie and gooey butter cake.
“I put the rest at the ‘hold booth’ to buy later,” she said.
As he surveyed the gym filled with holiday baking, Al Sullivan said, “My wife Nancy and I were talking this morning about how many pounds of sugar there are represented in this room!”
As the shoppers kept coming, so did the donations — of more food to sell.
“We have cakes and pies in the refrigerator,” said Ardie Henson, an organizer. “This is just wonderful.”
Shoppers bid on silent auction items and picked up lists of live auction items that would be sold. The Farmington High School Choraliers sang and former restaurant owner Sandy Mell gave a cooking demonstration. Diners could eat breakfast or lunch, and take home a jar of chili.
By 10 a.m., the big rush had subsided. The bread booth was practically nothing but crumbs. And while there were still bacon treats and chew toys for Fido, all the cat treats were gone.
“We’ll have to have more next year,” said a lady at the booth.
The event has grown each year to involve about a dozen churches and is always held on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Sponsors included: First State Community Bank, New Era Bank, Ozarks Federal Savings and Loan, First Bank, Belgrade State Bank, KREI/KTJJ and the Farmington Press Leader.
Donna Hickman is a reporter for the Daily Journal. Contact her at 431-2010, ext. 138 or at dhickman@dailyjournalonline.com.
The 3rd Annual Help the Hungry Bake Sale opened its doors at 9 a.m. and a steady stream of shoppers armed with boxes made their way inside. They found booths decorated by local churches and filled with breads, cakes, pies, cookies, all things chocolate, international goodies and even food for the family pet.
Tina Lenz had barely been in the door 15 minutes before she already had a bounty of baked bargains in her box.
“I’ve got yellow squash pecan bread, raisin bread, pecan pie muffins and poppy seed muffins,” she said. “We had our first garden this year, so I donated some canned goods, too. This is my first year at the sale and I think it’s a really good idea.”
Barbara Idecker examined the handmade items on sale at Grandma’s Kitchen.
“I’m shopping for gifts,” she explained. “This is my first year here. Some friends of mine wanted to come, so I came, too.”
Farmington Mayor Jeannie Roberts picked up a German Chocolate Cake.
“My mother always made it for Thanksgiving and she died two years ago,” said Roberts. “I never learned to make it, so we’ll have one this year.”
The event raises money for the two food pantries in Farmington at St. Vincent de Paul and the one operated by the Farmington Ministerial Alliance. Last year, the sale brought in $24,000 for the two pantries.
“I’m hoping we’ll do at least as well this year,” said Chris Landrum, an organizer. “People are just making donations as well as buying things. We are getting checks from people who say they can’t be here, but they wanted to contribute.”
New this year was an International Food Booth operated by Claudette Roper. She sold Swedish Coffee Cake, Stollen, German Christmas Cookies called Lebkuchen, Greek Lemon Cake, Baklava and Italian Bread Sticks. By 9:45 a.m., she was just about sold out.
“I wanted not only to sell the food, but to create an awareness of other countries’ traditions,” she said.
Among her shoppers was Brenda Gibson who said her sister is coming home from Germany and she thought she’d buy her something to remind her of the country she left behind.
Denise Ransom blazed through the door with an empty box and proclaimed, “I’ve come for pies — lots and lots of pies.”
Carole Short bought some bargains from the thrift store booth along with a cake — one that she made and donated, then bought back.
“I figure I know I’ll like it!” she said.
Meanwhile, Tina Lenz came across the gym floor again with cocoa and hot apple cider mixes added to her box.
“I’m looking for things I don’t make myself,” she explained.
Jacob Taylor was one of dozens of people who took part in the Cake Walk. As music played, they walked around a giant pink cupcake and when the music stopped, if their number was called, they won. Taylor won twice and took home two cakes.
Barb Greene happily brought out her wallet to pay for her purchases.
“It’s well worth the cost,” she said, “It’s for a great cause.”
Lenz came around again with a bigger box, this time with Baklava, chocolate angel food cake, pecan pie and gooey butter cake.
“I put the rest at the ‘hold booth’ to buy later,” she said.
As he surveyed the gym filled with holiday baking, Al Sullivan said, “My wife Nancy and I were talking this morning about how many pounds of sugar there are represented in this room!”
As the shoppers kept coming, so did the donations — of more food to sell.
“We have cakes and pies in the refrigerator,” said Ardie Henson, an organizer. “This is just wonderful.”
Shoppers bid on silent auction items and picked up lists of live auction items that would be sold. The Farmington High School Choraliers sang and former restaurant owner Sandy Mell gave a cooking demonstration. Diners could eat breakfast or lunch, and take home a jar of chili.
By 10 a.m., the big rush had subsided. The bread booth was practically nothing but crumbs. And while there were still bacon treats and chew toys for Fido, all the cat treats were gone.
“We’ll have to have more next year,” said a lady at the booth.
The event has grown each year to involve about a dozen churches and is always held on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Sponsors included: First State Community Bank, New Era Bank, Ozarks Federal Savings and Loan, First Bank, Belgrade State Bank, KREI/KTJJ and the Farmington Press Leader.
Donna Hickman is a reporter for the Daily Journal. Contact her at 431-2010, ext. 138 or at dhickman@dailyjournalonline.com.
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