Have I told you how lucky I am?
A praise for my students!
Hello everyone,
last Saturday we were part of the Mini Maker Faire at Genesis Creative Collective and it was such an informative experience!
I had help from 3 of my students, plus one of our camp counselors. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I think I tell you often how impressed I am by the young people I have the honor of working with, and this last weekend was another one of those days where I sit and marvel at their amazingness.
Not only did these students volunteer their Friday evening to make, shape, and bake beautiful cookies, soft pretzels, banana bread, French Macarons, and Unicorn Cookies. They also spend all day on Saturday, hosting the Bake Sale with me.
They set up tables, talked to hundreds of parents who stopped by the event about our summer camps, and brought them inside to sell them their baked goods. They had big smiles on their faces, came up with better ideas than I ever would and I was so impressed by their engagement. It was incredible to watch and witness their wisdom and kindness.
We raised $348!!!! The students decided how the money would be spent. They wanted me to put it into a savings account for Bake Austin, how sweet is that?!!!!!! In the end, we decided on a snow cone machine, with syrups, and reusable cups (so we can have snow cones at the end of day at summer camps, as well as 2 more cookie sheets, reusable silicone mats, and a food processor - all for Bake Austin Summer students to use for classes.
Here is what the kids decided to purchase with the money we made in our Bake Sale:
Plus we are getting a little something for Kami from Austin Tinkering School as a thank-you for putting on such a wonderful event.
I am in awe of their generosity and it makes me hopeful for our future, our young people are incredible!
So thank you again to these wonderful humans who spent all this time with me, also thank you to everyone who came out.
If you are looking for summer camps - our new location is so great and camps are filling up fast! Tell your friends about us and help me spread the word.
Until next week!
Chef Pascal
