Just a quick post to congratulate my children and their friends for raising $300 for Haiti today. It was simple and fun : baked goodies and lemonade on sale in Kennedy Park down at Coconut Grove, Miami.
The ingredients: eager kids, willing parents and sunshine…plus a table, a couple of chairs, and of course an amazing array of homemade baked cookies, brownies and cakes and water or lemonade.
The recipe : just set up somewhere central where passersby won’t miss you. The kids did all the selling…we parents just sat back and admired their selling skills, arithmetic, marketing know how and economic sense (“let’s sell four cakes on one plate, and then slip in an extra one for free”). To the suggestion that prices should be raised, there was a definite, “no, because nobody will buy if it’s too expensive”. Sales trips further afield were made with banners and loud voices. They learnt a couple of words in Spanish to conquer the hispanic clients passing by. Bill board advertising was adjusted to suit the product offer (when we ran out of brownies). Shift work was neatly put into place when people wanted to take some time out to play.
To begin with, some of us parents had to restrain ourselves from invading their space and being too bossy…but gradually we all sat back and enjoyed some great adult time, only giving words of encouragement and help when needed.
The end result: lots of happy customers, 9 very happy (and a little worn out) kids, and $313 that we will send to Partner’s in Health.
So if you’re wondering how to make a difference, every little helps…just do it !
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