The prevention of suicide and self harm is something very close to my heart. It can knock on anybody's door at anytime including my own. Pieta House offer a service second to none.They now have a staff of 170 and the demand for their services hasn’t let up. In 2013, nearly 4,000 people came to Pieta House for help and the numbers contacting are rising all the time. As 90% of their income comes from fundraising events, they rely heavily on fundraising. This is where us bakers come in.
As part of my recovery I depend on baking as a form of therapy and this is where the idea of 'Bake a difference' came from.
Last year I held a bake sale to raise money for Pieta House. This year I have a new concept which I would love your help with. Each baker would pledge some of their home baking to be sold with all the money raised going to Pieta House.Every little counts so no matter how big or small your contribution would make a massive difference!
Rather than holding a giant bake sale event at 1 venue my new idea is a little different. Its called 'Bake a difference'. It has its own donation page on my charity.ie. Each baker then advertises their own baking and sells it with the final amount being donated through the my charity page. For example i'll advertise some on my facebook page and sell from there.This allows bakers from all over Ireland to come together and bake a difference at a time most suitable to them. The end date for donations would be October 19th. Your support would mean the world and I really do feel together we can Bake a difference.
Please let me know if you wish to join me by private messaging me.
http://www.mycharity.ie/event/bakeadifference
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