Friday, February 17, 2012

Ossining Girl's Bake Sale Earnings to Fight Hunger

http://www.thedailyossining.com/news/ossining-girls-bake-sale-earnings-fight-hunger

by Nathan Bruttell Feb. 2012

Ossining resident Caroline Reed knows people are hungry in other countries and she’s doing all she can to help.

The 9-year-old asked her mom and friends to help her organize a bake sale in front of local stores and donate the earnings to charitable organizations working to fight hunger in third-world countries. Caroline did all of the planning and most of the baking herself. She also took charge in asking permission to host the sale in front of Choice Pets and Stop & Shop in Ossining’s Arcadian Shopping Center.

“I was looking at a magazine and it said there were websites where you could donate to hungry people in Africa,” Caroline said. “And I realized people were really hungry and I wanted to help.”

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