As the Advanced Foods students finished their semester of baking and global cuisine, we concluded the class with a world hunger unit. In appreciation of all we have, we donated the 70 cupcakes prepared for their culinary final to the Freedom House Shelter in Green Bay, Wisconsin. When I delivered the cupcakes, I was greeted by two children approximately the same ages of my own children, 6 and 8. The 6 year old little girl asked, "Who are those for??!" As she and her brother learned they were for the families who lived at the Freedom House, her eyes lit up and had a smile on her face that I swear was going to extend past her ears! It was most definitely a humbling and emotional moment for me and made me appreciate what I often take for granted.
Here is an excerpt from the Freedom House website about how they help our community members in need:
"Chances are someone in your neighborhood or circle of friends is one of the multitudes living paycheck to paycheck, unable to overcome any unexpected turn of events – or maybe it’s you. Freedom House is here to help. We're the only shelter in Brown County providing assistance to all types of homeless families with children -- single Moms, single Dads or couples, no matter how many kids they have or how old they are. WAY more than "3 hots and a cot," we change lives -- and 92% of the people who come through our doors never return to homelessness."
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