July was a very sweet month in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Cupcakes By Carousel was selling cupcakes to benefit the United Way of New Jersey. Patch.com for the local community reported that by July 30th the bakery had sold 100 cupcakes, raising $100 for the charity.
Carousel By Cupcakes, a family business, sold two types of cupcakes to benefit the United Way of New Jersey. Cupcakes with white icing or cupcakes with blue icing. The cupcakes helped to benefit the many programs through the United Way of New Jersey, including assistance for military families, affordable housing, work assistance and other social service programs for the community.
What a sweet way to help one’s community and to make a difference – by offering yummy cupcakes for charity. One dollar gets you a scrumptious cupcake and you know you are making a difference in your community too!
Carousel By Cupcakes plans on doing more sweet things for their community. A cupcake for the fall to benefit pediatric cancer is planned. What a wonderful bakery – and how sweet they are to those in need in their community. And what great cupcakes!
Charity cupcakes have become quite popular. A great way to support a cause – and certainly popular with people. After all…who can resist a sweet cupcake and the urge to help their community too? Here are some of our tips to make a great charity cupcake:
Choose your charity and the date for the cupcake drive. Just as Carousel by Cupcakes chose the month of July, you need to have a certain time frame to do your cupcake drive. Whether it is a day, a week, two weeks or a month – any time frame can be “perfect” as long as it is the best for you.
Let the community know about your cupcake drive. Tell them which charity it supports, what type of cupcakes are available and how much they are. You can also tell them why you chose this charity.
Consider giving customers a choice of cupcakes. Just as Carousel By Cupcakes did 2 different cupcakes – they look adorable and give customers a bit of an option of which cupcake to choose. Two cupcakes also look pretty if they buy a dozen to give as a gift for someone.
(c) photo Stephen Eastop
