The Year of the Cake

Details: 20 September 2013

Recently, a beautiful baby was born into the world - one who most likely would not be here, if not for the existence of St. Gianna’s Women’s Homes.

Through the grace of God, the baby’s mother responded to our offer for help and escaped the pressures to abort her beautiful baby. Since she came to us with little more than a few material items, your support is very much appreciated.

I am excited to announce that St. Gianna’s Women’s Homes will be holding its "That Takes Cake! A Frosted Fundraiser for St. Gianna Women’s Homes." The event will be held Saturday, Sept. 28, from 1 to 4 p.m. at St. Peter Church, 4500 Duxhall Dr., Lincoln. Admission at the door is $10 for adults, $25 for families, and $5 for children 3-12 years old (children 2 and under enter free). All proceeds will help the ladies and their children who reside at St. Gianna’s.

As for our yearly fundraiser for St. Gianna’s, we have found a pattern that seems to work, alternating our flower-decorating event with our cake-decorating event. This is the year of the cake. As in previous years, there are professional and celebrity divisions. If one didn’t know better, you would think it was a sculpture exhibit - except in this case, the sculptures are edible. Winners will be determined by voting with dollar bills, with the opportunity of taking away beautiful and flavorful masterpieces via a silent auction.

We promise fun for everyone in the family. Many have volunteered baking cakes and pies for our always-popular cake walk. I for one, in a moment of weakness, promised to bake two pies for the cake walk, with homemade pie crust, of course, in addition to the cake that I will enter in the celebrity division! It will be my third solo cake (Mom baked my first one)!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank our participating bakers, board members, volunteers, corporate sponsors and all who are helping with this fun endeavor. We hope to see you Saturday, Sept. 28 from 1 to 4 p.m. at St. Peter Church for our "That Takes Cake! A Frosted Fundraiser for St. Gianna Women’s Home!"

Thank you for your spiritual, material and financial support! Please know that we at Catholic Social Services and St. Gianna Women’s Homes pray for you daily. St. Gianna, pray for us!