Yes, you've read it right. There are people who are making a difference by just baking cakes. Free Cakes For Kids is a community service to families, who find it difficult to provide a birthday cake for their child. The community was Founded in December 2008in Oxford by +Henriette Lundgren. The local volunteers and groups supporting this community share a simple belief: every child deserves a birthday cake.
Today, Free Cakes for Kids has grown to nearly 60 groups and many more volunteers across the UK. Since 2008, the volunteers have being baking cakes for hundreds of families who find it difficult to buy their children a birthday cake. All the cakes are made 100% by individual volunteers in their own private kitchen totally free.
The brief history of Free Cakes for Kids started on a rainy day in December 2008 in Oxford. Just having returned from a trip to the U.S., +Henriette Lundgren read an article in People Magazine about new community initiative. Under the name “Free Cakes for Kids”, a lady in Trenton, Georgia was baking birthday cakes for families in need. A passionate baker herself, Henriette saw an opportunity to adapt the model to her own community in Oxford.
The first ever Free Cakes for Kids birthday cake changed hands in Oxford on June 10th 2009 - a football-themed cake for 6 years old boy from Holloway. Since then, the community group model has spread rapidly. More and more volunteers from all over the UK got in touch to start their own groups and activities.
There is now a critical mass of volunteers all over the country that have mastered the craft of community organising and are ready to take on responsibility. Established groups are in a unique position to give back by mentoring newcomers. Rather than relying on a small group of central organisers, we have grown into a movement. A movement everyone can join to make a difference - one cake at a time.
You can know more about the community and how to join on: www.freecakesforkids.org.uk
The brief history of Free Cakes for Kids started on a rainy day in December 2008 in Oxford. Just having returned from a trip to the U.S., +Henriette Lundgren read an article in People Magazine about new community initiative. Under the name “Free Cakes for Kids”, a lady in Trenton, Georgia was baking birthday cakes for families in need. A passionate baker herself, Henriette saw an opportunity to adapt the model to her own community in Oxford.
The first ever Free Cakes for Kids birthday cake changed hands in Oxford on June 10th 2009 - a football-themed cake for 6 years old boy from Holloway. Since then, the community group model has spread rapidly. More and more volunteers from all over the UK got in touch to start their own groups and activities.
There is now a critical mass of volunteers all over the country that have mastered the craft of community organising and are ready to take on responsibility. Established groups are in a unique position to give back by mentoring newcomers. Rather than relying on a small group of central organisers, we have grown into a movement. A movement everyone can join to make a difference - one cake at a time.
You can know more about the community and how to join on: www.freecakesforkids.org.uk