Monday, April 26, 2004
Here we go a waffling...
Ok, so this post is actually about my noble friends who participated in the "Bake Back the White House" event way back on April 17. I am reclaiming the word waffle because it is a funny pun AND pointing out that the whole idea of a bake sale was a sort of slap in the face to the crazy right wing talk show hosts that think "waffling" is a good insult. Waffles are yummy and even if you say it, intending a negative connotation, most people will think of yummy Belgian waffles piled high with fruit and whipped cream or their less sophisticated but equally heavenly cousin, the Eggo swimming in Aunt Jemima's finest maple-flavored syrup. It's like Pavlov's dogs...once we start thinking about waffles, it's hard to go negative.
But this is not an ode to the waffle, it is an ode to Sara and Kevin and Daryl and all their spectacular friends who raised over $1000 for the John Kerry campaign last Saturday. Click here to see more photos from the event.
And now a report from the chocolatey, buttery trenches by Sara Mayer:
"We had up to 10 people at a time manning our tables and contributions from over a dozen bakers - several folks from the cocteau were involved, Kristina Klebe was my co-coordinator, Carolyn Ratteray, Daryl Wattson, and Kevin Held helped man the tables as well as Kristina's friends Lisa Maria, Brent, Alison and another girl, we had additional contributions of baking from Kelli Holsopple and a few others as well as member of the Jean Cocteau Repertory helping to print John Kerry flyers etc. It was a beautiful day and the air rang with such incensing phrases as "Beat Bush w/Brownies!!" "Cookies for Kerry" "Democracy
Fresh from the Oven" or Kevins's favorite, "We've got cupcakes! We've got cookies! We've got convictions!!"
Check out the press release and you'll see that we raised over $750,000 (with more info coming in) and participated in the "World's Largest Bakesale"!!! The moveon page also has a fun interactive map w/pix from sales around the country. The money was raised to support the group’s efforts to remove George Bush from office in November".
'MoveOn.org formed a Political Action Committee (PAC) so that like-minded, concerned citizens can influence the outcome of congressional elections, and in turn, the balance of power in Washington, D.C. MoveOn.org's intention is to provide individuals, who normally have little political power, to aggregate their contributions with others to gain a greater voice in the political process.' - excerpt from statement of purpose from the website
The bakesale was an awesome event with over 53 happening in the NYC area!! 49 of the 50 states in the union hosted them (sorry North Dakota) And it took place on the first beautiful day of the year!! WE sold:
brownies, rice krispie treats, pb rice krispie treats, choc chip cookies, biscotti, banana bread, pumpkin cranberry muffins, banana bread muffins, blueberry muffins, and cinammon roles - all homemade!! (kevin also brought some pretty bakery cupcakes) and we had water and oj for free. We helped over 1/2 doz people to register as voters and handed out over 100 leaflets on Kerry as well as registered 20 new members of moveon."
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But this is not an ode to the waffle, it is an ode to Sara and Kevin and Daryl and all their spectacular friends who raised over $1000 for the John Kerry campaign last Saturday. Click here to see more photos from the event.
And now a report from the chocolatey, buttery trenches by Sara Mayer:
"We had up to 10 people at a time manning our tables and contributions from over a dozen bakers - several folks from the cocteau were involved, Kristina Klebe was my co-coordinator, Carolyn Ratteray, Daryl Wattson, and Kevin Held helped man the tables as well as Kristina's friends Lisa Maria, Brent, Alison and another girl, we had additional contributions of baking from Kelli Holsopple and a few others as well as member of the Jean Cocteau Repertory helping to print John Kerry flyers etc. It was a beautiful day and the air rang with such incensing phrases as "Beat Bush w/Brownies!!" "Cookies for Kerry" "Democracy
Fresh from the Oven" or Kevins's favorite, "We've got cupcakes! We've got cookies! We've got convictions!!"
Check out the press release and you'll see that we raised over $750,000 (with more info coming in) and participated in the "World's Largest Bakesale"!!! The moveon page also has a fun interactive map w/pix from sales around the country. The money was raised to support the group’s efforts to remove George Bush from office in November".
'MoveOn.org formed a Political Action Committee (PAC) so that like-minded, concerned citizens can influence the outcome of congressional elections, and in turn, the balance of power in Washington, D.C. MoveOn.org's intention is to provide individuals, who normally have little political power, to aggregate their contributions with others to gain a greater voice in the political process.' - excerpt from statement of purpose from the website
The bakesale was an awesome event with over 53 happening in the NYC area!! 49 of the 50 states in the union hosted them (sorry North Dakota) And it took place on the first beautiful day of the year!! WE sold:
brownies, rice krispie treats, pb rice krispie treats, choc chip cookies, biscotti, banana bread, pumpkin cranberry muffins, banana bread muffins, blueberry muffins, and cinammon roles - all homemade!! (kevin also brought some pretty bakery cupcakes) and we had water and oj for free. We helped over 1/2 doz people to register as voters and handed out over 100 leaflets on Kerry as well as registered 20 new members of moveon."
