From the Heart

One of the wonderful components of Edible Creations is our Gingerbread Fundraisers that have been a great success this year for many schools, preschools and organisations. I wanted to make a way to use these wonderful cookies to raise money for a cause that I felt passionately about.

The Penrith Valley Fund was the cause that I ended up choosing as it is a way for money raised in our area to go directly to charities working in this area.

I recently attended the launch of The Fund and was literally moved to tears as I learnt about the homeless that live in our city and the plans the Fund has in supporting and helping to restore people that are caught in this predicament. Sure there will always be people that choose to be homeless but many of those on the streets or living out of cars are not there by choice. Sadly many are single mums and children, the mentally ill, people that have fallen on extreme financial hardship with no family to help them out and of course there are those that have fled homes that were not as safe as the homes that we were fortunate enough to be rasied in.

The money raised from the sale of the Gingerbread Trees will go towards supporting the following charities this Christmas: The Penrith Soup Kitchen, Barnardos and Fusion (specifically families in crisis).

Gingerbread Cookies can be purchased in boxes of 20 cookies and each box costs a total of $40 (or $2 per cookie). 25% of all sales will go directly to the Fund. The cookies make fabulous gifts, christmas platters, tree decorations and would look gorgeous tied to each gift you place under the tree this year.

Of course we would also be more than happy to have others that are passionate about the cause on-sell the gingerbread to their freinds, relatives and colleagues.

Please email me on belinda@ediblecreations.com.au or call 02 4754 1044 for more details.

Til next time,

Belinda