I love sending care packages. When Desert Storm was going on, I spearheaded a big effort to send packages to the troops stationed overseas. Getting donations from Nabisco and local businesses, we packed up hundreds of boxes stuffed with snacks, condiments (by request), ChapStick, comics and more. It landed us on the local news. When my sister was in college, I sent her a few packages featuring favorite things from home. And we frequently drop off cookie care packages to neighbors and friends. We bake. We share. That simple. It’s good to spread joy, and better for our waistlines to get the baked goods out of the house asap, ya know?
So you know when the gang at Imperial Sugar e-mailed me recently to ask if I wanted to participate in their Bake It Forward program, I was in like flynn. It’s a pretty fun concept. You can buy a tin from them ($5.00 each), and it comes with a code stamped on the inside of the lid. Once you get it, you register it online so you can track it. Go bake up some favorite baked goodies and send it to someone who can use a smile. A neighbor who goes the extra mile for you. A co-worker who needs a little sunshine in their day. A lot of the tins are being sent to military personnel. I’m sure you won’t be at a loss for who to send it to. Much harder to whittle down the list! Then, the idea is that they receive it, eat the goodies, fill it back up and bake it forward, passing the cheer along to someone else who needs it. And because you registered your tin, you can track it and see how far it goes and where it ends up. Pretty nifty idea, no?
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