Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser

   Today, March 14, 2015, my homeschool friends and their moms, my church friends and their moms, my mom, and I all helped.  There were an estimated 27 helpers who were constantly on their feet.  The helpers served the main foods(pancakes, bacon, and grits), drinks(assorted juices, water, and coffee), and sides(red velvet and salted caramel Tastykake mini donuts and fruit cocktail).  Other people helped out with cooking all the food, entertaining the kids and making sure they don't go crazy, wash dishes, collecting the donations, greeting, door openers, supervisor, and putting people in certain spots.  Along with myself, there were many people who didn't have a specific job.  I made sure those people checked in with the other people helping to ask if they need a break or want to eat.

    There were many behind the scenes helpers.  People who were not seen but were definitely a big part of the fundraiser.  I will not use names, but will describe what they did.  The person who hunted for the best price and bought all the bacon.  The persons who picked all of the 82 flowers we used in the vases.  The person who was up really late last night cooking grits for the morning and making the vases look pretty.  She also woke up really early to deliver everything and stayed the whole time to help cook and make sure everything was going smooth in the kitchen.  The person who put this fundraiser in the church bulletin and wrote a really nice, descriptive paragraph about it.  The person who helped decorate the whole fellowship hall.  The person who put the fundraiser all over the Facebook and planned most of it.  And lastly, the person who bought all the supplies like the drinks, cups, silverware, plates, donuts, coffee, and pancake batter.

   The turn out was amazing!!  We had an estimate of 120 people show up, donate, and eat.  Some didn't even eat or stay!  I was amazed how people are so generous.  Most of my homeschool friends' families either helped or just ate, but they all donated.  People who I hadn't seen in years came and I was able to talk to them about my trip.  Most of my church came and supported.  My grandparents came and talked to some older friends they hadn't seen in a while.  It was an incredible turnout and to see how many people who care for me!

   Since it is pie day, my mom came up with a great idea to bake eight pies to use to raffle.  When people donated, they got one ticket per a family.  We called out two tickets per a half hour and who's ever ticket was called out they either got a pumpkin pie or a vanilla oreo cream pie.  Our announcer also said they could through their pie in my face for an extra $20.  Luckily, no one did it, but all my friends wanted to.  It just made everyone laugh.

   Another fun thing we did was to sell the yarn flowers I made for $3 as prayer reminders.  Many people bought those and that helped with getting more money for my trip.  Plus, now I don't have to figure out what to do with so many flowers!