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Share Our Strength®, Mall of America®, Food Network Stars Sandra Lee and Duff Goldman Host World's Largest Bake Sale
Event Part of Share Our Strength's Great American Bake Sale Campaign to End Childhood Hunger Aims to Set World Record for Largest Cupcake
Share Our Strength®, a national organization working to make sure no kid in America grows up hungry, will host the World’s Largest Bake Sale at Mall of America® in Bloomington, MN on Sunday, March 30, 2008. Sandra Lee, star of Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee and Duff Goldman star of Ace of Cakes on Food Network will make appearances.
The World’s Largest Bake Sale will feature recipes from Sandra Lee, and Food Network stars Nigella Lawson, Paula Deen, Ellie Krieger, Robin Miller, Ingrid Hoffman and Pat and Gina Neely. Lee will be on site to meet and greet fans during her book signings. Goldman will attempt to set the Guinness Book of World of Records for the World’s Largest Cupcake, which will be featured in an upcoming episode of his show, Ace of Cakes. A representative from the Guinness Book of World Records will be on site to declare the cupcake as the world’s largest.
“What better way to fight hunger than a cupcake the size of a Shetland Pony? We’re really excited to be a part of this event for Great American Bake Sale,” said Goldman.
The World’s Largest Bake Sale is a kick-off event for Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale, a national campaign that mobilizes Americans to end childhood hunger by holding bake sales in their communities. Running through June, the campaign has already engaged more than 1 million people in the last four years, raising nearly $4 million to fight childhood hunger in America. More than 12 million children are at risk of hunger in America, meaning they do not have a reliable source of food on a regular basis.
“As someone who grew up with hunger, I am proud to be part of this event that will help children in the Minneapolis community as well as raise awareness of the issue of hunger nationally,” said Lee.
Since 1998, Share Our Strength has made investments to over 21 organizations in Minneapolis and to more than 1,000 organizations across America and worldwide to fight childhood hunger. In Minnesota, more than 132,000 children are at risk of hunger. Funds raised from the World’s Largest Bake Sale will be given back to the Minneapolis community to fund organizations fighting childhood hunger.
Supporting the execution of the World’s Largest Bake Sale include Domino® Sugar and C&H® Sugar, King Arthur Flour and Reynolds, who are supplying sugar, flour and packaging respectively, and The International Culinary School at The Art Institutes Minnesota who will bake all the baked goods sold.
For more information on the World’s Largest Bake Sale and Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale campaign, please visit www.greatamericanbakesale.org
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