Somos panaderas!

To raise money this holiday season, our students from Coulwood and Ashley Park got together at Señora Procuniar's apartamento last week to plan a bake sale. 

Jabria expertly creams the butter and sugar for sugar cookies.
And look at Alexis' technique in cracking that egg! Flawless!

We did a trial run on Monday, just to eat all the goodies ourselves test the recipes. We set up outside of the Caribou Coffee on Park and Woodlawn on Saturday, and we had such fantastic supporters!

When everything's ready to go in the oven, don't the bakers deserve a little taste of the bowl?
Courtney, Jabria, and Jayla think so!

In five hours, we raised (drumroll, please)....$515!!! That's $57 for each student who was present!! We are so grateful for the strangers and loved ones who donated.


Often, people would buy a cupcake, scone, or cookie and give us a $5, $10, or $20 bill, telling us to keep the change when they heard about our cause. The whole experience was such a beautiful reminder to us of the kindness and charity of human beings. 


Speaking of charity, we are so indebted to the hundreds of people who supported us daily by voting in the Clorox competition. We will get the results in January, and we will let everyone know how we ended up. Regardless of the end product, we are extremely thankful for your participation and love. 


Gracias a todos!

Need some motivation for voting?

Check out this awesome video of Jalen—the rapper extraordinaire of Coulwood!

The contest ends Friday, so make sure you're voting every day. Text Clorox7598 to 44144 and vote online here.


Gracias :) 

Ésta es Janiece, y ésta es Jayla

Meet these muchachas, and you'll think that you're seeing doble! Janiece and Jayla are our only set of twins going to the Dominican Republic, and they are sweet, talkative, inquisitive, and kind. See for yourself!

To help them out, make sure you text Clorox7598 to 44144 (it's FREE and it ends December 9th!), or donate using Pay Pal in the top right corner of our blog!