Madness Against Malaria, Sasha, 2/18/08 – 2/21/08

This is a reflection on my first bake sale. My progress of it can be seen in my log. I worked with Hannah S, Sophie, Amy, and Brianna to bake, frost, and sell the baked goods. I think that this whole thing went really well. Aside from the fact that some of the brownies were so crumbly we couldn’t sell them, everything was okay. At first, when I was selling everything, I thought I wouldn’t even have enough money to pay my mom back for all the ingredients! I was really scared. But I ended up making about a $100 profit! The whole time of this project I felt fine and content. I had a great time making all the things. What really surprised me about this was how many people there are in the lobby as soon as school gets out. Everything just dissappears immediately.

Something I learned while doing this project is that greasing the pan when baking is totally necessary, and if you don’t you only get half the cake out. I also learned that random strangers get surprisiongly annoyed when offered baked goods for good causes. What I learned about sustainability with this project was that although it can sometimes be really easy to make a difference if you just put in a little effort, it can also sometimes be really hard. Adding up all the time, I think I worked on this for at least eleven hours! I did not learn anything about the organization’s inner workings from this project. A goal I would set for my next work is to get more helpers ahead of time because everything seemed kind of last – minute to me. I don’t have any questions for anyone this time. What other steps I need to take for Madness for Malaria is to think of more ideas of what I can do to raise money besides bake sales. I might do one more bake sale, but I want to do other things as well. I want to remember everything I am writing here for my Day of Learning Presentation. Unfortunately, there is no other material that I have to post, because I currently have no camera.