​Athens Student Bakes Macarons, Buys Food for the TSD Pantry

A special holiday donation came to the TSD Food Pantry, courtesy of a student at Athens who saw a need and filled it. "I have friends and family members with severe food allergies so I’ve seen the importance of getting the type of food you need when you have food allergies."

As someone with friends and families affected by food allergies, Ava felt passionately about providing the right kinds of food to people who need it. To raise the money to fund her project, Ava baked and sold macaron cookies and used the proceeds to purchase the food for the pantry. "My mom shared my idea (and my macarons) with her friends, and the idea just took off." Ava made 6 deliveries in the month of December, and did her 6th drop off of Gluten Free , Allergy friendly food stuff at Morse Food Pantry inside Morse Elementary School.

Her French Macaron waitlist is growing each day.

And Ava is happy she is able to give back her talent and time to the community because of her French Macarons supporters. “It was fun to see the kids, who loved seeing a highschooler at their school today---they especially loved my Antlers,” said Ava.🎄🤗 And Ava hopes that families love the variety of foods they can now get at the TSD Food Pantry.