Annual Gingerbread University Holiday Workshop

Kids Decorating Workshop Raises Funds for Needy Kids

There’s no shortage of gumdrops, lollipops and marshmallows – or creative fun for kids – at this year’s Annual Gingerbread University Holiday Workshop, hosted by the WE CARE Fund of the Nassau County Bar Association. Children of all ages will have the opportunity to decorate their very own gingerbread houses at the Nassau County Bar Association, 15^th and West Streets, Mineola. Upon successful completion of the course “curriculum,” graduating students will receive their creations as well as a diploma in the Degree in Gingerbreadology.

While the kids have fun, they are also helping those less fortunate. All proceeds from the annual holiday event are donated to the WE CARE Fund, the philanthropic arm of the Nassau County Bar Association.  WE CARE funds are raised by the legal profession and the community-at-large at various fund raising activities throughout the year. Nearly 100% raised is distributed through charitable grants to improve the quality of life for children, the elderly and others in need throughout Nassau County. In the 20 years since its founding, Nassau County attorneys have given $2 million to more than 100 local charitable causes. This is the 10^th year WE CARE has sponsored Gingerbread University.

Tuition for the two-hour “course” is $40 per child, and each student may keep the final decorated gingerbread house. Parents are welcome to photograph or videotape their child’s progress as well as the final Commencement exercises.  Light refreshments will be served.  You may also wish to pre-order a take home kit including a gingerbread house and everything needed to decorate it, for $45. The kit can be picked up on December 3.

Gingerbread University students can sign up for one of two sessions, Session I:  9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. or Session II: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.  To sign up, send your name, address, total number of children attending, the session you plan to attend, and the total tuition with a check made out to the WE CARE Fund, to the WE CARE Fund, Nassau County Bar Association, 15^th and West Streets, Mineola, NY  11501. Parents may sign up via credit card on the web site, www.nassaubar.org, and click on Calendar, Special Events. This popular course usually sells out, so reserve early!  For more information, contact Elaine Leventhal, 516-747-4070 or eleventhal@nassaubar.org. 

Founded in 1899, the NCBA, with a membership of nearly 6,000 private and public attorneys, judges, legal educators and law students, is the largest suburban bar association in the country. The NCBA demonstrates its commitment to the community by offering a variety of services for the public, including lawyer referral services, senior citizen and mortgage foreclosure clinics, judicial screening, public education programs and support for the Volunteer Lawyers Project, which provides much-needed free legal services for the indigent of Nassau County. WE CARE, the NCBA’s charitable arm, assists children, the elderly and others in need, through countless projects and donations.  For more information, call (516) 747-4070 (language translation available), email info@nassaubar.org, or visit www.nassaubar.org.