Baking Fundraiser For Ukraine Reaches $6,300 In Northern Virginia

VIENNA, VA — After initial success of Northern Virginia bakers' fundraiser for Ukraine, thousands more have been raised for relief efforts, and a final round of fundraising is planned.

Sarah Marshall, owner of Vienna-based The Sweet Life NoVA, coordinated the group of bakers to put together boxes of baked goods with all proceeds benefiting organizations helping Ukrainian people. Local Bakers Bake for Ukraine started with an initial sale that sold out in seven minutes. Then the wait list grew to hundreds. In all, 29 bakers have raised $6,300 to support Ukraine. The main recipients of the fundraiser are World Central Kitchen, Save the Children and United Help Ukraine.

The first round of the fundraiser drew 13 bakeries to participate and raised $2,500. Those 24 boxes were prepared and distributed within days of the fundraiser being organized. A wait list was created in case the bakers could do future orders.

The second round is in progress to address some of the wait list. There are 20 participating bakeries in the second round, largely made up of new participants who wanted to join. The second round of orders raised another $3,800, bringing the fundraiser's grand total to $6,300.

The third and final round of the fundraiser will be a silent auction, The Sweet Life NoVA shared on Facebook. All participating bakers were invited to donate one item. The auction will be open for bids starting March 27 through April 3. All proceeds will be donated to charities supporting Ukraine.

The auction will be available here.

Participating bakeries have included Panda Bakes, Pippi & Penelope, Denise's Cookie Cassel, Lucy Q's, Bake to Bless, Treats and Sweets 4 U, Honey Love Cakery, From Maddie's Kitchen, CKookies, The Sweet Life NoVA, Batter Up By Riya, Bobby's Bagel Cafe, Trilogy Bakehouse, The Crumbled Cookie, Booky Bakes, Whisked By Mukta, Vee's Sweet Bakes, Cranky Mom's Creations, Sugarcoated Bakery, Klookies, Snickersville Bakeshop, Little Carousels Macarons Co, Flourloom, Momma Lemon's Treats, Delicioso Decor, Madeleine Proust, Sweet Gratitude Bakery and Ola's Bakery.

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