After 11 hours of baking the day before, yesterday I set up a small cupcake stall at General Dynamics Information Technology's London call centre.
I started off the day with around 150 cupcakes boxed up to take with me to central London, but before travelling to General Dynamics I visited a nearby family relative who purchased £9 worth of cupcakes. After this, I travelled there via tube/metro.
Once arriving, I set up my stall in time for day time staffs' lunch breaks and continued selling until late evening (around 9pm) for the night time workers.
There were 6 types of vegan cupcakes available:- Almond & Cardamom, Almond, Coconut, Chocolate, Vanilla and Coffee with Cinnamon Crumble Topping. I also spent the day prior to baking making bath bombs/fizzers to sell. I used almond oil to result in a silky smooth feel and made 4 flavours:- Jasmine, Rose, Fruit and Mixed Flowers.
I am pleased to say that the total I raised for Parichay yesterday comes to a total of £80 (approx 6600 Indian Rupees) . This money will go a long way towards Parichay achieving it's goals and will keep the project running smoothly - especially with the plan to expand the project site so all activities can take place at one site.
I was touched by the particular generosity of some staff members. Since I had advertised the stall a few days before, some staff members were kind enough to provide donations for Parichay despite these staff members knowing they would not be on shift the day of the sale.
There was also one particular staff member who purchased £2.50 worth of cupcakes, but generously gave £10! Staff at the company thoroughly enjoyed the cupcakes with the chocolate and coconut varieties proving to be the most popular.
I would like to extend my thanks to General Dynamics Information Technology for allowing me to sell cupcakes at their contact centre.
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Once arriving, I set up my stall in time for day time staffs' lunch breaks and continued selling until late evening (around 9pm) for the night time workers.There were 6 types of vegan cupcakes available:- Almond & Cardamom, Almond, Coconut, Chocolate, Vanilla and Coffee with Cinnamon Crumble Topping. I also spent the day prior to baking making bath bombs/fizzers to sell. I used almond oil to result in a silky smooth feel and made 4 flavours:- Jasmine, Rose, Fruit and Mixed Flowers.
I am pleased to say that the total I raised for Parichay yesterday comes to a total of £80 (approx 6600 Indian Rupees) . This money will go a long way towards Parichay achieving it's goals and will keep the project running smoothly - especially with the plan to expand the project site so all activities can take place at one site.
I was touched by the particular generosity of some staff members. Since I had advertised the stall a few days before, some staff members were kind enough to provide donations for Parichay despite these staff members knowing they would not be on shift the day of the sale.
There was also one particular staff member who purchased £2.50 worth of cupcakes, but generously gave £10! Staff at the company thoroughly enjoyed the cupcakes with the chocolate and coconut varieties proving to be the most popular.
I would like to extend my thanks to General Dynamics Information Technology for allowing me to sell cupcakes at their contact centre.
