BFF Club Strikes Again

My girls belong to the BFF Club, Best Friends Forever.  They and four other girls formed it.  It started back in March, I guess and one of the first things they did was have a bake sale during our annual neighborhood garage sale.  They raised over one hundred dollars.  They took themselves to lunch and are spending the rest on children less fortunate then them, providing food, clothing etc.

The other thing they have started is their own Bible study.  On friendship.  One of the mom's found a bible study that listed a good many Scripture verses on what it means to be a good friend and what it looks like to be a not so good friend.  Last month, before our monthly book club get together, the six girls with one of the mom's got together, prayed, shared requests and went through a couple of the verses they had read and studied.

Then, about two weeks ago, another mom heard about a need from an orphanage in Haiti where all of the kids were sleeping on a concrete floor.  She rallied the BFF Club and they had another bake sale.  This time it was during one of our college football home games.  And they sold baked goods to tailgaters.  They met in a parking lot of a business who was willing to help them out.  They loaded up their bake goods into a wagon and went around selling there treats.

The girls were blown away by the response of the people.  Many of which just gave donations and didn't necessarily want the baked goods.  I think the girls learned a lot.  How to approach people, how to answer questions, how important it is to help others.  They raised quite a bit of money.  All of which they turned over to Hope to Haiti.  H2H will then take the money to Haiti and buy bed rolls until more money can be raised to get the children actual beds.

The BFF Club is one of the best things that I could have hoped for for the girls.  As the girls get older and start "going out in the world" it will be so important for them to have awesome, like minded friends to help encourage them and keep them accountable.

I am so thankful for each one of these girls and for their families.  It is so wonderful to be able to do life together . . . 

BFF Club

I am so very proud of my girls and their awesome friends.  Some weeks ago, they created the BFF Club.  The BFF Club makes baked goods and sells them.  Half of the proceeds go to Samaritan's Purse, an organization that provides supplies such as mosquito nets and baby chicks along with the Gospel to third world countries.  They have great plans for the other half.  Things like doing lunch and trips to NYC!

Anyway, their first BFF Bake Sale was last Saturday during our annual neighborhood garage sale.  The club includes my two older girls and four of their best friends.  Each girl was to bake one thing to sell.  My girls were responsible for their own bake goods.  And they wanted to make most of it from scratch.  I took them to Walmart so they could buy the supplies that we didn't already have.  And they made Key Lime cupcakes and Cookie Pops.  All by themselves.  (I did end up having to make the frosting because we had a house full of girls.)

At the last minute I decided to have all the girls sleep over so they could be ready to go first thing in the morning.  By 8 o'clock they had their table set up at the entrance to our cul-de-sac complete with a pink table cloth!  All I did, all morning, was kind of hang back and let them do their thing.  Occasionally they would ask me for help or to get them something and I was happy to oblige.  But, other than those few things they were completely on their own.  And they did fabulous.

One of the girls and the neighbor boy, went around the neighborhood with signs on their bikes (and backs) advertising the sale.  They made change, packaged goodies, answered questions and basically had a fabulous time.  It was a gorgeous morning.

By 11:30, they had just about sold out of everything.  So, the packaged some things together and sold them at a discount.  They took the last plate of three or four cupcakes to a neighbor (who gave them a buck) and they sold out of everything.  There had been three types of cupcakes, cookie pops, bird's nests, mini banana bread, rice krispy treats and shortbread cookies.

Of course the girls were anxious to count their earnings.  When all was said and done they had made $110!  They were ecstatic!  To say the least.

They have since assigned officer titles and will be having their next meeting this coming Monday to figure out how to spend the money and to plan their next event.

To say I am proud would be an understatement.  I really was hand off (which is so hard for me) and they did so awesome!!  I am interested to see what they have planned next . . .