Great American Bake Sale: Cape Cod Hospital joins effort to end childhood hunger

Cape Cod Hospital to take part in a national effort to end childhood hunger

Cape Cod Hospital will be participating in Share Our Strength's Great American Bake Sale on Thursday, June 25, 2009. This is part of a national effort that encourages Americans to host bake sales to help end childhood hunger. Since 2003, more than 1.3 million people have participated in Great American Bake Sale, raising nearly $5 million.

"I’m not leaving until everything is gone," Melissa promises.

Melissa Russell, RN, a maternity nurse at Cape Cod Hospital is heading up the effort in the Cape Cod Hospital lobby from 7:00 am until everything is sold out. "I’m not leaving until everything is gone," Melissa promises. 

She has enlisted the baking skills of many members of the hospital staff and will have many types of cookies cakes and breads, homemade chocolates and pies such as strawberry rhubarb and pina colada pie, as well as lemon squares and gingerbread white chocolate bars. Also on hand will be the Cape Cod Hospital Bake Off winner from last year, baking her winning entries for the sale.

Funds from the bake sale will stay here on Cape Cod, supporting after-school and summer feeding programs in our community — food programs that hundreds of kids depend on. It's a fun solution with a large impact.

Share Our Strength® is the leading national organization working to make sure no kid in America grows up hungry. They weave together a net of community groups, activists and food programs to catch children at risk of hunger, and ensure they have nutritious food where they live, learn and play. They work with the culinary industry to create engaging, pioneering programs like Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation®, Share Our Strength's Great American Bake Sale®, Share Our Strength's A Tasteful Pursuit®, Share Our Strength's Great American Dine Out, and Share Our Strength's Operation Frontline®. For more information, please visit www.greatamericanbakesale.org.

Release courtesy of Cape Cod Hospital.

Cape Cod Healthcare is the leading provider of healthcare services for residents and visitors of Cape Cod. With more than 450 physicians and 4,500 employees, Cape Cod Healthcare has two-acute care hospitals, the largest home health services agency on the Cape (VNA), a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility, an assisted living facility and numerous health programs. For more information, visit Cape Cod Healthcare’s web site at www.capecodhealth.org.