Duncan Hines is sponsoring a bake sale contest to benefit CancerCare for Kids.
To enter, register your bake sale at www.duncanhines.com by Nov. 1.
Hold a bake sale then donate the proceeds to CancerCare for Kids, a nonprofit organization that helps children with cancer and their families by providing counseling, educational workshops and more. A donation form is available on the site.
Entrants should then submit pictures of their most creative cupcakes along with a 50-words-or-less story describing their bake sale.
Group and individual entries to the contest will be judged on criteria including creativity and inspiration.
Entries can be submitted online at www.duncanhines.com. The individual grand prize winner will receive a $500 savings bond and a Cuisinart stand mixer. The winning group members will receive a $100 savings bond and a Cuisinart hand mixer.
Try These Road Trip Timeaters
Traveling with kids can feel like an eternity. Lisa Kothari, author of the book “Dear Peppers and Pollywogs — What Parents Want to Know About Planning Their Kids’ Parties,” suggests some fun games to keep the kids occupied during a long car ride this summer.
I’m Thinking of an Animal Game. Have the kids think of an animal, and then provide clues to everyone else about the animal he is thinking about so that others can guess the animal. Play until the animals are determined.
Rainbow Game: Call out a color and each person has to find something that color. For example, when you call out green, one person might point to grass.
Tell Tall Tales: One person starts off telling a story. He talks for about a minute and stops when he reaches an exciting moment. Another person picks up where he left off. The game continues, with the tale twisting and turning with each new storyteller.
Alphabet Game: Look for all the letters of the alphabet on signs, cars, restaurants, etc. So you might find A on a traffic sign and B on the license plate in front of you, and C on the Chevrolet next to you, etc. You keep going until you get through the whole alphabet.
