Get ready! The GMT Fourth of July Bake Sale is almost here!

As a tradition, Genesee Mountain Thunder hosts our highly-anticipated bake sale at the Genesee 4th of July Celebration event. This is a tremendous event for our community, wonderful for family involvement, and is our biggest fundraiser of the season. The bake sale is part of the overall Genesee Foundation 4th celebration-- which starts with a fun run, then a morning parade (more to come on NEW traditions here...) and continues with music, pool games, and other exciting activities. Our tent is set up in the middle of all the fun and people look forward to all the treats: the small nibbles, the family-sized treats, and the grand baked goods, which they purchase to bring to picnics and parties later in the day. We encourage all swim team families to be part of the fun!

WE NEED YOU AND YOUR THUNDEROUS BAKING SKILLS!

We're excited for a delicious, creative, and profitable Bake Sale. Get CREATIVE and get the kids involved – they love being able to help and show their friends what they made!! Here are just a few ideas that sell well:

• Homemade pies - super popular and big-ticket items for us
• Homemade cakes – BIG or small, we will sell them all!
• Homemade cupcakes – please plan to package to sell (individual, sets of 4 or 6, dozen)
• Homemade bars or brownies – see above, same as cupcakes
• Homemade banana bread (or other tea bread) - sliced or whole
• Homemade cookies - packaged 2-4/bag (please bake at least 2 dozen)
• Popcorn packaged in patriotic-themed bags
• Chocolate-dipped pretzel rods with red-white-blue sprinkles

Remember it's 4th of July, so the more patriotic the decoration or packaging the better. Presentation is as important as the taste. In addition, if you have another baker in the family, or a neighbor that bakes and would like to donate too, please encourage! This year, we are going to ask greater Genesee if there are others interested in baking/donating and trying to bring more community to our swim team.

We also will need people to work shifts in the tent that morning to sell the items. It’s fun and you will be in the shade. Darcey Kramer ([email protected]) will be coordinating the event and will send out further specifics.

THANK YOU in advance for all of your delicious donations, time and volunteerism, and effort in making this year's bake sale our best yet.

As always, GO GMT!