{"id":1213,"date":"2010-11-08T21:24:44","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T02:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/?p=1213"},"modified":"2010-11-08T21:24:44","modified_gmt":"2010-11-09T02:24:44","slug":"charity-event-a-huge-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2010\/11\/08\/charity-event-a-huge-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Charity Event a Huge Success!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, November 7, we had a lot of fun for a good cause.\u00a0 Thirteen au pairs from our cluster worked together to make 393 servings of snack mix for the DC Central Kitchen.\u00a0 The only reason they stopped there was we ran out of cereal and pretzels.\u00a0 So, I bought some more cereal on my way home and my kids and I used up the rest of the ingredients to make another 77 servings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That gave us a grand total of&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">470 servings of snack mix!<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gi90.photobucket.com\/groups\/k241\/HRK5K1A3T2\/DSC03949-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The snack mix is being donated to the DC Central Kitchen for a program called Healthy Returns.\u00a0 Healthy Returns brings healthy meals and snacks to agencies serving low-income children and at-risk youth throughout the Washington DC area. To find out more about the program visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dccentralkitchen.org\/healthy-returns.php\">DC Central Kitchen website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Special thanks to Holy Trinity Episcopal Church for allowing us to use their parish hall for the event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Here are some more photos:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gi90.photobucket.com\/groups\/k241\/HRK5K1A3T2\/DSC03943-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gi90.photobucket.com\/groups\/k241\/HRK5K1A3T2\/DSC03944-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gi90.photobucket.com\/groups\/k241\/HRK5K1A3T2\/DSC03945-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gi90.photobucket.com\/groups\/k241\/HRK5K1A3T2\/DSC03946-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gi90.photobucket.com\/groups\/k241\/HRK5K1A3T2\/DSC03947-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gi90.photobucket.com\/groups\/k241\/HRK5K1A3T2\/DSC03948-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I had au pairs from France, Guatemala, Sweden, Costa Rica, Thailand, Brazil &amp; Germany all show up and work together for this worthy cause. One au pair just arrived from orientation three days ago and another au pair will finish her extension year in two weeks and au pairs at all different stages of their au pair experience in between.\u00a0 I was very proud of these ladies!<\/p>\n<p>Update: Sandra and\u00a0I made a trip to the DC Central Kitchen to drop off the boxes of\u00a0snack mixes. 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