|| Brandi's Wish Foundation Bake Sale ||

Saturday, 27 July 2013

|| Brandi's Wish Foundation Bake Sale ||

Today (Saturday the 27th of July) my sister and I hosted in bake sale in aid Brandi's Wish Foundation;

Brandi's Wish Foundation aims to offer intervention, prevention and education assistance with addiction and recovery, particularly within prescription drug abuse and addiction.

It was created in March 2011after the loss of Brandi Meshad to prescription drugs, and since then her mother, Lisa Brandy, has fought long and hard to get her story out and help change the lives of those suffering with this disease and to help prevent anyone else succumbing to this problem.

She believes that "the deaths that occur from the misuse and abuse of prescription medications are preventable," and that "we must change the way communities perceive addiction and the victims of this disease and proactively work to educate children, parents and community members to remove the stigma associated with the disease of addiction."

The main goals of Brandi's Wish are:

To actively work in changing state legislation and pass laws that protect our children from the dangers of prescription drug misuse and abuse.

To create and offer school programs to educate families beginning in elementary school and continuing through high school to the danger of using and abusing drugs.

To offer referral services to those families in need of rehabilitative and substance abuse recovery programs.

To help families in need with financial assistance if they have a teen at high-risk and in crisis and cannot afford the cost of rehabilitative programs.

Brandi's Wish Foundation is a charity that is close to my heart as I know the Meshads well and almost consider them family. Brandi was one of the most wonderful people I have ever had the honour of knowing and my memories of her will stay with me forever. Her mother is one of the strongest women I know and I admire her for everything she does, even when it seems like it's all getting to hard she keeps going, pursuing to spread the word and change lives.

For more information about Brandi's Wish, please visit the Facebook page or the website to learn more about this wonderful charity.

Today the cakes my sister and I made raised £47, which in US dollars is around $72. We spent the whole of Friday baking (and I have to admit, I'm not the greatest baker and I've never enjoyed it a great deal) and made an array of various baked treats such as: rainbow cake, lemon syrup cake, cupcakes, chocolate chunk cookies and chocolate crispies. My neighbour Rosie was also kind enough to bake some chocolate brownies. All in all the day was a success and I would like to thank everyone that helped out by purchasing out cakes and helping donate to this wonderful cause.

http://www.brandiswish.org

Here are some pictures taken from Friday (the day of baking) and today whilst selling them.