<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Hi All,<div><br></div><div>43 days until convention!</div><div>Thank you to everyone who has already signed up to contribute something for our bake auction. If you’ve been thinking about contributing, now is the time to commit. Please let me know what you would like to bring so that we can plan accordingly and make sure we don’t end up with a bunch of the exact same item. Our plan is to auction the items off throughout the convention sessions. Exactly how many items we will have each session will depend on how many items we have. Variety and creativity are welcome, as is getting your friends or family members to make something.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again!</div><div>Helen</div><div><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Helen Mejia</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="mailto:hmejianfb@gmail.com">hmejianfb@gmail.com</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">570.983.7867</div><div><br></div><div>On Aug 19, 2024, at 7:55 PM, Helen Stevens <hstevensnfb@gmail.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Good Evening All,<div><br></div><div>This year we will be holding a bake auction during State Convention. We will spread the auction throughout the session similar to how door prize drawings are conducted. Won’t it be fun to purchase a tasty treat to both support our organization and keep our stomachs happy at the same time?</div><div><br></div><div>Now is the time to start thinking about what you might like to contribute to our auction. It could be a batch of your favorite cookies, a cake, a pie, that special dessert you’re famous for, or pretty much anything that you think others would enjoy eating that doesn’t need to be kept really cold (sadly ice cream cake probably isn’t a good choice). We could even stretch the term bake to include other homemade yumminess like apple butter, pickled beets, or whatever else we like to make and eat in Iowa.</div><div><br></div><div>I will be coordinating the auction, as we don’t want to have ten pans of brownies after all, so please reach out to me off list at the contact information below with what you would like to bring. If we get too many people wanting to bring the same item, it’ll be first come, first served. Otherwise, we’re pretty flexible.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for all your help baking and eating :)</div><div>Helen Mejia</div><div><a href="mailto:hmejianfb@gmail.com">hmejianfb@gmail.com</a></div><div>570.983.7867</div></div></div></div><br></div></body></html>