bake sale
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The life-limiting condition will eventually leave him reliant on a wheelchair and in need of specialist home adaptations, so the family are raising money pound by pound, bake sale by bake sale.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
She cooks strange things for him — a school bake sale becomes a source of humiliation for him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
The beauty of the bake sale is that its power is not in how it's scaled, but rather in the thought and the feeling behind it.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2023
When I asked a group of students doing a bake sale next to the basketball court, they said they had never seen anyone there.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
“So you’ll do it? Oh, I’m so glad. The bake sale committee really needs somebody like you.”
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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