CARTHAGE, Mo. — You’re familiar with food drives for things like canned veggies and macaroni and cheese, but how about one focused on something sweeter?
“Jasper County 4-H” is hosting a birthday cake kit drive.
Officials are asking for cake mix, tubs of frosting, candles, and sprinkles.
The list also includes 12-ounce cans of soda, which can substitute for eggs and oil.
The donations will go to the “Salvation Army” and “Crosslines Ministries.”
“We’re going to donate to those. I spoke with the lady at Crosslines the other day, she’s very excited because she has a birthday wall where they have small gifts. When parents come in, their kids have birthdays, they get to pick a gift. So she’s going to incorporate these birthday kits into her gifts,” said Janie Garner, MU Extension Youth Program.
Listed below are sites accepting donations:
- Carthage AT&T
- MU Extension Office
- Race Brothers
- Midwest Ag
- Route 66 Theater
- Bailey’s Family Dining
- Carl Junction Chamber of Commerce
- Cycle Connection
