Written by: Kate Snyder, Development and Donor Communications Coordinator
When Jane's* twin daughters were being Bat Mitzvahed, they decided that, for their service project, the family would bake brownies every week for EECM's Soup Kitchen for a year.
That was six years -- and about 18,000 brownies -- ago.
Jane's kids are now in college, but every Wednesday, you can
count on her to appear at the Soup Kitchen with a tray of home-made brownies. The project has taken on a life of its own!
Jane says that after the year was up, she arrived with what was to be the last brownie delivery. But as luck would have it, several Soup Kitchen patrons were in the kitchen when she came in. They shared with Jane how much they loved the brownies and she thought "I can't stop now!"
And so the brownies continued. First with her kids. Now alone, or with her husband's help, Jane bakes brownies each week.
Jane works in the emergency room at a local hospital. A few months ago, she was treating a patient that she recognized from the our programs. They got to talking and she mentioned her brownie-baking. The man's eyes lit up and he said: "Oh! You're the brownie lady!"
Now Jane jokes -- "That's it! I'm making brownies forever! How can I stop?"
*Our Brownie Saint is a modest and attention-avoiding person. Jane isn't her real name. And no, all you brownie-lovers out there, I won't share her address, either. Those brownies are for the Soup Kitchen!
When Jane's* twin daughters were being Bat Mitzvahed, they decided that, for their service project, the family would bake brownies every week for EECM's Soup Kitchen for a year.
That was six years -- and about 18,000 brownies -- ago.
Jane's kids are now in college, but every Wednesday, you can
count on her to appear at the Soup Kitchen with a tray of home-made brownies. The project has taken on a life of its own!Jane says that after the year was up, she arrived with what was to be the last brownie delivery. But as luck would have it, several Soup Kitchen patrons were in the kitchen when she came in. They shared with Jane how much they loved the brownies and she thought "I can't stop now!"
And so the brownies continued. First with her kids. Now alone, or with her husband's help, Jane bakes brownies each week.
Jane works in the emergency room at a local hospital. A few months ago, she was treating a patient that she recognized from the our programs. They got to talking and she mentioned her brownie-baking. The man's eyes lit up and he said: "Oh! You're the brownie lady!"
Now Jane jokes -- "That's it! I'm making brownies forever! How can I stop?"
*Our Brownie Saint is a modest and attention-avoiding person. Jane isn't her real name. And no, all you brownie-lovers out there, I won't share her address, either. Those brownies are for the Soup Kitchen!
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