Krispy Kream - Doughnut Sale

This tuesday I have helped organise a campus-wide charity Doughnut Sale for a charity, aiming to help bring children from Betlehem to the UK for a cultural exchange stay, through the registered charity Betlehem Link.

The group is called the Hakaya band and is a Palestinian folk dancing and singing group which represents the Palestinian’s life style through songs and movements to the Dabka [the traditional dancing style of Palestinians danced at celebrations and festivals].

We've set-up two sites on campus and sold Doughnuts. My friends from the "Friends of Palestine" deserve all the credit since they did a fantastic job, selling the doughnuts and comming up with the idea in the first place. Krispy Kreme runs a charity fundraising branch of it's business, that allows one to resell their fresh doughnuts for a mark-up with the profit helping your cause. Fortunately Krispy Kreme seemed to be a very popular Doughnut make with the students on campus, so it sold relatively easily.

I must say that being involved in raising money for charity, where you know that the money will have a real impact (i.e. help cover the travel costs, that would otherwise be unnafordable) is just really wonderful. We sold well over 800 doughnuts and I am absolutely certain that the proceeds will make a real difference to these kids!