This year’s National Cupcake Day did not disappoint! Our nation’s sweetest mission saw bakers unite from all over South Africa to bake massive changes into the lives of children fighting cancer. Together, they raised over R 2million:
South Africa (02 October 2024) — National Cupcake Day has come and gone once again, leaving behind a sweet legacy and massive change for children fighting cancer in South Africa.
In exceptional news for this year’s cupcake mission, a whopping R2,326,347 million has been raised thanks to all those who participated—from South African decorating savants to baking wizards, rookies in the kitchen, professional pastry legends and all those who came out to support the cause.
Underway this past weekend on 28 September, malls across South Africa lit up with cupcake delights of all shades, colours and flavours. 70 malls took part in the challenge, while thousands of bakers took part.
The funds they helped raise head off to help Cupcakes of Hope, an NPC and PBO that provides assistance and support to families and children fighting cancer. If the name wasn’t enough of an indicator, Cupcakes of Hope does a lot of their incredible work (they’ve assisted more than 10,000 patients in the past 20 years) through cupcake-centric fundraising efforts, year-round.
Their efforts help support everything from covering medical bills to other essential needs like nappies and nutrition.
In even more good news, this year’s National Cupcake Day outdid last year’s number of funds raised (R2,278,525), meaning that awareness and support for childhood cancer are spreading far and wide like icing on a massive cake of local love!
As Cupcakes of Hope aptly puts it:
Mother Teresa said: “We can’t all do great things, but we can do little things with great LOVE”. And that is what Cupcakes of HOPE is all about. Thank you for helping us spread Cupcake LOVE all across South Africa.”
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