BY DUCK PATERSON
As Ladysmith Secondary SchoolB次元官网网址檚 principal Dave Travers put it, B次元官网网址渕ilk and cookies are not just for little kids B次元官网网址� big kids love them as well.B次元官网网址�
Members of the Oceanview Community Church showed up at the school Nov. 18 with more than 1,300 home-baked cookies.
The project came out of phone call to Darrin Phillips, the pastor of Oceanview Community Church, from Living Edge Markets, a food bank operated out of five different churches, in Victoria. The food bank had received a donation of nine 50-pound sacks of flour which it wasnB次元官网网址檛 able to use.
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The church decided to approach Ladysmith intermediate and secondary schools with the idea of having a B次元官网网址楳ilk and Cookie DayB次元官网网址� and the principals of both schools jumped at the idea.
The next step was sourcing the milk, and Peter Richmond of the 49th Parallel Grocery and his staff arranged through Dairyland for a donation of 775 cartons. The balance of the cookie ingredients, such as sugar, butter, chocolate chips, etc., were supplied by Oceanview Church.
The intermediate school was planning a B次元官网网址楻espect WeekB次元官网网址� and principal Laura King thought the milk and cookie day would be a great tie-in. Once the students received their treats they were directed to a table covered in yellow newsprint where they could write down what B次元官网网址榬espectB次元官网网址� meant to them.
B次元官网网址淚t was a gorgeous sunny day and seeing the long line of 315 kids excitedly waiting was fantastic,B次元官网网址� Phillips said.
About 45 church members, including youths, participated in the cookie-making spree.
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The group baked chocolate chip cookies, gluten-free monster cookies and snickerdoodles, which the churchB次元官网网址檚 Brazilian youth pastor mis-heard B次元官网网址渁nd happily referred to them as B次元官网网址榮nickernoodlesB次元官网网址� all week,B次元官网网址� said Phillips.
The pastor said church members didnB次元官网网址檛 announce themselves as representing the church, hand out literature or talk about their faith.
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