The Hampton U Chapter of Her Campus is excited to report that our first ever She’s the First Bake Off against the other Her Campus chapters across the nation. When first introduced with this email the team was very excited about sponsoring a girl in a developing country and raising money for her to go to college. After long search and deliberation we stumbled across Meseret Z. Her story really stuck with the chapter so we voted that she would be the one we would sponsor.
Almost a month of planning, filling out paperwork, and juggling ideas went into our bake sale. However, all the stress was worth seeing our ideas come to fruition. Professors partnered with us to grant their students extra credit if they donated or bought a cupcake for Meseret.
As soon as we decorated the table assigned to us for our bake sale we immediately had customers come. Many people were interested about She’s the First, joining our Her Campus Chapter, and learning about Meseret’s story. Some people bought who pans of cupcakes while others gave large amounts of donations. And many Hamptonians donated without wanting a cupcake.
The excitement began when 12 pans of cupcakes dwindle down to 6, then 3, then just the cupcake tier. As the cupcakes went we knew we were getting closer to Meseret’s goal we made for our chapter. We eventually sold all our cupcakes and were finally giving a face for Her Campus Hampton U. Many students showed their support via social media. Our chapter is more than excited for the next She’s the First Bake Off and will set a even greater girl for another girl.