Sherman's bake sale was a HUGE success!!

We had a blast (even though it was tiring) organizing everything for the bake sale. We ended up with TONS of sweets! People from my work baked, people from Linda's work and sorority baked, some pug people baked... There were really good stuff there.

I will post pug party pics later, but I wanted to let you know how successful our event was!

Sherman's surgery cost almost $1,300, Vickie had already paid (with Polar Pug Rescue funds) $200... We raised (drum roll please)... $1,142 at the bale sale/pug party! We had it set up sort of as a silent auction, but we could negotiate if someone didn't want to wait until the end, and wanted to pay more than the minimum. One 'better than sex' cake went for $100! *LOL*

We not only now have enough to pay the bill off, we have a few pennies left in the bank account!!

Sherman at the pug party: I actually help him quite a bit. We just didn't want him getting down and getting that knee bumped. He's actually walking and not staying in the crate 24/7, but not with so many dogs around.


Some of the get-well cards he received:

YAY for Sherman!! We had so much fun making those carob cupcakes, that Amber bought them back. How funny is that....we make an item to sell, and my daughter buys them right back. I'm so very glad we raised the money for Sherman's surgery.

I bought some of Jacquie's cookies....YUM YUM.

Dang, that is a LOT of cookies and brownies! Congrats and well done. Give Sherman a gentle hug for me please.

WOW, Maryjo--that's fantastic. And sherman looks positively outraged to be in a crate!!

That is so awesome MJ! I tried to get my friend from high school to stop by, but he texted me and said he was snowboarding in all of the fresh powder you got up there. I am so glad the event went well. Hooray.

Nice work!! And yes, Sherman doesn't look too thrilled....

YAY!!!!!! I'm so glad it was successful. Poor Sherman...he looks dashing with the red cast, but none to happy to be in the crate.

FAN-BLOODY-TASTIC!!! I'm so glad it was such a success!

That's one AMAZING result for a bake sale!!!! I'm so happy for you - and for Sherman! It would be sad if he had to put his leg - cast and all - in hock.

Well done, everyone!

Fantastic!!

Hurray for Sherman & PPR!

Yay! That's awesome!!

Congratulations on your hard work!!!

Katie & Stella wrote:Yay! That's awesome!!

what katie said.

How WONDERFUL!! But I have to ask...just what did you put in the brownies...???

Pugsavers wrote:How WONDERFUL!! But I have to ask...just what did you put in the brownies...???

I didn't make any brownies, but several of Linda's friends did. *LOL* I gave up chocolate for Lent, can't touch 'em... *wink*

I love that so many people baked.. but I love more that so many people BOUGHT the bakings!!

well done!

Not Afraid wrote:That's one AMAZING result for a bake sale!!!! I'm so happy for you - and for Sherman! It would be sad if he had to put his leg - cast and all - in hock.

We did the bake sale as a silent auction. People had minimum bids per package, and people were having fun bidding against each other! Some people wanted certain things, so they'd START with an outrageous bid. *LOL* Linda & Vickie were out in the bake-sale area running it. I was with the pug party people and there pugs.

I took Sherman out of his crate frequently and would walk around, cuddling him. People got to meet this sweet boy first-hand. I think it helped the bids and donations a lot.

All in all, everyone had a blast!

Maryjo, I'm so glad to hear that Sherman's bake sale went well and even raised a little extra! What a great success!!

Holy crapola!!! I can't believe how much you made. That is awesome! Where was it? Do you think the location helped? I was just paying some SEPRA bills and it's not good. We are going broke again.

That is so totally awesome Maryjo. congratulations!!

That gives me and idea for when we have another ever. We have quite a few cake decorating volunteers.. I think I will ask each to bake a pug related cake or something like that...I love bidding wars!!

Great news, I'm glad it was such a success!

Three cheers for Sherman, PPR, and the good people who bought the goodies.

hooray! how exciting!
glad to hear it was a success!