Notes on a Faculty Bake Sale

From Pat Andrews

Thursday, March 24, 2005

West Valley and Mission Colleges faculty held a bake sale this morning to raise money for basic supplies in short supply due to budget cuts this year by the District administration. Faculty from various departments, including Language Arts, Social Sciences, Biology, Astronomy, and Fine Arts, staffed tables on campus to sell cookies, muffins, and other home-baked goods to students, staff, and faculty. At West Valley College the Social Science and Language Arts divisions combined to raise over $120. “This will allow me to buy basic supplies like copier paper, pens, and board markers, all supplies that are unavailable or rationed to us now,” said one instructor.

Through the bake sale, the faculty hoped also to publicize cutbacks and lack of adequate funding for basic supplies.

From Donna Frankel

Saturday, March 26, 2005

The bake sale outside the Mission Part Time Center earned $100 on March 24. My husband and I have decided to donate a brand new (in the box) Cannon ink jet printer so the money earned can be used for paper and internet service (if needed), thereby stretching our funds. Has anyone ever donated an item to the college to know what the correct procedure is? I would like to get a tax deduction receipt if possible for the donation.

A big thank you to those who baked: Louise Lodato, Benjamin Mendlelsohn, Matt Philion, Donna Frankel and to those who brought: Donna Bernabie, Marge Throndson, Bruce who teaches Physics and Soc part time, and to all those who bought, and to those who worked at the table: Margaret Schieck, Humanshu Rath, Louise Lodato, Pat Andrews, and to those who helped clean up: Matt Philion and Louise Lodato.