Wrap Up: Round 19 The Christmas Round

{Clockwise from top left: Christmas Tree Cupcakes by Adrienne, Eggnog Fudge by me, Caramel Nut Chocolates by Adrienne, Christmas Sugar Cookies by Michelle L}

Merry Christmas lovely bakers!

This is gonna be short and sweet as we are just about to go bush in the South Island!

Thanks so so much for all the amazing baking we received this round, the response was overwhelming!  Thanks especially for the bakers for the Totara Hospice South Auckland run…we had loads of baking for our very first run – yay! I’ll have the wrap up for the Totara Hospice run in the new year but for the meantime…here’s all the gorgeous baking we got for the North Shore Hospice Christmas round:

Merry Christmas!!

{fairy lights ♥}

What is Christmas?  It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future.  It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace.  ~Agnes M. Pahro

Wrap Up: Baking for Totara Hospice South Auckland’s Volunteer Morning Tea

{The gorgeous Pavanie and her lovely mum, Thilaka at Totara Hospice South Auckland}

Last Sunday, Baking for Hospice officially included Totara Hospice South Auckland in our Christmas Round but we actually started baking for them a week earlier!

Totara Hospice South Auckland put on a morning tea for their lovely volunteers on December 13th and Pav and a bunch of us bakers made some baked treats to help cater for the event.

More exciting news: Baking for Hospice now including Mercy Hospice as well!!!

It’s such an incredible couple of months for Baking for Hospice.  We are baking for the North Shore Hospice, Totara Hospice South Auckland AND will soon be baking for Mercy Hospice too!

Mercy Hospice Auckland supports for people living in the Auckland District Health Board area by providing a range of specialist community palliative care and hospice services for people facing life limiting illnesses.  They also offer support to family, friends and carers to help them cope with problems arising from the illness and to rebuild their lives afterwards.  Mercy Hospice covers Auckland City and the central suburbs from Glendowie in the east to Avondale in the west, Herne Bay in the north to Mount Wellington in the south. Specialist inpatient care is also provided to people from Waiheke and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf.  Their services are provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and are offered free to patients and their families, regardless of age, ethnicity, means or religion, thanks to the generosity of the community.

Thanks to the hard work of Aimee, all the baking going to our new drop off site in Hillsborough will go to Mercy Hospice in Ponsonby starting in February!  Mercy aren’t quite ready for our baking influx until our February round but I thought we’d set up the drop off site anyways to get everything in place!

Exciting news: Baking for Hospice for South Auckland Hospice!

Hello bakers,

I am so so excited to announce that Baking for Hospice is now also providing baking for the Totara Hospice South Auckland!!

Totara Hospice South Auckland provides support for community in the South Auckland area. This covers from Mangere, Panama Rd (Mt Wellington) to Bucklands Beach in the north to Karaka, Drury, Ararimu and across to Matingarahi in the south.  They offer a comprehensive hospice/palliative care service which is free to all patients and their caregivers, thanks to the generosity of the people in the community who make donations and bequests to help meet costs

My very good friend Pavanie’s father had stayed at the South Auckland Hospice in his final days.  Pav has been helping me out with Baking for Hospice from the very first baking round and now she is going to help expand our baking run to include the South Auckland Hospice!

Reminder: Round 19 The Christmas Round = Sunday 18 December

{Christmas Tree Cake by Leemei @ My Cooking Hut ~ http://www.mycookinghut.com}

First of all,yay for Baking for Hospice and the North Shore Hospice getting on Asia Downunder yesterday on International Volunteers Day!!  If you missed the episode, you can catch it on here on TVNZ OnDemand.

And of course, just a quick reminder that Round 19, The Christmas Round is coming up on Sunday 18 December.

For some christmassy baking ideas check out these yuletide creations:

Baking for Hospice on Asia Downunder this Sunday!!!

Hello everyone,

A couple of rounds ago the lovely people at Asia Downunder filmed us doing a baking round, interviewing some of the patients and staff at the hospice and also some of you lovely bakers and generally making us all feel like movie stars for a volunteer episode.

I’m very excited to let you know that the episode is going to air this Sunday 4 December 11am on TV1!!!

Thank you so much to the gorgeous Geraldine and Vaughn from Asia Downunder for taking an interest in the North Shore Hospice and our little baking group, and being so unbelievably nice!

Now I just have to suss out how to work the freeview recording gadget.

Have a lovely week everyone!

Nessie

Round 18 Wrap Up: The Spring Round

{Left to Right: Berry and vanilla cupcakes by Nishi, Gingerbread flowers by Jude, and Lemon & blueberry daffodil cupcakes by Aimee}

Dear Bakers,

Have I told you guys how awesome you are lately?  Because you all are truly amazing people.  Every round I’m blown away by the immense talent we have in our wee baking group.  You can just tell that everyone of you has put so much love in to the baking.  From the bottom of my heart – Thank You.

This round was no exception.  Going through the photos and looking back at all the bright fresh spring time baking was a treat.  I couldn’t stop smiling.  Gosh you clever people!

On our springtime menu this round we had….

Spring Round Thank you!

Just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone who baked for the Spring Round!  We had a huge turnout and everything looked amazing!  Wrap Up coming soon so watch this space!

Reminder: Round 18 – Spring time – Sunday 30 October

{Flower cupcakes by Judy @ Judy in her natural habitat ~ http://domesticgoddessadventures.blogspot.com}

Yay for spring!

It really is starting to feel like spring time (finally!): the days are warming up, sunshine is peeking through, and asparagus has started making its grand entrance into vege stores!  The end of winter is nigh!

And what a better way to celebrate spring than with a Spring time themed Baking for Hospice Round.

Round 18: The Spring Time Round will be next weekend, Sunday 30 October 2011.

Get inspired by spring time with flowers, spring lambs, zesty lemons, juicy apricots, fresh asparagus and all things bright and vibrant!