A Sleepover of COFFEE!

We collected a total of $40 worth of coffee money. The Center Brunswick UM Church also collected 58 pounds of coffee that needed to be repacked into 1/2 pound bags for the Pittstown Food Pantry... So - we had a total of 70 - yes SEVENTY pounds of coffee to handle at the sleepover~!
So - we jumped right in and got to work - - - labeling bags, filling and sealing them - and, moving coffee from the garage to be packed, and into boxes to be loaded into Mrs. M's car to deliver to the pantry on Saturday morning. What a shuffle it was - done in about an hour. NICE JOB EVERYON!

Here we are having fun and working SORT OF hard!

Then we made REINDEER Christmas Ornaments. If you made one be sure and save it in a safe place to enter in the WINTER FAIR!

We did a lot of HOT GLUE GUNNING! What fun for our 4H Friends to share. A guest came - Miss E - and everyone enjoyed a new face at this evening of fun. Glad you could come, and have a HAPPY BIRTHDAY next week!

Our finished critters! Yup - that looks like it is 80% recycled! Thanks Donna for the kits and organization you provided. Enjoyed by all!

After some more crafts - and a snack or two - 3 kids slept over. After a mere 7 hours of sleep - we went to deliver the coffee to the food pantry. Gosh - it looks like the sun wasn't even up yet!

Here we are - we went right to work filling up boxes for the Pantry Patrons to pick up at 9am. One stuffing, one can of yams, one dessert, 3 cans of veggies, rolls, apples, and more went into each box. The kids helped fill them and then checked the inventory sheets to make sure the box had EVERYTHING needed for a Thanksgiving Dinner. All in all - 60 boxes were prepared. What a great community service the pantry and her volunteers do.

Mrs. G took time out to explain how the Pantry works - and how people qualify to receive food. The pantry serves a lot of people and really helps them in these hard economic times. THANKS MRS. G!

Here is a completed box. All it needs is a turkey. They were outside - frozen in the back of a pick-up. What a nice box of food.

Then the 4H'ers returned 'home' to make breakfast. We had learned all about Baking Powder - acids and bases and CO2 the night before. Does anyone remember what we learned?????

Baking Powder is a LEAVENING AGENT. Having this in your recipe makes bubbles that lighten and soften baked goods – making them nicer to eat. Without the bubbles, cookies would taste like big flat hard crackers.

Dry Leavening Agent = Acid + Base + Inert Starch
BAKING POWDER = Cream of Tartar + Baking Soda + Cornstarch

When you mix this powder with water a chemical reaction happens with the acid and base. This reaction makes CARBON DIOXIDE BUBBLES in your recipe.

NaHCO3 + H+ ===> Na+ + CO2 + H2O is the chemical equation for what happens when you add water to Baking Powder

So we put this chemistry to work to see how good it might taste with a little flour, sugar and CHOCOLATE CHIPS tossed in!

The results looked pretty good, but not 1/2 as good as they tasted.

We also enjoyed some fresh scrambled eggs with our muffins. YUMM-I-E!