582 Muffinteers & $20K Donated for National Muffin Day 2023
Thank you for helping us #GiveMuffins
Dear Muffinteers,
Thank you. We’re so grateful to you! Below is a review of our impact for this year’s National Muffin Day, the 9th annual celebration. We’d love to keep in touch with you throughout the year and continue to celebrate the Muffin Day spirit. Feel free to comment below to share your muffin memories.
Made a Major Impact
This was a record-breaking year of #GiveMuffins participation with cities across the globe joining us to bake an impact. Thank you to everyone who also donated. Our community fundraiser raised $600! Thank you for your generosity.
We’re pleased to share our Muffin Money raised this year: $20K will be donated. Thank you to the generosity of the Muffin Man, his family, our friends, and the Muffinteers. Our causes are Family Promise and Project Homeless Connect. We’re beyond thankful and thrilled to share the exciting news that 582 Muffinteers baked with us this year!
Muffinteer Moments
There are so many wonderful memories to highlight. We’ve started sharing them on our social channels and invite you to let us know the story behind your photo. Keep following our Facebook page, Facebook Group or Instagram to see the moments. What was meaningful for your Muffin Day participation? Here are a few that made us smile:
Muffin Making Brand Gratitude
There were some amazing muffins made by talented bakers. Thank you:
King Arthur Baking Company: Gave us a shout-out on Instagram Stories!
Bake Me Healthy: Kimberle Lau, Founder & Chief Baker made mochi muffins. Watch the Reel. Check out her mixes coming soon.
Victoria Bakery & Cafe: Based in Marin, California this 100-year-old traditional Italian bakery is a family favorite. Follow their baking.
Handle the Heat®: Tessa Arias, we appreciate you sharing the Muffin Movement with your followers.
Bake with Lenka: Baking & teaching classes on traditional European pastries 🥨🍶🥖 in Park City, Utah. She made amazing cinnamon swirl muffins. Check out her classes online!
An Acquired Chef: Baked spiced pear muffins all the way from Melbourne, Australia. Check out her classes online!
Watch our Bake-a-long Video
Ploy of Ploy’s Kitchen was our first Baker in Residence, teaching us delicious blueberry muffins. Here’s the recipe. Check out Ploy’s courses all year long.
Request a Mufinteer Certificate
For any Muffinteer, we would like to recognize you with a Muffinteer Certificate sent via email. Send us a DM on Facebook or Instagram or reply to this newsletter email to request a Certificate to remember your meaningful Muffin Day. Send a picture with your Certificate, and we’ll feature you on our social channels.
Organizations We’ve Helped
Muffin Day supports Family Promise, helping families experiencing homelessness and Project Homeless Connect which connects San Franciscans experiencing homelessness or at risk of experiencing homelessness with the care they need to move forward.
Many of you have given locally and we want to recognize several of those organizations. Reply to let us know the cause you supported:
New York —Bethany House, a shelter for women and children who are experiencing homelessness,
Kentucky — Warm Blessings, a community kitchen providing hot, home-cooked meals
Maryland — Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless, whose vision is to end homelessness by building a community where everyone has a safe, stable, and affordable place to call home.
Make a Muffin Impact All Year Long
Want to be a volunteer phone buddy for a neighbor experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity? Miracle Friends is a safe, easy, and rewarding way to support our unhoused neighbors. Volunteers commit ~20-30 minutes a week for a phone conversation or text exchange with their friend to provide general social support. This 100% virtual volunteer opportunity can be done from anywhere in the world! Visit Miracle Messages or email ashleyd@miraclemessages.org for more information.
❤️ Thank you for your support of National Muffin Day, a philanthropic food holiday that takes place every year on the Sunday after February 20th.
Our Muffinteers bake and #GiveMuffins with us by sharing photos on social media and donating them to their communities. For every baker, the Muffin Man will donate per baker to causes helping address hunger and homelessness.
Much Muffin Appreciation,
Julia and Jacob “The Muffin Man”
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