Birthday Cakes 4 Free Maryland

Birthday Cakes 4 Free Maryland (BC4F) is a nonprofit organization that bakes, decorates, and delivers birthday cakes to financially and socially disadvantaged children and seniors. Our mission is to provide joy to our cake recipients to help them feel special and valued by their community. We hope to create special memories for underprivileged children and seniors. BC4F has baked and delivered between 100-200 birthday cakes a month and distributed them to 12 charities in Maryland, Virginia, and the DC metropolitan area. BC4F is run by a student Executive Board. BC4F has donated over 10,500 cakes!

Welcome to the Birthday Cakes 4 Free Maryland (BC4F) community! Birthday Cakes 4 Free is comprised of many volunteers of all ages, skill levels, and places in the DC metropolitan area.Anyone can become a volunteer! There is no minimum age requirement. This is a great way to start earning SSL hours in middle school.

BC4F hasmonthly deliveriesto our partner charities. Every month, BC4F will email you about the date of our delivery and how many cakes you would like to donate. To subscribe, go to bc4f.org/newsletter.

The decoration/flavor/design of your cake(s) is up to you! BC4F would prefer if you could write Happy Birthday! on your cake(s). You can make a cake from a cake mix or your favorite recipe. Round, square or rectangle cakes are all ok as long as they are individually and securely boxed, with lids taped for transport. Cake requirements are posted on our website. ALL decorations MUST be edible.https://www.bc4f.org/faq

Importantly:While we welcome all cake donations, students may only earn SSL hours for baking and decorating their own cakes. Additionally, SSL hours may NOT be earned for transporting cakes. No more than 8 SSL hours can be awarded to our volunteer bakers at each drop off date. We reserve the right to limit the number of cakes donated in order to accommodate more volunteers.

To sign up, please visit our website at www.bc4f.org and subscribe to our newsletter.