Kids can even submit their own requests on what they want their birthday cake to look like.
The people who bake these cakes never get to meet the kids because of privacy concerns. Rather, they deliver cakes to caseworkers. Me baking something that they personally want for their birthday cake is just such a rewarding experience, Cake4Kids social media coordinator and volunteer baker Malissa Tibbling said.
Connecticut s Cake4Kids branch started about a year ago when a local family decided to expand from California s chapter and move here.
It started when the parents of this family were stressed out about their kid s upcoming birthday. They couldn t afford a cake, so they started looking for local resources to help, but couldn t find any in Connecticut.
The national nonprofit organization Cake4Kids just opened a chapter in Hartford. The organization makes birthday cakes for kids experiencing difficulties in life, such as kids in foster care, group homes, homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, etc.