Combat Center youth volunteer in Red Cross bake sale

Photo By Cpl. Thomas Mudd | The American Red Cross Youth Group sell baked goods to the Combat Center patrons during a yard and bake sale at the Lincoln Military Housing Athletic Field aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Sept. 17, 2016. The event was used as a fund raiser for the youth group and charities. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Thomas Mudd/Released)  

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, UNITED STATES

09.17.2016

Story by Cpl. Thomas Mudd 

Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — The American Red Cross Youth Group shouted excitedly at passing cars while waving handmade signs to promote a bake and yard sale at the Lincoln Military Housing Athletic Field, Sept. 17, 2016.
“This is the first sale we have had this year,” said Nguyet Gold, director, ARCYG. “We hold this event about once every month throughout the school year. The sale helps the members of the youth group learn responsibility and teamwork while helping fund the group and various charities.”
The youth group sold muffins, cookies, banana bread and other baked goods, as well as clothing and jackets donated by the volunteers.
“It teaches us how to be responsible with money and how to communicate with other members and adult volunteers that come out to help us,” said Marisol Hernandez, president, ARCYG. “We are able to come out here and have a little fun while learning these things.”
The money raised during the sale will be used to fund other activities for the youth group and some will be donated to charities.
“We could not have done this without the help of the volunteers and the efforts made by the youth group’s members,” Gold said. “We are looking forward to holding more of these throughout the year.”

• Date Taken: 09.17.2016
• Date Posted: 09.21.2016 09:21
• Story ID: 210159
• Location: MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, US