Cookie Cart provides teens 15 to 18 years old with lasting and meaningful work, life and leadership skills through experience and training in an urban nonprofit bakery. As we entered Cookie Cart, the scent of Heaven surrounded us. I am not exaggerating when I say that we could taste the air. While I was expecting to enjoy learning about Cookie Cart, its cookies and its mission,  I was blown away by how much fun we all had. This summer, Anne and I and our kid-crews gallivanted to North Minneapolis to visit a little known gem of a bakery.  The two of us sat down with Meggie McCauley–Sales and Community Outreach Manager–sipping our coffee provided by Caribou and munching on our freshly baked cookies while our kids were mesmerized by the bakery activity they saw through the picture window. Cookie Cart was started in the late 80’s by Sister Jean Thuerauf who invited kids into her home to bake cookies and work on homework. It’s a well-loved story that at one point there was an entire gang on her doorstep. With the popularity, her kitchen soon grew too small. Holy Name Church in Medina purchased the first bakery located on Emerson Avenue, and in 1996 Cookie Cart moved to its current location on W. Broadway–just off of I-94. In the beginning, the kids would bake cookies and sell them on the streets. When the traffic light turned red, the kids would run out to the cars hocking their treats. That practice has since stopped. Cookie Cart’s storefront is especially helpful as is the kitchen renovation that took place one year ago. If you need more convincing, I’ll give you five reasons We love Cookie Cart–the cookies, the mission, the heart and the grassroots way to impact a community.  You won’t be disappointed using your money in this place. Cookie Cart has many opportunities to volunteer as well–for adults and kids. FFTC Visits the Cookie Cart
Cookie Cart–5 Reasons to Drive to North Minneapolis
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