‘No, Wait, DON’T Let Them Eat Cake!’
Posted: August 5, 2014 Filed under: Food & Drink, Politics, U.S. News, White House | Tags: Michelle Obama, Middle school, Pawleys Island South Carolina, United States Department of Agriculture, Waccamaw Middle School, Washington DC, World War II 1 Comment
First Lady Michelle UN-tionette Axes Cupcake Sales For WWII Vets?
The Daily Caller‘s Eric Owens reports: Students at Waccamaw Middle School in Pawleys Island, S.C. did something pretty cool this spring when they baked cupcakes and cookies to sell during lunchtime to raise money so six World War II veterans could go on an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.
The fundraising effort was a smashing success. The students raised $2,500 in just three weeks to help the six vets visit the various national memorials that venerate their sacrifices, according to the Georgetown Times.
If the kids want to act similarly selflessly this academic year, though, they’ll be out of luck.
They can thank first lady Michelle Obama for getting them out of such do-gooderism.
The 2010 Hunger-Free Kids Act that the first lady has strongly advocated now prevents such bake sales at all schools taking the associated federal funding. Read the rest of this entry »
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