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Marie Ynami of Mom Soapbox recently shared this story on her
blog. If you need to raise money for a trip or are just looking for
some extra cash, don’t be afraid to be creative. You may surprise
yourself with the results!

Marie’s daughter is part of an all girl’s choir group in their high school and this year, they are going on a road trip to San Francisco to attend a festival. She needs to raise a little bit over $600 to pay for the trip – which includes the bus, hotel accommodations and some meals.

She has raised most of the money herself by selling homemade chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies and brownies. Three nights a week, she bakes several batches of cookies and brownies, packages them in little bags and sells them in school for $1 a bag – she cleverly labeled them as “Cookies for a Cause”. She has turned into an awesome business person.

When her mom asked her if she is interested in getting a part time job to save money for the trip she says “Selling my own homemade cookies in school is way better than getting a job!” She shares that she loves being her own boss – she can be late and not worry, she doesn’t have to commute, she makes all the business decisions – what can beat that?

Congrats to her for being so creative and so motivated! She truly is an inspiration. I’m sure she has a lot of happy, repeat customers!