TWAP Would Like To Thank You!

We've done it! We've reached our goal. Thanks so much to all of you that donated and came to the bake sales or bar nights! This has been fantastic! TWAP has raised $10,808.81! That's $8.81 over our goal so far!

It's still not too late to make a donation to Moveable Feast by supporting Team With A Purpose! We're still two days away from our 2-day, 140-mile bike ride!

Just click here to make a donation!

Thanks again!

Team With A Purpose - We're Full Of it!

We Hope You Enjoyed The Baked Goods!

Team With A Purpose (We're Full Of It!) would like to thank everyone for coming out to the bake sales. Our last one was Saturday, May 9, 2009 and it was our most successful yet. Over $1100 raised for the clients of Moveable Feast! Remember, the members and friends of Team With A Purpose donated all the ingredients and baked these goods at home themselves so all the money you spent at the bake sales went to Moveable Feast.

Our bake sales raised more than $4500 for Moveable Feast. Our 2 nights at Max's on Broadway also raised over $1100! We can't thank you enough for that!

If you'd like to know more about Moveable Feast, the Ride For The Feast or Team With A Purpose(TWAP) feel free to leave a comment here. It will go directly to our team captain, Pete. Just make sure to let us know if you want to be kept informed about all three or any particular one.

If you're thinking about doing the ride next year, you should consider joining TWAP and you can be full of it next year!


While our bake sales are over, our fundraising still continues. This Saturday morning, May 16, we take off on our first day of riding. 100 miles! Sunday is another 40 miles! All to raise funds and awareness for Moveable Feast. Unfortunately, our bake sales and bar nights haven't quite raised enough funds. We're still about $1200 away and we could use your help!

If you'd like to make a donation to Moveable Feast and support the efforts of Team With A Purpose, just click here! 100% of you donations will go directly to client services at Moveable Feast! The ride is completely supported by donations so there is no overhead for Moveable Feast. Please consider helping us reach our goal!

Thank you!

Team With A Purpose - We're Full Of It!

Last Chance Bake Sale

This is it! The LAST CHANCE TWAP bake sale. The last of the season. Saturday, May 9, from 7am til noon. Drop by the Waverly Farmers Market for your weekly dose of fresh produce, dairy products, leftist literature *and* your LAST CHANCE to get fantastic baked goods from the kitchens of Andy, Nicole & Brian, Laveta & Will, and Pete & Derek and Gary. Muffins, breads, cookies, cakes, biscotti (pistachio free!) and many more items - with all proceeds going to support Moveable Feast.

Special dietary options will also be available! These can include gluten free, sugar free and vegan baked goods!

Mother's Day is the next day! Get a gift basket for mom and tell her you were thinking of her while telling her you were also supporting a great cause!

Orders can also be taken, see this post for info.

Bring your friends and pick up some good stuff at the farmer's market!


"C'mon - you know you want some of this good stuff." - N. Schuster

Saturdays 7am-noon

March 21
April 11
April 25
May 2
May 9 (Just before Mothers Day)

What's available at TWAP's Last Chance Bake Sale - updated 5/4/09

Did you come to the bake sale last Saturday looking for some of your favorite baked goods? Hopefully you came early because many things were selling out by about 10:30am! If you were hankering for some biscotti, flourless chocolate torte, sugarless blueberry coffee cake or blackberry and apple bread and you arrived near noon than you may have been disappointed. Several items sold out!

Don't be disappointed at our next bake sales, place an order for your favorite items NOW!

Check this often because it will be updated throughout the week!

Are you wondering what tasty treats are available at the TWAP bake sale? See our menu below. You can place orders for some items too. See the bottom of this post for info on ordering.

• Breads
  · Banana Bread
  · Blackberry and Apple Bread
  · Blueberry Muffins (V)
  · Brown Sugar Spice Bread
  · Pumpkin Bread - (with or without Pecans)
  · Scones:
  
  . Almond
  · Blueberry
  · Cherry Almond
  
  
• Cakes
  · Applesauce Spice Cake
  · Blueberry Coffee Cake (S/F)
  · Carrot Cake
  · Decadent Flourless Chocolate Cake (G/F)
  · Ginger Butter Cake
  
  
• Cookies
  · Almond and Chocolate Biscotti
  · Apricot Pecan Cookies
  · Cranberry-Almond Biscotti
  · Key Lime White Chocolate Chip Cookies
  · Midnight Crackle
  · Mom’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
  · Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
  · Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies (V)
  · White Chocolate, Cranberry, and Macadamia Nut Cookies
  
  
• Pie
  · Key Lime Pie
  · Peach Cobbler
  
  
• Treats
  · Andes Mint Chocolate Brownies
  · Cranberry Walnut Tartlets (S/F)
  · Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting
  · Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon or Vanilla frosting
  · Chocolate Lollipops
  · Ghirardelli Triple Chocolate Brownies
  · Rice Crispy Treats
  

G/F - Gluten Free
S/F - Sugar Free
V- Vegan

Team With A Purpose is taking orders for your favorite home-baked goods! With our last bake sale this Saturday, May 9th, just before Mother's Days you don't want to miss out! You can pick up your order at any of the bake sales that we are having (see post Last Chance Bake Sale for more info).

Do you want to surprise mom with a decadent flourless chocolate cake for Mother's Day?

Have a party to go to? Bring some cookies to share!
(And keep a few to enjoy at home! Shhh!)

Many items can be made sugar-free, gluten-free, organic or vegan. Please inquire about availability.

Contact Pete Castro or William Nothwang for ordering information.

Poem For A Rider

Poem For A Rider
Originally uploaded by jpete

Last year our ride coordinator, Rebecca, read a poem that was sent by a supporter. Unfortunately, I didn't catch the first couple lines of the poem on the video but Rebecca supplied the full text.

Tap into your inner cycle monkey;
your inner churning, grinding, hammering steam engine of pure forward momentum;
your bike zombie of destruction.
Tap into the smoldering asphalt smoker and leave more road behind you than ahead of you.
Make your feet go around in circles more happily each minute,
and more efficiently each revolution.
Enjoy the unhindered view as you swing your gaze from apex of the sky, to the ground right in front of your wheel, back up on the other side all the way back to the top of the sky.
No blind spot.

Appreciate the cute ass of some other rider.
Laugh over something totally trivial and totally hilarious with a stranger or new friend.
Love the blisters.
Pretend each small thing you see is an omen of some coming calamity or windfall.
Make up hobo names for all your friends
except me, since I already have a hobo name - Bigfoot Yancey.
Take the hours on the bike as an opportunity to relearn that joy comes from gratitude,
not the other way around.
--Monkeyhead