WVU dental students hold 'Cupcake Wars' to raise money for charity
1. Current Issue
Cupcakes: Displayed are a few of the
creative — and undoubtedly delicious —
cupcakes entered into the contest.
WVU dental students hold
'Cupcake Wars' to raise money for
charity
August 01, 2014
By Janice Snider
Morgantown,
West Virginia —
Calling it
"Cupcake Wars,"
students at West
Virginia University
School of
Dentistry hosted
their first
cupcake-baking
contest July 12 to
raise money for
the local community.
Kerri Thomas, president of the WVU Dental School Class
of 2017, created the event as a way for students to give
back to the community in times of need, such as illness,
natural disasters and fire.
"Cupcake wars was a fun and creative way to get
students involved in something fun during the summer
session and get our class to come together and help for
a great cause," said Ms. Thomas.
Ms. Thomas recently started the nonprofit organization
"Hands for a Cause" to support fundraisers for the
community.
The cupcake contest started as a Health Sciences
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2. Winners: WVU's people's choice
winners hold their prizes. From left,
dental students Ross Sholota, Chelse
Ward and Krystin Bourdua. Amy Trn (not
pictured) also was part of the winning
team.
Interview: Kerri Thomas, president of
the WVU Dental School Class of 2017,
talks with a local reporter about helping
people in the community through
fundraisers such as Cupcake Wars.
Center event that
expanded to
include any WVU
student. Thirteen
teams
participated,
made up of
students from the
dental school, as
well as from
business,
economics,
engineering and
other schools.
The registration
fee was $10 for
each team of
bakers.
Five judges from
local bakeries
rated the entries
on taste,
creativity and
presentation. The
organizers
awarded prizes
for first, second
and third place,
along with a prize
for people's
choice. First prize
went to Kristen
Engasser for
tiramisu
cupcakes.
Organizers
invited the public
to the event,
which was held in
a parking lot near
the dental
school's Suncrest
Towne Centre
clinic in
Morgantown. Students sold tickets for cupcakes ($1
each), other refreshments, face painting and games.
They also sold raffle tickets. In all, more than $700 was
raised for charity.
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