The Agape orphanage was founded in 2001 by Keith and Cheryl Wyse to help orphans with brittle bone disease. Orphans aged 18 and above are sent to the Bread of Life Bakery, run by Agape, to learn life skills like independence, customer service, and communication. The bakery sells goods to raise money for wheelchairs and equipment for children with brittle bone disease in China. Weekly bake sales have raised over $1,000 each time to support the foster home and children's medical needs.

1. TAN YU LYNN
Helping the Agape Teenagers Become More Self-Sufficient
The Bread of Life bakery is a part of the Agape Foster home,
aimed to help the 18 and above orphans to develop life ski#s. Each of the Bake sales have
raised at least 1,000 kuai, and
in total 13 bake sales have been
organized. With other events
that the baked goods sha# be
sold, the BISS community is
contributing to helping the chil-
dren of Agape foster home get
new equipment and even pay for
the operations.
The inspiration of starting
a foster home, came &om the
adoption of Keith and Cheryl’s
first two chinese kids. A# which
were adopted when they were
sti# living in Ohio, and both of
their children had Osteogenesis
Imperfecta, or brittle bones.
While, the start of Bread
Of Life Bakery, started off
when the foster home was
The Agape orphanage was Orphans 18 and above are sent to the invited to Shunyi Bazzar,
founded in 2001, by Keith and Bread Of Life Bakery to learn life
through much brainstorm, as
C h e r y l Wy s e . Ma j o r i t y o f t h e skills, to support themselves.
orphans in the foster home, have the what to present at the Bazaar,
The baked goods made at the it was decided that a Bake Sale
genetic disease of Osteogenesis bakery is sold at different locations,
Imperfecta, or more commonly would be the best. A)er the
in schools, in restaurant, bazaars and
known as Brittle Bones. Bake Sale, many of their
events. All the money raised from
The Agape foster home offers the baked goods, all goes to buying costumers showed much interest
home schooling to the orphans, they wheelchairs and other orthopedic in the baked goods.
even have a chinese teacher to teach equipment for the children in need The specific ski#s that is
the local curriculum. They also offer all over china, not just for the foster intended through the
help to others that have osteogenisis home’s children. experience in the bakery is
imperfecta, a majority of the orphans independence, how to
that are at the foster home are understand and deal with the
adopted while the others are at the
public, take orders,
foster home short-term.
communicate with other,
The Bread Of Life Bakery is a educate the public and practice
part of the Agape Foster home. other new ski#s.
HELPING THE AGAPE TEENAGERS THROUGH WEEKLY BAKE SALES
The main goal of my project was to organize life, and the skills of organizing a event can come in
the weekly bake sale. handy when organizing
Through the organization other school events.
of the bake sale, I hoped to If I were to continue with
contribute to the public the project, another point
and help a community. to consider would be what
By communicating I can offer to the Agape
between the BISS and the Community. This can
Agape community, it include visits to the foster
helped me improve on my home, helping them,
communication skills. The teaching them and
daily use of communicating involving in the daily
skills is essential later in my activities.