Cardsmart bake sale a success

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Lori Boffi’s Thanksgiving bake sale was such a success, the Card$mart proprietor had to extend it for another day.

Known for her creative baking skills that raise big bucks for cancer research and Relay for Life, Boffi held the pre-turkey day event last Monday and Tuesday, but her customer base is so far extended that she needed additional items for Wednesday’s final day.

“We have all sorts of goodies,” said Boffi, who owns the Card$mart Gift Store at 1507 Atwood Avenue. She sold traditional apple, pumpkin and pecan pies, apple, cranberry-orange nut bread, pumpkin-banana bread, pumpkin-chocolate chip cake as well as lemon and spice cakes. In keeping with tradition, she also offered cookies, brownies, biscotti and pizzelle.

And, as is always the case with a Boffi bake sale at Card$mart, all items were homemade by Boffi, her sister Deb Sohegan, her mother Ann Storti and long-time friend Donna Blaise.

“We all have so much fun baking,” Boffi said. “If anyone says ‘I’m tired,’ we send them home!”

Officially named One Step at a Time, the long-standing cancer fundraising is commonly known as Boffi’s Bunch. This year, they’ve taken up a new cause. This bake sale will benefit The Jeffrey S. Girard II Memorial Playground.

Boffi is a member of the committee charged with raising revenue to build such a site in Cranston.

“I personally feel there’s a great need for this proposed project and my teammates are in total agreement,” she said.

Saying “we raised some decent money,” Boffi’s group is concentrating their efforts on further events such as the annual dinner at Cranston Country Club.

That event, which includes Boffi’s homemade chocolates and desserts, is currently in the planning stages.

“Everything is booked for the dinner,” Boffi noted. “We’ll have more details coming soon. Until then, happy holidays to everyone and I again want to thank all my loyal Card$mart customers who always support the bake sales.”

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