Did you know there is a National Spaghetti Day in January or a National Peanut Butter Day in March? Then there’s this…the month of August has been designated as National Eat Dessert First Month.
Whether or not you are a natural born foodie, that can have serious implications—permission as it were, from Uncle Sam, to eat a brownie before tackling your salad, which could surely raise national happiness levels along with national blood sugar.
But most reasonable people will pick just a day or two during the month to indulge this national permission. Here are three ways to make someone happy or even raise a few bucks to help others.
- Shock Your Kids – Imagine the wide eyes and dropped jaws around the table when you trot out a chocolate cake as the first course of your family dinner. Enjoy it together, but use this time—it’s only one day after all—to talk about why you don’t do it every day and what doing so could mean for your health. It’s a good opportunity for a meaningful discussion that just might be absorbed along with the calories.
- Gift It – Give someone you love a Dessert of the Month subscription. You can find one online, or if the giftee is local, you can bake or buy the desserts and deliver them yourself. It’s a guaranteed way to put a smile on someone’s face once a month for a year, and yummy sugarless desserts are certainly an option.
- Make It a Fund-Raiser – An old-fashioned bake sale is still a great way to raise funds for your favorite charity. Choose the date and time, then send out emails to your friends, family members and neighbors. Everyone who attends should bring their favorite dessert and the recipe. On the day of the event, the goodies can be sold—perhaps even at outrageous prices—with proceeds earmarked for the designated charity. You can even auction off the recipes to add to the fun and the funds!
