i4-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 11, 2002 a Family Living Focus by Nancy Wiker Lancaster Co. Extension Agent Food Safety Guidelines For Bake Sales I will always remember Mrs. Taylor’s Butterhorn Crescent Rolls. They just melted in your mouth. My mother would buy them whenever the Rush Meth odist Church was having a bake sale. Since Mrs. Taylor herself usually delivered them to our house, we often got them before the bake sale even took place. These days many nonprofit or ganizations still hold bake sales to earn money. Most of the items are made at home and trans ported to the site of the bake sale. If your organization is planning one this season, there are a few food safety tips to keep in mind: To reduce the risk of food borne illness, consider preparing baked items at a central kitchen rather then in individual homes. This will allow you to keep an eye on safe food handling prac tices such as washing hands and sanitizing kitchen equipment and surfaces. Check with your local health department or Pennsylvania De partment of Agriculture to see is a food license is needed to con duct a bake sale. Check with your organiza tion’s insurance company to see if your organization has the ap propriate insurance in the event of an outbreak. Those who prepare tl.~ baked goods need to be free from any illness such as the flu, cold, diar rhea or nausea . Hands and arms should be free from cuts and sores. Remind volunteers to wash their hands before beginning to prepare foods and keep pets out of the preparation area. Ask your group members to prepare foods such as fruit pies, cakes, cookies, muffins, candy and homemade bread for the bake sale. Foods that should not be ac cepted for sale are cus tard pie, pumpkin pie, real cream pies, me ringue pies, cream- filled cupcakes and doughnuts, or cream cheese fillings and frostings. These foods contain dairy products or eggs and are consid- ered potentially haz- ardous foods. Home canned foods, flavored oils and jar breads should not be for sale the risk of because ol botulism. All foods should be tightly wrapped or sealed during trans port to the site or the sale. Do not transport foods when the family pet is in the car. Some people have food allergies and can become ill from eating certain foods or ingre dients. Alert customers to potential problems by asking your bakers to supply a written list of all ingredients for each of the items that is for sale. If spoons, forks or other utensils are available for custom ers, place the utensils so the customer can pick it up without touching the food contact surface (i.e. tines of fork or bowl of spoon). Wrap each item to prevent cross contamination. Ask only the volunteers who have washed their hands to handle and wrap the items. To further reduce the risk of contamination, regularly clean and sanitize the food con tact surfaces and provide a trash container to dispose of spoons, toothpicks, napkins and so on. At the bake sale site, keep all foods at least 6 inches off the ground or floor. This will help prevent pests from getting into foods. Remind volunteers working at the bake sale to wash hands be fore beginning to work and after each break, especially when using the restroom or smoking. If gloves are used, hands need to be washed before putting on gloves. Ask volunteer bakers to label their donations with their name, address and phone number and keep a list of all who donated and which food items they donate I in case of any necessary follow up. If your non-profit group is in terested in receiving food safety training at a nominal cost, Penn State Cooperative Extension has a three-hour program, Cooking for Crowds, A Volunteer’s Guide to Safe Food Handling which will be available for groups in the fall of 2002. Contact your local Penn State Cooperative Extension of fice for information. Call toll-free 1-800-FED-INFO to find out about government pro grams, benefits, and services. 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During the 1920’s sewing, potato, strawber ry, and room improvement proj ects began to flourish. A 4-H uniform sewn by Pau line Bear Acker in 1933 was on display. She and the other girls in the Weisenberg 4-H Sewing Club made uniforms. The uniforms are documented in a photograph of Pauline and two friends wearing them during 4-H Club Week at Penn State. Mildred Kuhns lent her 4-H uniform, made in the 1940’5, for display. Laßue Samu els, now of Breinigsville, brought the pattern from which she made her uniform. During the 1940’s and 1950’s at least five clubs played softball Stainless Steel Vflower Bed edging*^ 70 7" xlO ft. Sections f $3.50/section ( Can be Shipped UPS J Glenuiood Metals, LLC 265 €. 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Carl Heintzelman lent his entire collection of project and leader books for the tractor maintenance project for which he, another volunteer and county agent Glenn Ellenberger were trained. Lehigh County was the site of the first tractor mainte nance 4-H club in the state. Current 4-H clubs, including the Tropical Jungle 4-H Club in Allentown, had displays at the event too. The program featured three alumni and a current member de scribing the impact the 4-H expe rience has had on them. Ray Huber, Macungie, spoke about his experiences in the 1930’s and 1940’5. He completed steer proj ects, including showing a cham pion steer at file Farm Show. He also carried capon, sweet com, potato and other projects. Later he became a volunteer 4-H club leader. Ruth Ohl, Coopersburg, wove the theme of buttons through her 4-H experiences beginning in the 19S0’s in the Weisenberg Home Ec. Club where she began sewing a three-button sampler. In 1958 she joined the Lehigh County Horse and Pony 4-H Club as it organized under the direction of Ralph Zettlemoyer. She dis played the buttons from her horse ribbons. Now she collects buttons and has become a mem ber of a button-collecting club. Gail Post, New Tripoli, shared her experiences in the Ger mansville Happy Homemakers 4-H Club, the county beef club and the county sheep club. One year she was the polled Hereford queen for the state and needed an outfit appropriate for her duties as queen. As part of a sewing project she made jeans, vest, jacket, and a blouse which on dis play along with her western hat and boots. She participated in State Fashion Revue that year. Erin Lichtenwalner, Coplay, spoke of the leadership skills she bias learned as a volunteer camp counselor at 4-H camp.As part of the evening program, the current members taking sewing projects gave a fashion show. Proclam ations in honor of the 4-H Centen nial were read. A 64-page Commemorative Centennial Book filled with pho tographs through the decades of Lehigh County 4-H is available for sale. It can be purchased at the Lehigh County Cooperative Extension office, 4184 Dorney Park Road, Room 104, Allen town, PA, or it can be mailed. The book costs $5 if picked up at the office. It costs $7.25 if it is mailed. Checks should be made payable to the Lehigh County 4-H Development Fund. (High Sports, h „ • .-, 1 High Sports Announces GAZEBO RENTAL 25 to 50 People • By Reservetion Only Call (717) 626-8318 Rental Hours: Lunch Until 4:00 P.M. Evening 5:00 P.M. Until 9:00 PM Regulations: ► Free Rental With $150.00 Worth of Non-Refundable Amusement Tokens ► Caterers Are Welcome ► No Alcoholic Beverages >• No Loitering
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