Take a birthday cake to a child who would otherwise not receive one.

Echo Glen youth come from all over the state of Washington.  Most either have family too far away to visit often or their parents have too many issues of their own to be able to give attention time, & love to their incarcerated children.

Be the hands & feet of Jesus & tell these kids you care by to providing a cake for their birthday celebrations.  Volunteers get an email or phone call the last week of each month to see which birth date in the following month works best for them.

Volunteers deliver a cake large enough so that the birthday child can celebrate with all their 'cottage' mates - which is up to 18 youth total.  Those who don’t bake can fax orders down to Costco or another store & pick up a cake on their way to Echo Glen.  Or you can bake a cake with your kids.  This usually requires two cake mix boxes.  You can sign up to take a cake once a year or once a month.

 Optional things that can be added:

  • A birthday card telling them you are thinking about them & care
  • Plates or napkins are O.K. to send but not expected or required

 No gifts please – children are the same everywhere - if one gets a gift & the other does not, they feel shorted & less loved.

Since most of us do not have a relationship with the birthday child, we simply drop the cakes off at the office by 5:00 PM the day of the birthday (or you can deliver it the day before).  But a great way to meet some of these awesome kids would be to join us in the classrooms to help with the art docent program or humanitarian outreaches throughout the year.

Monthly Birthday Baking for Tent City 4 residents
Help the EG kids bake cup cakes and create cards that are given to Tent City 4 residents for their monthly birthday celebration. We bake in 2 cottages with about 12 to 18 kids each:

  • Monday evening from 6:00 to about 8:00 PM with the boys
  • Wednesday afternoon from 2:30 to about 4:30 PM with the girls

This is always the week of the 3rd Thursday – the day PLCC serves Tent City 4 

Contact the Echo Glen Outreach Coordinator to sign up or for more information.