SkillsUSA National Competition 2022

Hello everyone! My name is Maci Runkel, and I will be competing in the Commercial Baking competition at the National SkillsUSA Competition in Atlanta, Georgia from June 20-21, 2022, alongside Destiny Dominguez, who will be competing in the Culinary Arts Competition. Our school, Ivy Tech Community College, will be funding our travel, registration, and hotel costs for the trip. However, they are not able to support our advisors/mentors, Chef Susanne Grier and Chef Jack London, who are very important to our success, as they are non-faculty members.

 

As a testament to their dedication and passion, Chef Grier and Chef Jack have coached us on their own time without receiving any monetary compensation over the past few years. We need them to accompany us on this trip to ensure our greatest chance of success. The funds raised from this would cover their travel, registration, and hotel costs and will be paid directly to SkillsUSA. All proceeds in excess of the stated need will be donated to the new Greg Hardesty Scholarship at Ivy Tech to honor his memory.

 

As a way of saying thank you for your gracious and kind support, we have connected some tasty goodies to the donation amounts! The delectable goodies are all of the recipes used for the Commercial Baking competition. The items will be available for pickup at Ivy Tech's Culinary Building on June 1st and June 2nd from 9 am to 5 pm. If you would like to receive this expression of gratitude, please email mrunkel4@ivytech. edu or comment saying what items you would like. If you would simply like to donate, we thank you sincerely and no email or comment will be necessary. Here are the items to show our appreciation:

$5⁠—4 pack of chocolate chip cookies

$10⁠—6 pack of honey orange whole wheat rolls

$15⁠—4 pack of jalapeño cheddar and pepper corn muffins

$20⁠—4 pack of eclairs with vanilla pastry cream

$25⁠—3 pack of 1 each of windmill, fruit basket, and snail Danish with dough donated from Leviathan Bakehouse

$30⁠—4 pack of free-form apple galettes

$50⁠— 4-layer 8in chocolate cake with Italian Buttercream

 

Please make all donations by Thursday, June 16, 2022.

 

Thank you so very much for your kind and generous support!