Bake Me Home News

Imagine a child who has never had the opportunity to make chocolate chip cookies. Yes, in a home, with a loving mother who spends time with a baking sheet making cookies together. Well, that happens every day, and in 2008 Bake Me Home was started when Alison Bushman and her twin daughters, Emma and Amy,…

I joined Junior League when I moved to Wichita to make friends and get involved in the community. As much as I thought I was going to be the one giving back, it is really me who has taken more away from the experience. Between raising money for people with real needs, serving folks at the…

Bake Me Home will host its seventh annual Bake Me Home Boutique fundraiser to benefit local homeless families and veterans. The boutique will be held from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 18 at Coldstream Country Club, 400 Asbury Road. A suggested donation of $10 is requested at the door for adults. See the…

Meet the HearthSong Heroes and learn about the programs they support to help other kids. Congratulations to Amy and Emma-our most recent HearthSong Heroes! Twins Amy and Emma began helping out at a local homeless shelter at the age of four. At the age of seven, after viewing a TV special on child entrepreneurs and…

Emma Bushman was watching a TV special on child entrepreneurs when inspiration struck. “Emma asked, ‘Can kids really start their own business?'” recalls Alison, her mother. “I said sure, but rather than make money for herself, I suggested she and her twin sister, Amy, do something for others. They might want to think about the…

It’s time again for the Greater Cincinnati Holiday Market, a gathering of unique boutiques and specialty stores, at the Duke Energy Convention Center. Robyn Carey-Allgeyer previews this event with Alison Bushman, president of the non-profit Bake Me Home, one of the show’s beneficiaries. Listen to this interview with Alison here, previewing the 2014 Greater Cincinnati Holiday…

I recently had 30 minutes of uninterrupted quiet time…gasp! Little Man and Super Hunk had set off on an adventure and I opted to hold down the fort. With a pile of laundry and a counter full of dishes, I decided to throw chores to the wind and comb through the giant stack of magazines…

A new kitchen recently drew a crowd young and old to Mt. Washington for Bake Me Home’s ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new home on Burney Lane. Bake Me Home is a charitable organization dedicated to promoting volunteerism and providing disadvantaged moms and kids with direct services that encourage shared family experiences. Check out the story…

Here is a feature on Bake Me Home from FamilyFun Magazine in the May 2013 edition. We were one of their four $5,000 “FamilyFun/Disney Friends for Change 2013 Volunteer Award Winners.” Click the image or here to read the story.