RIDGELAND – A birthday celebration turned into an opportunity to help local families after a group of friends donated homemade birthday cake kits to the Ridgeland Police Department’s Blessing Box.
Instead of asking for gifts, birthday celebrant Susan Rockoff invited her friends to assemble cake kits for Stewpot, a Jackson-area organization that assists people in need.
After making more kits than expected, the group donated the extras to the police department’s community Blessing Box.
Each kit includes a baking pan, cake mix, a can of soda, icing, candles and other celebration supplies. The soda can be used in place of eggs and oil when preparing the cake…