We are having a first annual event every 1st weekend in December to follow.
- Katherine Victoria Vananderland
- Dec 1, 2020
- 9 min read
1st of every month Gifted Children and Cancer Research Gala Event Sponsored by the NFL and Olive Garden, and JW Marriot, Target, Barns and Nobel, Best Buy, Starbucks, Caribou, and US Bank we have gift cards ready to go we will furnish them after lunch and before dinner. We will have preloaded cards ready to go.
Join us for a two day event Saturday will have an agenda and Friday's Agenda will follow:
Praise and Worship Music Celebration at US Bank Stadium
Dinner to follow before service from: Red Lobster of Bloomington
7pm to 10pm with pastor TBA with a service for Christmas Celebration Service.
Looking to fill it up - 70,000 people we are covid-19 fearless pays for the event and celebration for Christmas 2020
Testing for Covid - 19 Starting today if you want to go to the event. Must present social security card and drivers license upon the event. It must be current and valid to attend.
Who: Everyone who wants to learn more about Gifted Children and Cancer Research
When: Next Saturday, December 5th 2020
Time: 9:00a.m. to 2a.m.
Where: US Bank Stadium
How many: 70,000 potential
We hope you can join us with your family and friends!
Call your orders in and we will have them packaged ready for you to pick up with your name and ticket number. All tickets will be put into a hat on Saturday and we will draw names for three winners of prizes. Tickets are $150.00 per person at the door
We will have Bake Sale and Craft Sale Cookie Extravaganza This Saturday at the JW Marriot - Cookie Walk. 30% of Money raised will go to the event, and the rest of the 70% will go toward their education funds that they each have. A time to raise awareness for gifted children in our society.
Agenda of Events for the Day:
9:00a.m. - Continental Breakfast provided by Marriot
10:00 a.m. -Speeches Given on Gifted Children
11:00 a.m. Break - 20Min.
11:21 a.m. Resume Speeches
12:45 - Lunch and Cookie Walk and Pick up Christmas Cookies and Wreaths after dinner.
College Football Party All Afternoon we will have refreshments to provide you with you can go shopping or stay and watch football.
1:00p.m. Pick up cookies and put all tickets into the drawing glass tank.
1:30p.m. Drawing for the tickets; you can have a solo ticket for your seat in the event, and purchase additional chances to win by paying for more tickets.
2:30 PM Raffle Tickets to award scholarships grants from the Edina Home School Gala: We will have 20 students win the following and they will have separate tickets we collect during breakfast into a glass vase. It will be for $150,000.00 - Full Scholarships (Tuition, Books, Board, and Housing and Necessities) $3Million in Prizes for this.
Tickets are $150.00 per person at the door
1. Cell Phone Choice and Carrier for one year
2. A Television of choice
3. One Family A two week vacation for Disney World All expensed trip covered for a family up to 6 people.
4. 20- $150,000 Scholarships Given Away
5. Everyone gets a $100.00 Barns and Nobel Gift Card
6. Everyone gets a $100.00 Target Gift Card
7. Everyone gets a $100.00 Gift Card to Best Buy
8. Everyone gets a $100.00 Starbucks or Caribou Card
Dinner provided by Olive Garden from 5:00p.m. to 7:00p.m.
Speeches given during dinner to follow meal
Gala an $10.00 dollar dances with the Gifted Children for an evening Dance till 10:30p.m. With a break for more speeches.
10:40 p.m. Final Greetings, and prayers for a safe and happy holiday season. Candlelight exit with wreaths to be picked up for your homes. You can stay for live music if you would like to but, we understand if you don't want to stay its optional.
Live Music from 10:30 to 2AM provided by G.B. Leighton and George Scot McKelvey to follow events.
We will have a guest speaker and the topic will be:
Raising Gifted Children in todays busy world
For the speech: It will be done by those that are Gifted Children in the VanAnderland-Aikman-VanAndel Family.
Everyone will get a flyer on Gifted Children to follow along with:
We will have candle light tables with Christmas wreaths for $45.00 per Candle Holder and Wreath to put on your Christmas Table for Christmas eve or Christmas Day Meals
Quick Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
Ingredients
2 packages devil's food cake mix (regular size)
1 cup olive oil extra virgin oil
4 large eggs, room temperature
FILLING:
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
2-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Directions
In a large bowl, combine the cake mixes, oil and eggs until well blended. Roll into 1-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Do not flatten.
Bake at 350° until set, 8-10 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before removing to wire racks (cookies will flatten as they cool).
In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Beat in sugar and vanilla until smooth. Spread or pipe filling on the bottoms of half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies. Store in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts 2 each: 188 calories, 11g fat (4g saturated fat), 34mg cholesterol, 149mg sodium, 20g carbohydrate (14g sugars, 0 fiber), 2g protein.
Grandma’s Star Cookies
Ingredients
1-1/2 cups butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
1/4 cup thawed orange juice concentrate
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
FROSTING:
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted
1-1/2 teaspoons thawed orange juice concentrate
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 to 4 tablespoons whole milk
Optional: Food coloring and sprinkles or colored sugar
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Directions
In a large bowl, cream the butter, shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in orange juice concentrate and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate until easy to handle, about 2 hours.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a 3-in. star-shaped cookie cutter dipped in flour. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° until edges are firm, 7-8 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.
For frosting, combine the confectioners' sugar, butter, orange juice concentrate, vanilla and enough milk to reach spreading consistency. Tint with food coloring if desired. Frost cookies; decorate as desired.
Nutrition Facts 1 cookie: 111 calories, 5g fat (3g saturated fat), 15mg cholesterol, 77mg sodium, 15g carbohydrate (9g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.
Never-Fail Cutout Cookies
Ingredients
2 cups butter, softened
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
2 cups sugar
2 large egg yolks, room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour
FROSTING:
3-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons butter, softened
1 tablespoon shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 to 5 tablespoons 2% milk
Food coloring of choice, optional
Assorted sprinkles or candies, optional
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Directions
Beat butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour. Divide dough into 4 portions; shape each into a disk. Cover; refrigerate until firm enough to roll, about 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with floured 3-in. holiday cookie cutters. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake until edges are light golden, 12-14 minutes. Cool on pans 5 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
For frosting, beat confectioners' sugar, butter, shortening, vanilla and enough milk to reach desired consistency. If desired, tint with food coloring. Spread or pipe over cookies. Decorate as desired.
Nutrition Facts 1 cookie: 169 calories, 8g fat (5g saturated fat), 28mg cholesterol, 66mg sodium, 22g carbohydrate (14g sugars, 0 fiber), 2g protein.
Snowman Cookies
Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
2 cups sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 teaspoon coconut extract
3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Miniature semisweet chocolate chips, and green and red M&M's minis
FROSTING:
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1/8 teaspoon coconut extract
2 to 4 teaspoons 2% milk
Red and/or green food coloring
Miniature milk chocolate kisses, unwrapped
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Directions
In a large bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extracts. In another bowl, whisk flour and baking powder; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Refrigerate, covered, overnight.
Preheat oven to 325°. Shape dough into forty-eight 1-in. balls, forty-eight 3/4-in. balls and forty-eight 1/2-in. balls. On ungreased baking sheets, place one ball of each size, side by side, for each snowman.
Bake 18-20 minutes or until light brown. Remove from oven; cool on pans 2 minutes. Press on chocolate chips for eyes and M&M's for buttons. Carefully remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
For frosting, in a small bowl, beat confectioners' sugar, extract and enough milk to reach a piping consistency. If two colors of frosting are desired, transfer half of the frosting to another boIngredients
Cranberry Pecan Cookies
1 tube (16-1/2 ounces) refrigerated sugar cookie dough, softened
1 cup chopped pecans
2/3 cup white baking chips
2/3 cup dried cranberries
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Directions
Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine cookie dough, pecans, chips, cranberries and vanilla. Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
Bake until lightly browned, 10-12 minutes. Cool 2 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Store in an airtight container.
Test Kitchen TipsThe cranberry flavor makes these fantastic seasonal Thanksgiving cookies a lighter dessert alternative to traditional Thanksgiving pie.
Nutrition Facts 1 cookie: 87 calories, 5g fat (1g saturated fat), 4mg cholesterol, 50mg sodium, 10g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.wl and tint each with a different food coloring.
Cut a small hole in a corner of a food-safe plastic bag; fill with frosting. Pipe scarves on snowmen. Use frosting to attach chocolate kisses for hats.
Toffee-Chip Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
1 tube (18 ounces) refrigerated sugar cookie dough
4 Heath candy bars (1.4 ounces each), finely chopped
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Directions
Slice cookie dough into 1/4-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on lightly greased baking sheets. Sprinkle each with 2 teaspoons chopped candy bars.
Bake at 350° for 7-9 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Nutrition Facts 1 cookie: 81 calories, 4g fat (1g saturated fat), 5mg cholesterol, 75mg sodium, 11g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.
Fudgy Mint Cookies
Ingredients
1 package devil's food cake mix (regular size)
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 tablespoon water
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
2 packages (5 ounces each) chocolate-covered thin mint candies
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Directions
Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, mix cake mix, butter, eggs and water to form a soft dough. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; roll in confectioners' sugar. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake until set, 8-10 minutes. Immediately press a mint into center of each cookie. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.
Nutrition Facts 1 cookie: 102 calories, 4g fat (2g saturated fat), 17mg cholesterol, 129mg sodium, 16g carbohydrate (11g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein. Every editorial product is independently selected, though we may be compensated or receive an affiliate commission if you buy something through our links.
Holiday Thumbprint Cookies
Ingredients
1-1/2 cups Master Cookie Mix, softened
1 egg white, beaten
3/4 cup finely chopped pecans
12 red or green candied cherries, halved
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Directions
Shape cookie mix into 1-in. balls; roll in egg white, then in pecans. Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, make an indentation in the center of each ball. Fill with a candied cherry half. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets.
Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Nutrition Facts 1 each: 111 calories, 7g fat (3g saturated fat), 19mg cholesterol, 58mg sodium, 12g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 1g fiber), 1g protein.
Baklava Thumbprint Cookies
Ingredients
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
TOPPING:
3 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 cup honey
3/4 cup chopped walnuts
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Directions
In a large bowl, cream sugar and butter until blended. Beat in eggs, one at a time, and extracts. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Wrap dough in plastic; refrigerate until firm enough to form into balls, about 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 375°. For topping, combine sugar and cinnamon; set aside. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; refrigerate again if dough becomes too warm. Place 2-1/2 in. apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake 8 minutes. Press a deep indentation in center of each cookie with the back of a rounded teaspoon. Fill each with honey and walnuts; sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Return to oven and bake until edges begin to brown, 7-9 minutes longer. Cool on pans 1 minute. Remove to wire racks to cool. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Facts 1 cookie: 168 calories, 7g fat (3g saturated fat), 26mg cholesterol, 106mg sodium, 25g carbohydrate (16g sugars, 1g fiber), 2g protein.
Snickers Cookies
Ingredients
1 tube refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough
24 miniature Snickers candy bars
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Directions
Preheat oven to 350°. Cut dough into 1/4-in.-thick slices. Place a candy bar on each slice and wrap dough around it. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until lightly browned, 8-10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Test Kitchen TipsEditor's Note: 2 cups of any chocolate chip cookie dough can be substituted for the refrigerated dough. Use 1 tablespoon of dough for each cookie. Have fun with this easy and versatile recipe by substituting for all kinds of candies (such as Heath or Butterfinger). Try all of our top 10 best cookie recipes of all time.
Nutrition Facts 1 cookie: 123 calories, 5g fat (2g saturated fat), 6mg cholesterol, 59mg sodium, 17g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 0 fiber), 2g protein.
Cherry Kiss Cookies
Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons maraschino cherry juice
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
6 drops red food coloring, optional
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup chopped maraschino cherries
54 milk chocolate kisses, unwrapped
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Directions
Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat butter, confectioners' sugar and salt until blended. Beat in cherry juice, extract and, if desired, food coloring. Gradually beat in flour. Stir in cherries.
Shape dough into 1-in. balls. Place 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets.
Bake 8-10 minutes or until bottoms are light brown. Immediately press a chocolate kiss into center of each cookie (cookie will crack around edges). Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Get Cookie Baking Tips Test Kitchen TipsWant easy cleanup? Use parchment paper sheets. Unwrapping these candies is a great way to get little ones involved in the kitchen. Learn how you can freeze extra cookies for later.
Nutrition Facts 1 cookie: 85 calories, 5g fat (3g saturated fat), 10mg cholesterol, 51mg sodium, 10g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.
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