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PAGE A4, KEIZERTIMES, FEBRUARY 14, 2020 KeizerCommunity KEIZERTIMES.COM Keizer kid’s hot cocoa stand pays off in pajamas for others By LAUREN MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Money is hard to come by when you’re in the third grade; luckily for Crosshill Christian Student Jude Bauer inspiration is not. When his school announced that they were going to collect pajamas to donate to foster kids, he came up with a way to contribute. Alison, Jude’s mom, said Crosshill has committed to helping foster families this year. In other months, they’ve raised money for things like gift cards. “We were thinking there should be a reason to pajama day ... so instead of just having it be a fun, silly day to have it help other people,” Jude said. “Me and my buddy were talking about it and we wanted to raise money for foster kids.” Jude remembered his grandparent’s neighbors had Mark your calendars for civic center clean-up For the 10th year, the Ro- tary Club of Keizer in part- nership with the Claggett Creek Watershed Council will hold the Keizer Community Center cleanup on Saturday, March 14. More than 100 volun- teers will spend that Satur- day morning clearing tree and shrub trimmings, remove weeds and other light mainte- nance chores. The public is invited to join in the project. Cleanup will start at 9 a.m., regardless of the weather (ex- cept if there is heavy snow) and run to noon. Volunteers are encouraged to bring tools and equipment such as wheel- barrows, trash cans, rakes, tapes, pruning shears and oth- er equipment. Organizers suggest volun- teers dress for March weath- er: long pants, sturdy shoes or boots, hats, coats and work gloves. Restrooms are on site. Light refreshments will be provided. For information or ques- tions contact Mark Caillier at 503-930-7481 or via email at markcaillier@claggettcwc.org. a lemonade stand last summer, which is where he got the idea to run a hot chocolate stand. Unfortunately, his friend had gotten sick, but Jude decided to push forward. On Saturday, Jan. 25, he set up shop on the corner of Rivercrest Drive and Wayne Drive. “I kind of thought Submitted the idea would pass and LEFT Jude Bauer with some of the customers who visited his hot he said, ‘Oh no, I really chocolate stand. TOP RIGHT: Jude with an armful of pajamas for want to do this,’ so that’s foster kids. BOTTOM RIGHT: Jude prepares signs for his stand. what we did,” Alison, said with a laugh. The stand received support in 20 pairs of pajamas, which every corner. from friends and strangers was the most donated by any When they went shopping alike. one of the store clerks gave one family. “One person gave us $20 “He did all the shopping, them a discount because she for one cup and it was only a he was in charge of paying was so touched. dollar per cup,” he said. That for everything and fi guring “She went and got her particular customer had driven out how many PJs he could manager and they discounted from Dallas after seeing a post buy,” Alison said. them another 30 percent or about Jude’s fundraising efforts They bought pajamas something. The money kept on Facebook. for boys and girls. They got going,” Alison said. “[There were] some some toddler pajamas but Jude said he enjoyed people we knew and then they mostly focused on older meeting new people who a lot of strangers. That was school-aged kids that were, “a stopped by and supported his cool,” Alison said. little bigger than me,” as Jude cause, but his favorite part took Jude ran the stand for three described them. place behind the stand. hours and raised $175.25. “I was the cashier because Jude and his mom were Jude’s hard work resulted met with generosity around I like math,” he said. Photo lesson at Keizer library Join the Keizer Communi- ty Library, 980 Chemawa Rd NE, on Thursday, Feb. 20, from 6 - 7 p.m. for a free workshop covering digital photography from basic to advance camera settings, techniques and post processing with Adobe’s Pho- toshop and Camera Raw. Participants should bring their camera and, if available, the camera’s manual. RSVP is required as space is limited. 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