Join us at the fabled Depressed Cake Shop Portland. Get your free ticket here! You will enjoy freshly baked goodies, a chance to be in community and it all benefits the greatest cause!!
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Depressed Cake Shop returns to Opal 28 for an incredible pop up to benefit Baby Blues Connection
Depressed Cake Shop comes to New Hampshire!
All goodies will be $1.00
First DCS Portland of 2020 to benefit Baby Blues Connection will pop up at Opal 28
Depressed Cake Shop Portland is popping up again!
The Depressed Cake Shop is a different kind of cake shop. It’s a one day pop-up bakery to raise awareness of mental illness through the sale of special cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and other treats donated by local bakers. The baked goods are gray on the outside and sometimes colored on the inside to symbolize hope – all to encourage conversation about mental health issues.
The Depressed Cake Shop offers a unique platform to talk about mental illness. With 1 in 5 people affected by some type of mental health issue, we all know someone who is struggling. Whether it’s a family member, friend, or co-worker, we’re all touched by it.
Baby Blues Connection focuses on providing free support for mothers and families coping with perinatal mood disorders- depression, anxiety, stress related to welcoming a child. “We’re always working to reduce stigma and create a dialogue where parents can express - in a supportive and non-judgmental environment- exactly how they are feeling without shame or blame,” said Angie Fitzpatrick, Executive Director of Baby Blues Connection. “We’ve partnered with Depressed Cake Shop, a worldwide grassroots movement to raise awareness about our common struggles. No one should suffer alone, be it from Postpartum Depression or any other mental health condition.”
The Depressed Cake Shop started in the UK in 2013 and has since become a worldwide grassroots collective with Depressed Cake Shops popping up all over the world.
DCS is a worldwide collective
Read more about the event in this article by Click2Houston
Cookies designed and created by Snapdragon Sweets
We walk on Saturday, May 18, 2019 in Warminster Community Park to raise awareness, to end the stigma that surrounds mental health, and to raise the funds necessary to support our education and support program expansion throughout Bucks County.
There is help, there is hope, and until there's a cure, there's NAMI!
Support our mission while enjoying a stigma-free walk with your friends and neighbors. Assisting the community has never been so easy or fun. Set your own personal goal and show your commitment to our cause. ALL ARE WELCOME! There is no registration fee for the walk, however all participants must register. This will be a 5K walk, and there are ample opportunities for short cuts and to walk in place for those with mobility issues. We encourage you to collect donations from family members, friends, co-workers and business associates. All walkers raising $100 or more receive an event t-shirt. This will be a family friendly event with
Food Trucks, The Depressed Cake Shop hosted by Native Sweets
Face Painting, DJ and Music, Photo Booth, Face Painting, Balloon Art
Speakers, Sponsor Information Tables, Advocacy Awards
Herbie the Love Bug, Superhero NAMI MAN
Location
Warminster Community Park
Special Event entrance on Bristol Road
(Intersection of Hatboro & Bristol Rds.)
350 E. Bristol Rd.
Warminster, PA 18974
Registration & Events
Registration begins at 1:00pm
Events run from 1:00 - 3:00pm
Walk begins at 3:00pm
Team Captains are encouraged to arrive early to pick up their Team Signs and meet their walk participants near the registration table. Hold your team signs high and proud! Team Captains and those collecting cash donations are also encouraged to convert their cash donations to checks or electronic payments that can be made by clicking here.
Prizes: T-shirts are only available for those INDIVIDUAL participants who have raised $100 or more. Mugs are available for individual participants raising $250, Bluetooth speakers for individual participants raising $500, and full zip hoodies for individual participants raising $1,000 or more.
Sponsors and Vendors should arrive as close to 12 noon as possible, but no later than 12:30pm. Sponsors with tables may park near the event tent for unloading, but all vehicles must be moved to the designated parking area before 1pm. Dump-n-Roll food truck will be parked to the right of the tent, and the Behind Closed Doors Mock Teen Bedroom will be parked directly across from the event tent. Food from the truck will be available from 12:30pm-3pm, and Behind Closed Doors tours will be given from 1-3pm.
NAMI Bucks County, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the county’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for all individuals affected by mental illness.
What started as a small group of families gathered in library chairs in 1983 has blossomed into Bucks County’s leading voice on mental health. Today, we are an association of local individuals and families who work in the community to raise awareness and provide support and education that was not previously available to those in need.
NAMI Bucks County, PA is a registered 501{c}(3) nonprofit organization, and our tax ID number is 20-4135679.
When your donation payment has been successfully processed, you will receive an e-mail receipt. If you do not complete the payment, you will receive an e-mail from NAMI with a link to complete the process. You can pay by credit card without a PayPal account. PayPal simply processes all donation payments to NAMI.
Article originally appeared in Nashville Scene
May is Mental Health Month, and Scene contributor and sweets maven Megan Seling has come up with a fantastic way to raise both awareness and funds for the Tennessee chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness with an all-star bake sale. The Depressed Cake Sale is an initiative started in London in 2013 featuring all sorts of baked goods and desserts that are decorated gray (or grey in London), black or silver. The sweets are intended as a way to start conversations and address the stigmas associated with depression, anxiety and mental illness
All the baked goods will be priced at $5, with proceeds directly benefiting NAMI Tennessee, and Seling has brought together an astonishing roster of talent to contribute. Seling is no slouch herself, as her compatriots here at the Scene can attest, and she’s even a published cupcake cookbook author. (An aside: an Amazon search for Megan also reveals an astonishing ode to her written by perhaps the most prolific performer on the internet, Matt Farley.) When Seling put out the call for volunteer bakers, she was overwhelmed with support.
The list is still growing, but here’s who has already agreed to participate:
Lisa Marie White of Killebrew, L.A. Jackson and Marsh House
Jessica Bedor of Sinema
Diana Lee Zadlo of The BE-Hive
Rebekah Turshen of City House
Megan Seling of Bake It in a Cake
The Scene’s own Amanda Haggard
The Depressed Cake Shop will be held noon to 4 p.m. May 18 at Anaconda Vintage (1062 E. Trinity Lane, next to Grimey’s). Get there early before we buy everything!
The Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology popped up a Depressed Cake Shop on their campus and raised $200 for CHRIS180, a local mental health agency.
Students decorated baked goods in the University art room. Here is an example of one of their creative treatsl
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Dr. Andrea Thinnes of Creighton University and two of her final year Doctor of Occupational Therapy students, Sylver Agomoh and Alexa Trujillo will be hosting the Depressed Cake Shop as part of the students' Doctoral Experiential Component (Program Development). The event will be from 10 am to 3 pm on Saturday April 27, 2019 at Brewability on 12445 E. 39th Avenue #314, Denver, CO. 80239.
This particular pop-up will be raising funds to support National Alliance on Mental Illness for our local state (NAMI Colorado).
We're teaming up with Telltale for the next pop-up!
Depressed Cake Shop Portland pop-ups at 1 pm until we run out of sweets. Doors close and reopen at 6:30 for TellTale. We will hold back some sweets for sale at TellTale with the goal of posting what will be available prior to the show.
Additionally, we'll have Montucky Cold Snacks available for purchase during TellTale.
Emily Hicks, Kaitlyn Ritchie and Patti Park have joined together to pop up a Depressed Cake Shop at the Western States Conference on Suicide on October 22nd at Barbarian Brewing Company.
They decided to become part of the Depressed Cake Shop family in order to help bring awareness to the stigma around mental health and to be part of a community of compassion.
They will be selling cake balls and donating the proceeds to the Idaho Suicide Prevention Coalition
Counseling Connections is excited to host a Depressed Cake Shop pop up in Brazoria County, and we are grateful to The Drink Station Pearland for providing a great location for this fun event.
The Depressed Cake Shop is a one day, pop up bakers designed to raise awareness of mental illness through the sale of custom-made cakes, cookies, and other treats, all donated by local bakers.
These special baked goods are often gray on the outside and colorful on the inside, reminding people that mental illness can cast a gray cloud over a beautiful world. One in four of us will suffer from, or be touched by, a mental health issues in our lives.
All proceeds will benefit the mental health services of Counseling Connections. During 2017 they served a total of 690 clients with 4,676 service hours. They provided $179,861 in discounted or free services.
cupcakes by Vanessa Edwards, Vanessa’s Cakery
Depressed Cake Shop to pop up October 13th to benefit NAMI Dallas. Serving Dallas, Collin, Denton, and Rockwell Counties, NAMI Dallas, a 501(c)3 is part of the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans impacted by mental health conditions.
Sweet sad treats for mental health awareness – save the date for this year’s event on October 13th at Optimism Brewing Company!
Every October, NAMI Seattle holds our popular Depressed Cake Shop: A community event where attendees can purchase treats made by dedicated and talented local bakers. These confections are gray and dull on the outside, but on the inside they are brightly colored – and, of course, all around tasty!
Why gray? The gray, dark outside of these treats represents depression. On the inside, the rainbow colored or other bright colors symbolize hope. All proceeds from this event support NAMI Seattle’s programs.
All proceeds benefit NAMI Seattle and help keep NAMI programs free for everyone who needs them.
For other information on how to participate as a bakery, sponsor, or volunteer, please email morgan@namiseattle.org.
We will have limited quantities of vegan and gluten free confections available - get there early!
Cards and cash will be accepted.
Dogs and kids are welcome! Mental health affects us all.
Bakin’ Whoopie owner Elliot Azzam, Melissa Yukna and Cherron Kofford have gotten together to pop up Baltimore’s first Depressed Cake Shop at Waverly Brewing Company on October 11 from 6-8 p.m.
All proceeds from the sale of the signature Depressed Cake Shop goodies will go to NAMI of Metropolitan Baltimore.
The bakers were motivated by personal experience with depression to participate as part of National Mental Illness Awareness Week.
The first fifty people who wish to buy a coupon/ticket will receive beer specials and a discount on the bakes items that will be on sale. The pop up will be offering whole cakes, cake slices, “cakelettes,’ cupcakes and cookies.
We are thrilled to announce that we will be hosting our sixth annual DEPRESSED CAKE SHOP at Silver Street Studios - in the Sawyer Heights area - 2000 Edwards Street 77007.
We know that last year's event had a bit of a bottleneck getting into the bake sale, etc. This should be a much more free flowing event and we look forward to having everyone attend again this year! Lots of free parking and we have some exciting additions to this year's lineup!
Mark your calendar for October 7th, 2018 - Noon-4 PM!
The North Country Out of the Darkness Walk to Fight Suicide is in its tenth year, and will once again feature The Depressed Cake Shop at this year’s Walk. The motto of the Depressed Cake Shop is “Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.” We are a global COMMUNITY that promotes SELF CARE through the power of CREATIVITY and uses it to raise awareness and donations for mental health initiatives around the world.
Specifically, Depressed Cake Shop is a pop-up bake shop, comprised of gorgeous themed baked goods decorated in various shades of grey, sometimes with a pop of color to represent hope. The grey symbolizes the grey cloud that can descend over a beautiful world when someone is struggling with mental health conditions. The pop of color signifies hope: the hope we all have, the hope we lend to someone who is in need.
Depressed Cake Shop is a stunning visual reminder of mental illness, and is meant to get people thinking and talking about the subject in a new way. It’s a perfect fit for the North Country Out of the Darkness Walk in Lake Placid, and organizers hope that the creativity will astound participants at the Olympic Oval on Sunday, September. Bakeries and hobby bakers interested in donating baked goods may contact Amy Quinn at anq1970@gmail.com for more information.
Please plan to come out to support the walk and the Depressed Cake Shop 11:30-3, Sunday, September 30 at the Lake Placid Olympic Oval, 2634 Main St, Lake Placid, NY 12946.
