Chocolate Roses for Valentine ’ s Day
Chocolate Roses for Valentine ’ s Day
The first Hanseatic Help Fundraiser for AWCH ’ s Valentine ’ s Day blossomed from boxes of origami paper inherited last November . Without this generous contribution from my mother-in-law , Anneliese Schaefer , this golden-Roche-chocolate-ball-engulfed-in-origami-roses fundraiser would never have taken place . Anneliese Schaefer has always been engaged in philanthropic activities because she knows how hard life can be . She has worked tirelessly for years in her church , creating greeting cards and baking cakes for
Invitation designed by Holly T . in Canva ! the yearly bazaars and other activities to help support lessfortunate people in her community .
This came to mind when I met Rachel C ., a relatively new member of our club . She invited members of our club to hear her sing country music while strumming the guitar at her home last October . Her house was filled with various origami forms , and I soon realized that her other passion was origami . She is truly an origami factory and can effortlessly produce very complicated patterns at amazing speed . In January , I decided to do something for Valentine ’ s Day . I felt the need to put my energy into something that would make me happy and not sink into a never-ending depression due to the lockdown . I also wanted to reach out to all of you . I have been a member for almost 25 years , and this club means a lot to me . It helped me during my pregnancy and during moves around the city , and , basically , all these fun get-togethers keep me going . The third person on the team was Lale B . -K., who runs a wonderful little grocery store down the street which supports most of the older people in the Fuhsbüttel area . Being a relatively new member of our club , she wanted to contribute something and was delighted to hear of my idea about the roses that Rachel and I created for this holiday . She offered to donate several boxes of Roche chocolates , which turned out to be a perfect match for the roses that Rachel had designed .
So the equation turned out to be simply elegant and fun : paper + roses + chocolates = Valentine boxes for our AWCH members and friends = Hanseatic Help Donation .
From a logistical point of view , this was very time-consuming but well worth it . Since we were in lockdown , it was the only chance I had to see many of you and to say hi from a distance . Rachel and I were up until two in the morning making roses and boxes to be delivered around Hamburg . We would send each other WhatsApp messages egging each other on with
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