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“Building A Sweeter Community”

Mission:  Healing, appreciating, and showing our community members they are valued through our sugar art.


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Different ways you can participate!
cake club
Icing On The Cake Club!   Are you a baker, caker or sugar artist? This is the group for you. IOTCC meets once a month to le...
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Cakes for Causes Kids Program
Teaching children about sugar art and giving Tucson For Children 12 and Under There is a $6.00 per-participant, non-refundable (...
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Get Involved
Join Us There are many different ways in which you can participate with Cakes for Causes.  In addition to baking and decorati
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Recipes

Try some of these yummy recipes
Chocolate Stout Cupcakes
Chocolate Stout Cupcakes Adapted from the Barrington Brewery in Great Barrington, MA This reci...
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Marshmallow Fondant
MM (Marshmallow) Fondant Recipe 16 ounces white mini-marshmallows (use a good quality brand) 2 t...
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Leadership Team

Rene’ Luedeman
Rene’ Luedeman
Rene’ Luedeman
Executive Director/Founder
Rene’ Luedeman is a native of Arizona, born and raised in Phoenix. She received both her Bachelor’s
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Ruth Estrada
Ruth Estrada
Ruth Estrada
Board Chair/Fund Director
Ruth Estrada bakes and decorates cakes as a hobby. She learned to decorate cakes when she was pregna...
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Sophia Wright
Sophia Wright
Sophia Wright
Marketing & Communications Director
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Terrill Yuhas
Terrill Yuhas
Terrill Yuhas
Operations Director
As another one of Tucson’s transplants, Terrill moved here in 1988 to finish up his degree in Manage
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Our Work

What we've done so far in 2018!
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Events Supported
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Sweet Treats Provided
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Training Sessions
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Organizations Supported

Testimonials

Dear Jeanne, and all the Cakes for Causes volunteers, THANK YOU SO MUCH for bringing Cakes for Causes to Cyclovia! The brownies were beautiful to look at, delicious, and carried the meaning of the event so eloquently: we all fit together. You made so many people happy! We heard back via our...
Janet (Cyclovia)
Janet (Cyclovia)
You honor us with your cakes! We fed a lot of happy kids and we kept on passing out gifts until the kids were full of cake and snacks and all the kids on the nice list had toys. Let’s do this again soon! Thanks!
CDR Ross “Rusty” Orvik
CDR Ross “Rusty” Orvik
I am writing on behalf of the Tucson Metro Chamber Military Affairs Committee to recognize Cakes for Causes.The Military Affairs Committee is a not for profit organization which offers local community support to our serving military. We look for avenues to give back to our military who give so much ...
Ellen Jimenez
Ellen Jimenez

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