Middle Schoolers Take Off with Church Bakery Outreach
This article and photo appeared in the Grand Rapids Press on June 29. It was written by Juanita Westaby and is reprinted here with permission.  The best thing about the bakery isn't the chocolate peanut butter bars Christian Smith is crafting. "It's getting to do something rather than sit around all day," the Creston-area 12-year-old said. "It's being around the other kids in the neighborhood and having something to do in the summer."
The kids at Breaktime are entrepreneurs who spend mornings in a hot kitchen. Afternoons are spent waiting on customers at the Breaktime Bakery, at Fourth Reformed Church, 1225 Union St. NE. They also clean and mop the kitchen and take inventory.
At the end of the summer, they will head to the Wisconsin Dells with the proceeds.
The seven boys and five girls do not aspire to be bakers or own a restaurant. Yet in the past couple of years, when the nonprofit organization New City Neighbors put out the word to sign up for Breaktime Bakery, the 12 slots were gone in 10 days.
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