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Pound cakes for the people: Meet Chef Cassandra who raised over $2k in a few days selling sweets

Published on July 25, 2020 in Culinary Traditions & Food Ways/Philanthropy by Ark Republic News Desk

Chef Cassandra wanted to evoke change, and do it for a worthy cause: Ark Republic. So she joined the #BakersAgainstRacism campaign to raise over $2k by selling her grandmother’s famous Georgia pound cakes. Now the orders cannot stop coming in.

Billionaire, restaurateur ‘pay[s] it forward,’ donate to Morehouse and Clark Atlanta University students

Published on September 30, 2019 in Education & Healthcare/Philanthropy by Ark Republic News Desk

Atlanta University Center students and recent alumni carry lighter financial loads thanks to the philanthropic efforts of billionaire Robert F. Smith, and food and beverage entrepreneurs, Pinky Cole and Stacey Lee.

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