Gingerbread Parade - Volunteer Baker Spotlight: Mary Shipley

I have access to some of the coolest people in Southern Utah because I am in the Girl Scouts. I met Mary at a Girl Scouts Summer Camp in Provo Canyon's Trefoil Ranch and she is so much fun. Mary has been with Girl Scouts of Utah a little less than a year but loves to see how the organization is growing in Southern Utah. She enjoys baking all kinds of things but has the most fun experimenting with Girl Scout cookie recipes!

 She is baking and decorating a gingerbread house on behalf of Girl Scouts of Utah. She plans to decorate her gingerbread house with Girl Scout cookies. It will be on display at the Wood Creations store on Tabernacle, number 13 on our tour map.  

 Here are a couple photos she shares with us today:


Close up!

The St George Gingerbread Parade runs December 2 - 14th and the gingerbread houses will be on display at 21 participating area businesses. On the afternoon of December 14th, all 21 gingerbread houses will be available to purchase via silent auction. Proceeds will benefit the St George Children's Museum. Come check out the Gingerbread Auction co-sponsored by Downtown Farmers Market: Holiday Market located at Ancestor Square 1:00 to 4:00 PM. There will be many awesome vendors as well as live performances by DSU Raging Red, Dixie Middle School Philharmonic Orchestra, No Limit Dance Studio, Desert Nomads Belly Dance as well as others. 

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