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Thank You, Cupcake Contest Sponsors!

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The Sophie Fund expresses its gratitude to the sponsors who are making possible this year’s Ithaca Cupcake Baking Contest on Saturday October 19.

We are extremely grateful to our premier sponsor, GreenStar Natural Foods Market. From the beginning of the annual event in 2016, the contest would not have been possible without GreenStar’s support. Besides a generous financial contribution, GreenStar has sent a pastry chef to serve as a VIP judge and also participated in the awards ceremony.

Thank you, too, to Alternatives Federal Credit Union, which we have proudly counted as a sponsor since 2017. Alternatives staff have enthusiastically helped judge the contest, bravely surviving the accompanying sugar highs. And finally, we are honored to add a new sponsor this year, Cayuga Medical Center.

It is a privilege to partner with local businesses that not only want to facilitate the cupcake contest’s simple joys, but believe as well in The Sophie Fund’s mental health mission.greenstar

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Ready? It’s Time for Ithaca’s 4th Annual Cupcake Contest!

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Tasty cakes. Delicious frostings. Creative toppings. We can’t wait to see what cupcake delights our amateur bakers have in store for us again this year. The 4th Annual Ithaca Cupcake Baking Contest will take place in the Commons on Saturday October 19.

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Contestants of all ages are invited and will be eligible for dozens of prizes including a Grand Prize valued at $250. (Open to amateur bakers only.)

Attention Teens and Pre-Teens: A $100 gift certificate redeemable at dozens of downtown Ithaca shops will be presented with this year’s Special Youth Award!

The contest is organized by The Sophie Fund, which was established in 2016 in memory of Cornell University art student Sophie Hack MacLeod to support mental health initiatives aiding young people.

The 4th Annual Ithaca Cupcake Baking Contest is sponsored by GreenStar Natural Foods Market, Alternatives Federal Credit Union, and Cayuga Medical Center.

To enter the cupcake contest, contestants are asked to bring their submissions to the Bernie Milton Pavilion in the Ithaca Commons from 10–11:30 a.m. on Saturday October 19. The winners will be announced and prizes awarded at a ceremony at the Pavilion later the same day at 3 p.m. There will be musical acts throughout the day!

Sophie’s passion for baking cupcakes inspired the launch of the contest in 2016. At the time of her death by suicide at age 23, while on a medical leave of absence from Cornell, Sophie was active in Ithaca’s vibrant culinary scene. According to her family, she hoped to open her own bakery after completing her Cornell degree.

In conjunction with the contest, The Sophie Fund is again organizing a “Cupcake Button” fundraising campaign, with monies donated this year to the Advocacy Center of Tompkins County, which fights sexual assault and domestic violence.

Click here for all the information on contest procedures and rules, and to download a registration form.