The Heart of the Sprinkle Project

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Jordan transferred to a new high school during the final two weeks of the 2024-2025 school year. New schools are hard under any circumstance - but for Jordan, the transition carried extra weight. Jordan was in state care and navigating not only a new environment, but a life filled with uncertainty and change.

Christina, a teacher's aide at the school, had a tradition she loved: throughout the school year, she baked a birthday cake for each student to help them feel seen and celebrated. When she learned about Jordan's situation, she also learned something that stopped her in her tracks - children in state care do not always get a chance to celebrate birthdays or milestones.

Though Jordan's birthday was not within those last two weeks of school, Christina decided that shouldn't matter.

She baked a cake and organized a small birthday celebration - nothing elaborate, just a moment of joy, recognition, and care. But that simple gesture meant everything. Jordan felt seen. Valued. Remembered.

It became clear that one cake could do more than mark a birthday - it could restore a sense of belonging and dignity to a child who needed it most.

From that realization, The Sprinkle Project was born.