Celebrate with a Cake
About Celebrate with a Cake
Celebrate with a Cake is about a very specific kind of care: a personalized cake showing up when a child in foster care or a young person with disabilities deserves to be celebrated. The work is simple to understand and hard to forget, because it centers the cake itself as the moment, not just a nice extra. If you want to support something that helps children and caregivers feel seen, this is that kind of organization.
What sets Celebrate with a Cake apart is how fully it leans into custom cakes as the celebration itself. That means cakes for children in foster care, and sensory-adapted cakes for people with disabilities, so more kids can be included in the milestones that matter.
Programs
The concrete work this nonprofit runs. Each program may later become a fundable project.
Cakes for Kids
Personalized cakes for children in foster care, designed to honor special occasions and help children feel valued and loved.
Sensory Celebrations
Custom cakes for individuals with disabilities, adapted to their needs so they can be included in milestone celebrations.
About this work
In their own words — what they do, who it reaches, and what your dollars actually fund.
Mission
Celebrate with a Cake creates a world where everyone is celebrated, and it empowers youth and their caregivers through custom cakes that create positive memories and encouragement.
Who they serve
Children in foster care, youth with disabilities, and their caregivers.
Their impact
- 5 youth served in the Houston area
How your donation helps
- Cakes for Kids
- Sensory Celebrations
- events
- cake ingredients and supplies
Our story
Celebrate with a Cake started with one birthday cake for a youth at DePelchin Children's Center. After that cake was baked, the youth said, "In 13 years, this is the first birthday cake I’ve ever had," and that moment became the spark for ongoing cake giving for children in foster care. The organization later grew into a nonprofit serving youth with disabilities and children in foster care through volunteers and partner organizations.
Need help?
How someone in need can access Celebrate with a Cake’s services.
Children are served through affiliated organizations such as school systems, equine therapy centers, foster care systems, churches, and other child-serving nonprofits. Caregivers complete a questionnaire for allergies, and cakes are delivered to the agreed meeting or drop-off location.
Stories
The people behind the work.
In their words
In 13 years, this is the first birthday cake I’ve ever had.
Events
Sensory Event with Houston Moms of Autism 2024
2024A sensory event with Houston Moms of Autism.
Christmas Celebration 2024
2024A holiday celebration listed among the organization's events.
Diagnostic Intelligence Assessment Group Sensory Birthday Event
2024A sensory birthday event held at Double Dave's in Missouri City.
Ways to help
Concrete needs and volunteer roles Celebrate with a Cake has shared.
Current needs
- Sponsorships from individuals and organizations
- Volunteers who can bake and deliver cakes
Volunteer opportunities
- Join the celebration crew online and complete the Serve Safe Food Handlers certification
- Choose a cake from the task list calendar
- Bake and decorate a cake according to the guidelines
- Take photos, box the cake, and transport it to the agreed location
- Host a bake sale
Partners & funders
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this nonprofit and how its work happens.
How are cakes requested or delivered?
Cakes are made through affiliated organizations and delivered to a meeting or drop-off location that the caregiver and organization agree on.
Who can volunteer to bake?
Volunteers need to be at least 18 and complete the Serve Safe Food Handlers Certification. Children under 18 can help if they’re supervised by an adult volunteer in good standing.
Do volunteers have to bake on a regular schedule?
No. Volunteers choose the cakes and dates from the task list calendar that work for them.
How are allergies handled?
The family or caregiver fills out a questionnaire, and that information is used to note any allergies.