The volunteers baking birthday cakes for children
The Hampshire group says it has seen a rise in demand and it needs more volunteer bakers.
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"I can't imagine my own son not having a birthday cake. When I'm baking them, he says to me, 'Why don't they?' He can't, as a child, see why."
— Natalie Parker , Activist
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The Hampshire group says it has seen a rise in demand and it needs more volunteer bakers.
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