22-02-2025
Popular Youngstown cookie table fundraiser returns
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — A delicious Youngstown tradition is back for another year this weekend.
The Cookie Table and Cocktails event returns Saturday. The fundraiser is hosted each year by the Mahoning Valley Historical Society.
It pays tribute to the impact the cookie table has in Youngstown — a key ingredient to a successful wedding recipe born because families back in the day couldn't afford a wedding cake.
Friday, judges sampled cookies from close to 90 bakers.
'This is probably one of the more sought-after volunteer opportunities that we have all through town, just judging at the event,' said MVHS Director Bill Lawson. 'It's a lot of fun. Sometimes it's difficult to make a decision because there's so many, so many good cookies that come in for our event every year.'
The actual event is Saturday evening at St. Mary's Assumption Social Center in Youngstown at 6 p.m.
Ticket information is available online.
Tino DiCenso contributed to this report.
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