[gleeeful]

So I'm the treasurer at my church and I'm responsible for all the money and how much we spend and all that fun stuff.

We have this "baking committee" in my church, and they bake all these yummy goodies like cookies, rice crispies, cakes, brownies, etc.

I'm supposed to be giving them money monthly, but I have no idea what a reasonable amount is because I don't bake.
They tend to spend 40$ a week, which I think is a lot... but being a non-baker I don't know what the average cost is to make these things.

So please help! Let me know how much is reasonable! I'm completely clueless~

Thank You!

[AngelAngel]

Well you have to tell me how much they produce first...I mean if it's like just one cake a couple of cookies, yea, but if it's a whole bunch of things, than no...and how large is the committee and do they sell the things they bake?

[gleeeful]

We're not selling anything it.. we're just giving it out to the group.
We make enough for 30 people.

[azn*gurlie]

Usually what we do is keep the receipts of all the ingredients that we bought for the baking and give it to the treasurers. And they just add up the amount and give it back to the one who bought the ingredients.

[AngelAngel]

That's slightly expensive then...to be honest. 10K of flour is only like $5 (okay I got it on sale but I think in like Costco or other bulk stores it'll be like that) which is freaking humongous! Sugar, like-wise is not that expensive and you can also buy in bulk...it's hard to calculate in weeks though because lots of these things you can use for a long time so some weeks you spend almost nothing and others you spend quite a lot...

But an average of $40/week is a lot if you are only baking for thirty.

[gleeeful]

Usually what we do is keep the receipts of all the ingredients that we bought for the baking and give it to the treasurers. And they just add up the amount and give it back to the one who bought the ingredients.

Yeah, that's what we have been doing. But the whole 40bucks is too much.

And to "AngelAngel", I totally agree with you. Apparently the girls don't understand the concept of saving flour and sugar -.-

[Meenuh]

Maybe it'll be better to make up a budget. Tell them that they can't spend more than X amount of money and only give them X amount of money. Maybe it'll teach them to save and be smart with the money.

[Kiss Me]

Maybe it'll be better to make up a budget. Tell them that they can't spend more than X amount of money and only give them X amount of money. Maybe it'll teach them to save and be smart with the money.

Yup. That's the only way you can do it.
If you leave it up to them to spend however much and then give you the receipts after, it might get chaotic.
Being a treasurer for church is hard. I've been there too T.T
Make sure to set up a yearly budget for everything and that will make things a lot easier.