 The president's budget proposal eliminates public media funding. Learn how you can help at lptv.org slash action. Well, when you mix local celebrities and businesses and add some cake, you get a cake decorating contest. Haiti Clotter shows us how a piece of cake can go a long way. The chocolates, the rocks, all got them. Cake icing and creativity were the main ingredients at the piece of cake celebrity cake decorating contest in auction put together by the United Way of Bemidji. The contest is for United Way's Backpack Buddies initiative to help provide meals for school-aged children. They're non-perishable food packs to kids or students in the elementary schools that wouldn't otherwise have food on the weekends or during holiday breaks. So there's about 200 students in Bemidji that benefit from the Backpack Buddies program every week. 11 teams started off with their very own cake, spatulas and other supplies. Each team had 45 minutes to work on the cake and none of them were the same. Being a bank and people kind of feel like their money is their treasure and so we, you know, keep your treasure safe with Riverwood Bank. All teams revined for the top prize, maybe even the title of cake boss, but also bragging rights and the winner of the People's Choice Award. The frosting won't stick to anything and I'm not the only one that thinks that. Everybody's been saying that. Once the cake decorating portion was over, the auction began. Lakeland News also represented and its cake had a $70 bid. Items available for bid included the newly decorated cakes, gift certificates and Minnesota Twins game tickets. The cake pavers of Knife River materials took home the People's Choice Award and their cake raced more than a thousand dollars. It's a program that we love to support, so we feel great about winning the People's Choice Award. In total, the event raced almost $2,100 in Bemidji, Haiti Clatter, Lakeland News. This was the seventh annual piece of cake decorating contest sponsored by Marketplace Foods. If you would like more information on the backpack buddies program or the United Way, you can visit our website at lptv.org. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.