OAKLAND, Calif. - Amid the ongoing government shutdown, one Oakland bakery is stepping up to help families who are struggling financially, by giving away free cakes and cupcakes.

Angel Cakes Bakery, a worker-owned cooperative, launched a GoFundMe campaign this week to sponsor baked goods for families who may not be able to afford them. For every box of cupcakes or cakes sponsored, the bakery will donate another.

"We thought if we can get the wider community involved to sort of sponsor people, we could expand it to lots of different people suffering financial losses this time of year," said Kelly Peck, one of the bakery’s worker-owners.

Peck and her colleague, Morgan Noel, say they were motivated to act after reading about the hardships many are facing during the shutdown. For them

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