Charity of the Month Initiative

Poppy Fund- Royal Canadian Legion

We donated $40 to the Poppy Fund 

FASD Awareness

Fort Macleod Fire Dept - Kids Program

The Fort Macleod Fire Department runs a safety program for the kids called Community Safety Net, this education happens at the local schools in town. We donated $45, which was 10% of the 92 loaves of Spelt Sourdough for the month of August.

 Lethbridge Pregnancy Care Center

We donated 10% of our Kitkat Bar sales for these months. We sold 390 kitkat bars which equaled a rounded up donation of $100

Its time again for our annual Vanilla Slices for the AT Walk! 10% of all vanilla slices this month will be donated. Total donation was $154.00 with 521 vanilla slices sold.

Adoption Options

we donated 10% from every full dozen of cookies that were sold in May for a total donation of 89.20 from 81dz cookies

We donated to the new Fort Macleod Swimming Pool Project that our town is fundraising for. Our item was our Country Sourdough. We sold a total of 498 loaves for a donation of $227.46. We are excited for this project to be complete and for the entire town to enjoy it!

 We are doing the same charity for the first two months of the year as last year, the Sunrise of Life Foundation in Tanzania. This great organization is focused on providing sustainable futures for vulnerable children which we believe is a very worthy cause. we sold 1005 turnovers with 10% of sales going towards this cause, resulting in a donation of $176.33.

10% of Dinner Buns in November and 10% of Hot Cross Buns in December was donated to AMG International to help Central America Disaster Relief, especially Guatemala and Nicaragua, with the devastation left behind by Hurricane Eta and Tropical Storm Iota. We sold 152dz dinner in November and 92dz hot cross buns in December for a total donation of $107. 

 We supported Word & Deed for a mission work trip that Kim went on. This donation is for upgrades on buildings used for after-school and other education programs in Cubulco, Guatemala. We donated 10% of our sales from 34 Oat Porridge Sourdough and 375 Country Sourdough which came to $180.80. 

For the Months of September and October, with October being Infant and Pregnancy Awareness Loss Month we wanted to support our local Pregnancy Care Centre. we donated $64.67 from sales of  47 apple pies!

 We raised $182.28 through sales of 121 Apple Rosemary Sourdough and 285 Country Sourdough to donate for Rehoboth Christian Ministries!  We chose this Foundation because our staff member, Heidi, donates her vacation time during her summers to volunteer at these summer camps!

Once again this June we had the charity for the A-T Childrens Project - Canada! This great organization is working to find a cure for Ataxia-telangiectasia, which is a progressive, degenerative disease that affects a startling variety of body systems.   We sold a total of 480 vanilla slices which enabled us to donate $134.73 to them this year! 

For Mental Heath Month we again chose Legacy Place Society, this time donating the percentage from our Cookie Sales. We sold a total of 219 dozen cookies which enabled us to donate $186.49 to help our first responders and front line workers who struggle with mental health as they help us with our physical health!

Hungry for Life - Haiti envisions "a world transformed by a global movement of compassion and justice evidenced by the eradication of needless suffering." From Dinner Bun and Challah sales we were able to donate $167.64 towards a mission team that included one of our staff members, Stephanie. They worked in the community of Pignon, Haiti.

For June you all blew us away with the support for the A-T Childrens Project!   We sold a grand total of 642 vanilla slices which enabled us to donate $150 to this organization! Thanks to all of you this is still our record charity month to date! 

Our Charity was Sandwiches with Soul - Lethbridge/Fort Macleod. Instead of donating the $$ amount we donated that value in bread! We sold 67 subs & 63pkg of sub buns to donate $77.77 or 45 loaves, this meant free bread for sandwiches in May-August & half  of October! 

We were able to sell 198 Butterhorns and 40 chocolate croissants throughout the month which means we raised $47.30 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation! 

 We sold 130 loaves of Apple Rosemary and Spelt Sourdough combined in February so we are able to donate $60.61 to the Ronald McDonald House in Calgary! Thanks to everyone who made this possible!  

Thanks to all of you we were able to donate $105 dollars to Stephanos Foundation! A staff member, Kristina voluntereed with this organization in Malawi for six months. We sold 95dz Hot Cross Buns in December and 335 Cinnamon Buns in January to make this possible!

We sold a total of 417 tarts in November and Thanks to all of you we were able to donate a total of $55 to Wounded Warriors Canada!