We’ve been blown away by the examples of generosity and kindness that are at the heart of so many brands in the community. We asked some of the most giving entrepreneurs and leaders we know to tell us about how they think about the practice of donating a percentage of sales.
Asia Gonczar
Like many Americans, I have been moved to find something useful to do to help the refugees who are fleeing their homeland, Ukraine, A very specific opportunity has appeared. My Austin friend, Oksana, originally from Odessa, Ukraine, had family that has made it from Ukraine to Romania. Everything they own had been left behind and they were living on donations. Last March, our company decided to donate all proceeding from Potato and Farmes Cheese pierogi sale to my friend’s Oksana family: Mama Zoya, sister Nina, Sasha (15) and Dima (11). Oksana, tried to bring her loved ones to the United States. Read more>>
Chester/Chess Plum.
Seeing this reminded me about how CML got started! I had the interest in leatherwork, but was unsure how to get to the part where I was making things for people. It was smack in the middle of 2020, when all those protests were happening, I really wanted to participate but due to my health and old job (I was a teacher at a Montessori school and the only one bringing in income for my household, so I was worried about being arrested) I couldn’t make it out to many of the protests. Read more>>
Diana Orr.
We’ve partnered with One Tree Planted, a non-profit 501(c)3 environmental non-profit tree planting charity that plant trees in countries around the world, a % of our sales helps fund reforestation efforts in our home state of California. Unfortunately, years of drought and large-scale bark beetle infestation have seriously damaged California’s once-thriving forests. Read more>>
Bill Domenz.
We donate with every bottle sold. Corspice also does a big push in November for Veterans Day where we host a fundraiser and sell a hot sauce we creates specifically for this purpose. On this bottle we give $4 back from each bottle sold. Read more>>