In the midst of the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, I felt compelled to help in some small way. While still trying to figure out how we at Poppy Hand-Crafted Popcorn could help, I reached out to Brendon Hamlin with HAMLIN Creative to ask if he’d be willing to help tell the story of small businesses and how the devastation from Helene was immense. I didn’t quite know how we were going to help just yet but I knew the why. Brendon immediately said yes. I then reached out to friends Jael Skeffington, Jessie Dean, Danielle Leighla Del Sordo, Adam Charnack and Brandegee Pierce who have businesses that have all been greatly impacted by the storm and asked if they’d be willing to jump in and tell their stories. In the midst of all the emotion, recovery, chaos and uncertainty, they immediately said yes. Once we decided to bring back the Asheville Mix Artist Bag with up to $2 from the sale of each bag going to fund small business in WNC to aid in their recovery and future growth, I reached out to Jeffrey Kaplan for help and direction on where those funds, once raised, should be allocated for the biggest impact and www.optimistventures.co was where we landed. The Asheville Mix Artist Bag arrived this week thanks to Belmark inc and orders will begin shipping next week. Please take a moment to learn why this simple initiative is so very important and please consider ordering the Asheville Mix Artist Bag for yourself and everyone you know and love this holiday season and beyond. This bag will be available throughout 2025 with a goal of raising $1M for WNC ?? Thank you to everyone involved for bringing this story to life and to everyone supporting this effort by purchasing The Artist Bag and for continuing to bring light to the long road ahead for WNC??
How Poppy is Helping Rebuild Asheville’s Small Businesses After Hurricane Helene
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Ginger Frank I'm so glad we were able to help. I am inspired by what you have built at Poppy Hand-Crafted Popcorn and by your dedication to the Asheville small business community.
HAMLIN Creative is proud to be a part of this amazing initiative
Putting this on my “shop local” holiday gift list! Thank you Ginger and all at Poppy!
Ginger Frank Like you, I immediately knew I wanted to help our community in the aftermath of the storm, but what could I, a video producer, contribute? Then you called and changed everything. Your giving spirit and love for the Asheville community made this happen and I am grateful you thought of me.
Excellent work Ginger
On another note, Poppy Hand-Crafted Popcorn is the absolute best popcorn out there. The Asheville Mix is a family fav, but you have to also check out the Pimento Cheese flavor! Everyone on your holiday wishlist with thank you!!
Love Poppy popcorn...even more so seeing what they're doing for Helene relief in the community! Asheville Mix & Mexican Street Corn are my favorites so far.
Impressive as always Ginger!!
What a beautiful initiative and post, great way to give back. ??
Founder & CEO, Asheville Tea Company LLC
4 个月Ginger, you are incredible. Such an honor to be a part of the project in any way and thank you for all that you are doing ??