We love the wonderful community that surrounds our bakery and we have enjoyed partnering with the diverse multitude of charitable organizations who have reached out to us to support their causes since our business opened in 1985. From schools to churches and every good cause in between, we have done our best to help.
However, in 2018, we made the decision to narrow our focus for charitable giving to causes that are especially near and dear to our hearts and that we feel are at a critical need level at this point in time.
We believe that our environment (air, land, water) and all of its species (whether vanishing or endangered or not!) need all of the help they can get and that time is of the essence.
We feel very honored to be asked to partner with the many organizations that reach out to us each year. In order to efficiently help as many groups as we can, we kindly ask that all requests be submitted at least 30 days prior to the date of the event. Our kitchen runs a busy schedule and we must balance the requests for donation of products with the requests from our customers in the community who also need our baked goods for their events!
Baked goods donations requests are evaluated based upon our kitchen production availability for your date of event and the organization requesting the donation (environmental or wildlife/animal care non-profit groups only, please!).
Note: We are also open to donating a gift certificate to the bakery for use as an auction item to raise funds.
If your donation request is one that we can fulfill, you will be contacted within 3 days of your email confirming the details. We will at that time want to coordinate a pick up date and time as well as any other details relating to the event. If you are not contacted within one week of your request, that is an indication that we are unable to honor your request at this time.
A partial list of the organizations that we have supported since 2018 is as follows.
We encourage you all to learn more about these wonderful organizations!
Bolded organizations had new or additional support from Maxie B’s post Hurricane Helene in 2024.
African Wildlife Foundation
American Bird Conservancy
Appalachian Wildlife Refuge
ASPCA (Post Hurricane Helene in WNC)
National Audubon Society
Black Family Land Trust, Inc.
Break the Chain Kennel Kru
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue (Post Hurricane Helene in WNC)
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
Carolina Natives Nursery Rebuild and Regow (Post Hurricane Helene in WNC)
Carolina Tiger Rescue
Carolina Wildlife Conservation Center
Center for Biological Diversity
Coastal Wildlife Refuge Society
Conservation International
Defenders of Wildlife
Dogwood Alliance
Dr. Kenneth A. Bridle Native Plant Fund
Earthjustice
Environment NC
Environment America
Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Working Group
E. O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation
Greensboro Beautiful
Guilford County Animal Shelter
Homegrown National Park
Humane Society International
Humane Society of the United States (Post Hurricane Helene in WNC)
IFAW (Post Hurricane Helene in WNC)
Keepers of the Wild
Kentuckiana Pug Rescue
League of Conservation Voters
Mid Atlantic Pug Rescue
National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA)
National Parks Foundation
National Wildlife Federation
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund (Post Hurricane Helene in WNC)
North Carolina Native Plant Society
North Carolina Wildlife Federation
NCSU Vet Hospital
Network for Animals
Oceana
Old North Canine Rescue
Ol Pejeta Conservancy
PETA
Piedmont Environmental Alliance
Piedmont Land Conservancy
Red Dog Farm
Sea Legacy
David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
Singita Grumeti Fund
Smallholding Farm (Post Hurricane Helene in WNC)
SPCA
SPCA of the Triad
T. Gilbert Pearson Audubon Society
The Nature Conservancy
Three Rivers Land Trust
Triad Wild!
Trust for Conservation
Union of Concerned Scientists
Wildlands Network (esp. Safe Passage: The Pigeon River Gorge Wildlife Crossing Project)
Wildlife SOS
World Central Kitchen (Post Hurricane Helene in WNC)
World Wildlife Fund
Xerces Society
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We have also become very interested in learning ways that we as a business can make the best choices for our planet and for its inhabitants. We’ve made a lot of changes in the last 18 months that we believe matter … from ingredient selection (organic if at all possible, no palm oil unless it is RSPO certified, and local when we have the option!), green packaging choices, green cleaning choices, full-scale recycling, composting, and the use of USA-made or responsibly sourced items for our physical store…from lighting to furniture to flooring to wallpaper and more!
Thank you for providing us the opportunity to better serve our community through partnering with organizations that are doing so much good work for our world and its creatures! We wish you all the best with your event!