They say that Fairbanks, Alaska is “The Golden Heart City,” Millinocket, Maine is “The Magic City,” and Pennsylvania is home to both “The Friendly City” (Johnstown) and “The Sweetest Place on Earth” (Hershey), as well as “The Gem City” (Eerie, PA).
But…
…if you ask me, Portland currently takes the cake on all of these nicknames, or at least takes the cupcake. The Friendly folks at Cupcake Jones – the Sweetest Place in the Gem that is Portland’s Pearl district – have shown some generous Golden Heart by making a little Magic for charitable efforts. Not only do they churn out delish cupcakes in tasty daily flavors, their donation program gives 5 percent of each Tuesday’s sales to a different local organization. The sweetest part of all this? On August 9th (next Tuesday), Flawless will be Cupcake Jones’ lucky organization du jour!
Oh, but it doesn’t stop there, the neighborhood love just keeps on growing. The Burlington Tower, an apartment building just blocks from the bakery,is a corporate donor and has a long history of support with Flawless. They’ve been instrumental in hosting and publicizing events, facillitating donations from tenants, providing corporate funding, and generally cheering the Foundation along. Once again, they’ve hopped on board to help, from posting flyers about the 5% Tuesday event, to loaning us use of the lobby to sell even more treats, and even helping us with a Burlington cupcake delivery on the day of the donation. One Burlington resident even agreed to match – and then quadruple(!!!) – Cupcake Jones’ donation, and not just him; his firm and his employees are matching as well! If that isn’t knockout generosity, then I just don’t know what is…
Whoever coined the notion that “good help is so hard to find these days” must not have sought support in Portland, and certainly not in the community-oriented Northwest neighborhood of the Pearl. Generous love and a willingness to lend a helping hand? Plus cupcakes?! That’s not just sweet, that’s Flawless.
See you all in the hood!!
Emily Andrysick – resident Flawless blogger
