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ANDREA DUKE W PARKERSBURG, WOOD COUNT Y Two Great Tastes That Go Great Together In a Jam and Box Bagels make a great combination. like almost everyone else, my life and my jam business, In a Jam, came to a fast halt in March. I went from never having enough time and being too busy to quiet and still. I was listening to a podcast one evening, and the message was to think of a way to use what you already have and recreate it to keep going. So I reached out to Leslie of Box Bagels, a local woman who makes bagels. I mean, really good bagels! I asked if she would like to collaborate with my jam business, and she agreed. Leslie makes the bagels and I pick them up from her porch on Friday afternoons, then spend Friday evening planning the route. It takes about 3 hours to make 20 deliveries every Saturday morning. The bags of bagels and jams are dropped off on porches to keep within the guidelines of “no contact.”
LENDING A HAND Distilleries are making more than a stiff drink. At least four distillers in West Virginia have answered the call for help in the war against COVID-19. The global pandemic has created a hand sanitizer shortage across the country. With a little ingenuity and West Virginian grit, Appalachian Distillery, Black Draft Distillery, MannCave Distillery, and Smooth Ambler Spirits have started making small bottles of sanitizer to share with medical facilities and the public.
This new venture has brought a lot of smiles. Many customers purchase the combo for loved ones who they can't visit, but want to do something special for them. It's been nice for me to keep the business going and to reconnect with locals, reminding me of my days when I started my business at the farmers market. The schedule is now full for the next month and, after this is over, I think the plan is to continue working together with Leslie to offer special monthly deliveries. This project then led to the idea of collaborating with 13 other local businesses to offer a box filled with the area’s favorite locally made items. We sold out in just a few hours when we launched the idea and are working on another collaboration now. It’s amazing to see the support and love that small, local businesses are receiving during this situation. Thank you.
TAYLOR PAYNE W MORGANTOWN, MONONGALIA COUNT Y Warehousing Lets a Big Operation Ramp Up Mylan Park’s storage space helps Pantry Plus More. mylan park has been assisting the Monongalia County School District’s food pantry program, Pantry Plus More, in providing
adequate storage of donated food items in our Hazel & J.W. Ruby Community Center. This essential program serves eight schools throughout the county, providing additional items to children who may not have necessary items at home—including toiletries, canned foods, and some perishable items— and serves the great need of our underprivileged youth. The foods are stored at 350-acre Mylan Park’s Hazel & J.W. Ruby Community Center, with dry goods located inside the facility and perishable items located in temperature-controlled trailers just outside the facility. The team at Mylan Park is proud to partner with the Pantry Plus More program in this time of need. The team has been on-site lending a helping hand anyway they can while maintaining appropriate PPE and social distancing—happy to be doing our small part in helping out our community.
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