Money is always an issue for charities and when they needed to move to a new office they found a place that had cheap rent on the main drag here in Fort Erie. The place, was in pretty rough shape. It was dirty with moldy carpets and walls and a bathroom that was so dingy that I wouldn’t have been happy having to use it. This upset my mother a great deal, “How do we present ourselves as a professional organization when the office looks like this, it’s embarrassing!”. After some discussion they decided that something needed to be done. Being that I am currently out of work my mother asked if I would go have a look at the space to see if I had any ideas on how to spruce it up, which I did. I then decided that I should go and speak with some local businesses about helping us with the project, either with money or in-kind donations and to my surprise I got some great help. The biggest job was to get repainted to add some interest brighten and clean up the place, so I went to the local Benjamin Moore paint store called Fort Erie Paints owned by Steve & Lucy Brown. As luck would have it Steve was there and I told him what I was up too and he said that they could help with some paint donations. I got all the dimensions and brought them back to Lucy and they proceeded to organize what we needed. To my wonderful surprise when I went to get the paint I found the between Fort Erie Paints and Benjamin Moore there was no charge, they donated it all, over five hundred dollars worth of paint and materials. So this post is really for them, it’s my personal thank you for being great people and a great company and for giving to the community and supporting a great cause. The office looks fantastic, it’s clean and bright and the staff is prouder than ever to be working there!

And its website claims:

A unique Old Fashioned Amish treat made from peanut butter, marshmallow cream and our special syrup.

Have a look at the ingredients:

Now call me crazy but I don’t think Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil or Artificial Flavor are old fashioned ingredients even for the Amish. I know that companies do this sort of thing all the time, I even expect it from corporations like Nestle, Kraft or Nabisco. What I don’t expect is a Mom and Pop operation who’s company motto is: “Just plain good food.” to do it. For me the incentive to buy these kinds of products is that they are made in less of a factory and more of a kitchen with a tradition behind them. I am not picking on Mrs.Millers I am sure they are a wonderful family run company trying to make their way in the business world, but I really would like to see them and other companies like them actually make their products as wholesome as they advertise them to be. I don’t mind paying more for quality!