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Bakery program makes life sweeter for isle nonprofitsBy Erika Engle
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MONA WOOD-SWORD
Brug Bakery Hawaii team members Kaileen Yamane, left, Zoe Engle and Travis Oshiro posed with Mahea laniRichardson, second from left, director of public relations at Shriners Hospitals for Children, and the Shrinersmascot, Fezzy the Bear, when they came to pick up pastries from Brug as the bakery kicked off its program thatassists nonprofit organizations.
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gesture to help nonprofits by Brug Bakery Hawaii to mark its first anniversary has become a regularpart of the way it does business.
The Japan-based bakery opened at Shirokiya in July 2013. To mark its one-year anniversary, PresidentMiho Choi and her publicist, Mona Wood-Sword, decided to donate its sweet and savory pastries tolocal nonprofit organizations as a way to do "something for society, the community," Choi told TheBuzz.
The anniversary program lasted for around three months last year, but the decision was recently madeto "continue in 2015 full blast," Wood-Sword said.
"So far we have donated to Shriners, Kapiolani Medical Center, Abilities Unlimited, Rainbow for JapanKids (Fuku shima) and several more," she said.
The nonprofits have picked up pastry donations for such events as volunteer drives, to give toindividual service providers as thank-you treats, for special board meetings and for other purposes.
The typical donation is two to three dozen pastries, Choi said, though there are exceptions, such as amother-daughter event next month for St. Andrew's Priory for which the donation will be significantlylarger.
The bakery already is giving away unsold pastries daily to the Angel Network to help feed those inneed, as do many other food businesses, but Choi and Wood-Sword believe the ongoing BrugCommunity Program is unique.
The program also has benefited the bakery's bottom line, and not just via write-offs for charitabledonations.
Some people who were unfamiliar with the bakery's offerings prior to sampling them at a nonprofit'sevent have become paying customers.
For example, a Shriners doctor who received a pastry picked up by Mahea lani Richardson, director ofpublic relations, "comes in and gets (the pastry) all the time," Wood-Sword chuckled.
It seems to prove the precept that if a business helps its community, the community will help thebusiness, and Choi is happy with the result.
"Hawaii is a very special place," she said. "There are a lot of kind people here, and I wanted morepeople to know, to taste our pastries, because I'm very proud of the quality."
Running a bakery that needs to hit a certain amount of production each day and making enough extrato cover donations requires some planning, so nonprofits are asked to submit their requests at leasttwo weeks in advance and to understand that the bakery will fulfill one request each week.
The Brug Community Program is specifically for 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations.
Requests should be emailed and should include the name and a brief description of the organization,when the event is, how many pastries are needed and the day and time of pickup. The bakery willrespond within two to three business days.
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Those making pickups for their selected nonprofits are asked to wear the organization's T-shirt and beready to pose for a picture that will be posted on Brug's Facebook page. Organizations also can bringtheir mascot, volunteers, signs or other props to make the photo op fun, Wood-Sword said.
———Reach Erika Engle at 529-4303, [email protected] or on Twitter as @erikaengle.
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Bakery program makes life sweeterfor isle nonprofits
By Erika Engle
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 11,2015 LAST UPDATED: 08:41 a.m. HST,Feb 11, 2015
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