RSS 2.0 FeedThursday, December 15, 2011, Bellmore Life
A Taste of Home celebrates the joy of giving
Bakery gives back to local charities.
A new program from A Taste of Home Bakery in North Bellmore will contribute desperately needed dollars to local nonprofit organizations during the holiday season with every purchase of a holiday gift box, tin or basket.
The bakery also announced its schedule of holiday season events, programs and gift ideas, including several Breakfasts with Santa, plus gingerbread and chocolate house decorating classes.
Through the new The Joy of Giving program, A Taste of Home will donate 5% of all holiday purchases to one of several designated organizations.
Purchasers will be able to choose which charity they want to support with each gift. When the holiday season is over, A Taste of Home will contribute the total amount earmarked to each charity.
“We’re making it easy for our customers to give tasty and beautifully packaged gifts this holiday season,” says Monica Tarantino, co-owner of A Taste of Home. “For close family, special friends or valued business clients, we offer a wide variety of delicious holiday gift packages.
Whether a basket, box or tin, our freshly baked items are available in all sizes and for all budgets. By purchasing gifts made locally, you are helping keep money on Long Island and keeping Long Islanders employed.”
Charities included in the program include: Alzheimer’s Association of Long Island (www.alz.org/longisland), Alex Rubinger Kosher Food Pantry at Temple Beth-El (www.beth-el-massapequa.org) Birthday Wishes (www.birthdaywishes.org), Crohn’s Disease and Colitis Foundation of America (www.active.com/donate/LI11TCVEGAS/vegas11longislandIBr), Forever 9-The Robbie Levine Foundation (www.robbielevinefoundation.org), Island Harvest (www.islandharvest.org) and Long Island Crisis Center (www.longislandcrisiscenter.org/).
All gifts can be purchased either online at www.atasteofhomebakery.com or at the bakery, 1992 North Jerusalem Road, North Bellmore.
“Programs like The Joy of Giving are what make us different,” says Rose Fuger, co-owner. “We’re proud to support the local area by creating distinct programs and events. We also love creating activities that bring us closer to our clients, their families and friends,” she says.
Holiday programs/specialties include Breakfast with Santa, which will take place twice a day on six days during December (the 17th and 18th, with 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. seatings). Participants will enjoy a delicious breakfast and a leisurely chat with Santa, with plenty of time for family pictures without the hassle of the mall.
Gingerbread and Chocolate House Making has become an annual event at A Taste of Home. This year the sessions will take place on Thursday, December 15 and Saturday, December 17, at 4 and 6:30 p.m).
For Chanukah, A Taste of Home offers many of the holiday’s favorites, including chocolate gelt and dreidels. Gingerbread dreidels stuffed with cookies are the bakery’s unique creation. From cupcakes to specially designed Chanukah cookies and cakes, baker Rose Fuger will create a delicious and beautiful dessert for the holiday of lights. Fruit platters, chocolate platters and nut trays are also available to use as hostess gifts or to bring home to enjoy with the family.
Christmas desserts are the bakery’s specialty, and a wide variety of choices are offered to make the holiday sparkle. Whether a cookie platter, a present cake or a traditional Christmas favorite such as struffala, a dessert from A Taste of Home will add an exclamation point to any Christmas celebration.
Available to put under the tree or on the table are cookie platters (from one to six-pound trays), fruit platters, nut trays, chocolate platters, chocolate Santas, snowmen, houses and more, chocolate cornucopias or sleighs filled with cookies and a big selection of gingerbread houses.
Reservations are required for all special events and can be made online at www.atasteofhomebakery.com.
About A Taste of Home bakery
A North Bellmore institution since 2002, A Taste of Home is an old-fashioned bakery, where all the items are made with love and taste homemade, while the establishment also features many modern touches including one-of-a-kind special-event cakes, gourmet flavored popcorn, homemade chocolates, a full selection of catering options and even a café offering tasty breakfast and lunch choices featuring Boar’s Head cold cuts.
A Taste of Home is at 1992 North Jerusalem Road, North Bellmore, 486-1670, www.atasteofhomebakery.com. Hours are Monday-Thursday: 6 a.m.-7 p.m., Friday-Saturday: 6 a.m.-8 p.m., Sunday: 6 a.m-5p.m.
