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December 20, 2019 By Priscilla Medders Leave a Comment

Assistance League of Bellingham: “Souper” Helpers in Their Community

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Assistance League of Bellingham volunteers at their annual work party to make soup mixes. The soup mixes, packaged in cello bags from Nashville Wraps, are sold to raise money to help the community of Bellingham, Wash.

The holiday season is the perfect time of year to reflect on how grateful we are for our many wonderful customers and all the good things they are doing out in their own communities. Nashville Wraps is proud to be able to partner with so many wonderful folks. I recently spoke to Arlene Cano of Bellingham, Wash., about how our products are helping to make a difference in her community.

Arlene began using Nashville Wraps packaging years ago for her business creating and selling fancy little hats called fascinators. “I loved packaging my fascinators in billows of pink tissue paper,” she says. She enjoyed ordering from us so much, she continued to choose our packaging in her work with the Assistance League of Bellingham, even after she stopped selling the fascinators.

About Assistance League of Bellingham

A local chapter of a national organization, Assistance League of Bellingham is a nonprofit that seeks to help their community in every way possible. Just a few of their accomplishments this year included:

  • purchasing new school clothing for over 2,200 children in need;
  • giving $50,000 in summer scholarships to middle and high school students;
  • bringing sweats and underwear to the local hospital so no one had to go home in a hospital gown if their clothing was ruined; and
  • purchasing Christmas gifts for seniors in nursing facilities who have no families.

How Assistance League Uses Nashville Wraps Packaging

Assistance League of Bellingham raises money throughout the year with their very successful thrift shop, staffed entirely by volunteers. They also put on a luncheon fashion show at the country club where they sell raffle tickets for their “opportunity baskets,” shown below. Volunteers create these beautiful gift baskets using our shred and excelsior.

Assistance League Bellingham sells raffle tickets to win these Opportunity Baskets and proceeds benefit charity
A few of the Opportunity Baskets for the fashion luncheon raffle

And, each Christmas they hold and their annual “Yule Boutique” where handmade items, mountains of cookies, and hundreds of bags of soup mixes are sold. These wildly popular Country Soup and Mexican Lentil Soup mixes are packaged in our cello bags and tied with beautiful ribbons along with cooking instructions. Shown here are photos from their work party to assemble the soup mixes.

Assistance League Bellingham volunteers assemble soup mixes to sell for charity
Volunteers assembling and packaging the soup mixes.

Why Nashville Wraps Remains the Go-To Packaging Supplier

Says Arlene, “We can always rely on great customer service. Since Nashville Wraps keeps good records, you were able to correct my order and prevent me from ordering the wrong size.” She also loves the consistent quality of our packaging, as well as our new offerings every season.

Assistance League Bellingham volunteers packaging soup mixes with a pretty bow!
Wrapping it all up with a pretty bow!

Having Fun Raising Funds

The Assistance League members love working together and serving their community. Arlene says, “I am so proud of what we do and I get so much joy from participating.” She doesn’t appear in any of these pictures, since she’s usually one of the photographers, but when I spoke to her over the phone, I felt uplifted by her enthusiasm.

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Assistance League of Bellingham volunteer Wendy serving samples of the soup at the annual Yule Boutique

How Will YOU Use Nashville Wraps Packaging This Holiday Season?

We’d love to hear in the comments how you’re using our packaging this year! We’re so thankful for all of our customers and friends, and we wish you all a blessed holiday season!

Priscilla Medders

Priscilla Medders is a graphic designer who lives in Nashville. She enjoys singing and playing music with her husband, Cheyenne Medders. In addition to contributing to the Nashville Wraps Blog, she also blogs about wellness and studies homeopathy.

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