Feb 4, 2013

Cottage Garden Gives Back to Their Community

Keeping to the Cottage Garden Christmas tradition, the CG family adopted 2 families with school age children in the Bainbridge area to help during the Christmas season. “This all started about 8 years ago when the staff was trying to think of a gift to give me,” explained Mark Timm, Cottage Garden’s President. “The idea was then born to give a gift on my behalf to a needy family. I was more touched by this than any company gift I had ever been given.”

This past Christmas, CG family raised $610.00 to buy Christmas gifts for 3 children that would otherwise not have any gifts waiting under the tree. “Cottage Garden cares about our community; we live here, our kids go to school here, and there are families that are not as fortunate as we are,” says Timm. The money came from CG family members donating money and time for this great cause.

In addition to raising money, Cottage Garden also held a charity auction selling items they received from various sources. The auction was fantastic, as a lot of items were accumulated and the staff was able to bid. All the proceeds went to help local needy families. “When I saw the amount of items they were able to buy for the money raised I was in shock,” said Timm. “They made deals with local retailers and totally filled the back end of a truck with coats, gloves, hats, and lots of great toys. It was the highlight of our Christmas party.”

The auction was such a success that they plan to have another one next year that is bigger and better, so more children in the community can benefit. For additional information about Cottage Garden Collections, call 877.210.3456 or visit www.cgcollections.com

About Cottage Garden
A young retailer, with a simple philosophy, founded Cottage Garden, Inc. in 1996, in order to give retailers a fair price, free fixtures and excellent customer service on all products. Today, Cottage Garden, a subsidiary of Roman, Inc., is the leading manufacturer of sentiment-based music boxes and musical frames in North America, with distribution in Australia and throughout Europe. With the initial philosophy intact, the success of every Cottage Garden product resonates by how well it translates for the customer – how it ultimately checks out at the retail register. The company stands by its reputation – at Cottage Garden, “we know how to make music!”