Things 4 Good

Updates on our family’s candle‑making fundraiser for charity. I share insights on costs and materials, celebrate the growing impact and donations raised over four years, and invite readers to help us choose new scents.

Nov 27, 2022 ∞

Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser Distributed

The Things 4 Good 2022 Fall Fundraiser raised $5,217 to support good causes! That is a $460 increase over 2021. We had around 100 visitors as well as many email orders from people that couldn’t come in person. Today we distributed the proceeds to the four non-profits that we had selected.

As in previous years we shared the non-profits with each in-person visitor and they could select any number of the four organizations to support.

Bar chart showing 2022 Fall Fundraiser proceeds: United Help Ukraine $1,457, Agate Housing $1,290.50, Save the Snakes $1,246, Free Guitars 4 Kids $1,223.50

A huge thank you to everyone for being part of this fun event and help some organizations having a good impact in the world. 💛

Nov 20, 2022 ∞

I love that This Week in POAP highlighted our Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser POAP in the Nov 15 edition! ❤️

“POAPs for good: a POAP at a family fundraiser.”

Nov 10, 2022 ∞

The POAP for this weekend’s Things 4 Good 2022 Fall Fundraiser is ready and it is awesome! This will be a fun collectible for those that come, as well as enabling holders to have input on next years candles! 🤩

Circular badge for Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser 2022 featuring illustrated candles, a puzzle box, and a honey jar on a golden background.

Nov 10, 2022 ∞

POAP 5885743 at Things 4 Good 2022 Fall Fundraiser.

Nov 10, 2022 ∞

We bottled Sweet Thing Honey tonight getting final preparations for our Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser this weekend! Labels go on tomorrow.

Hands filling a small bear-shaped glass jar with honey from a white plastic bottling bucket gate valve on a wooden shelf.

Roughly 30 bear-shaped plastic bottles filled with golden honey, capped in black lids, arranged on a wooden table.

Rows of bear-shaped honey bottles with black caps lined up on a decorated wooden table, one bear in sharp focus in the foreground.

Nov 6, 2022 ∞

I just wrapped up another Poapathon contest to get a design for our Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser. The designers were amazing, creative, and put forward several options that were great fits for our event. If you need design help it is an amazing resource! 🎨

Oct 30, 2022 ∞

We made another 90 Things 4 Good candles today for a total of 180 ready for the Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser!

Roughly 90 handmade candles in colorful cylindrical containers with wooden wicks arranged on a wooden table.

Dozens of colorful handmade candles with wooden wicks arranged on a wood table alongside pouring pitchers, a scale, and paper towels.

Oct 29, 2022 ∞

Making Things 4 Good Candles with the Digiboil is way faster and just easier. We made twice the candles in much less time versus multiple double boilers.

It is also a win that we can make them inside. Last years cooled outside and that can be too fast and cause tunneling.

Dozens of colorful candles in various container colors arranged in rows on a wood table, each with a wooden wick

Oct 29, 2022 ∞

We are doing our very first round of Things 4 Good Candles with the Digiboil. This thing can take a lot of wax! This is going to make candle production much faster.

Large blocks of solid white wax stacked inside a stainless steel brewing kettle with gallon and litre measurement markings

BrewZilla 35L neoprene-jacketed Digiboil electric brewing kettle sitting on a wooden crate in a garage.

Sep 19, 2022 ∞

I decided to take a big “step up” in Things 4 Good Candles production and get a DigiBoil 9 gallon wax melter. Before we had three melters in two double boilers doing 3 lbs of wax at a time. Things4Good Fall Fundraiser coming November 12th and 13th.