09/25/2026
Sharing some local love for small businesses, but if you want in on the draw for cookies, make sure to go to my page for the original post in order to be included in the draw coming up next week. 😊.
Its a long post, so if you don't get through it the summary of it is:
FIND FIVE!
Let's support our local small businesses!
Find 5 local businesses and give them some love. Buy, follow, share, comment, review, recommend, whatever you can manage. And don't underestimate the power of simply supporting their social media by sharing and interacting.
****Then visit the Hill House Micro Bakery Find Five post, comment with your five, and you're entered to win a FREE cookie box!
Then tag someone else to FIND FIVE.
Five businesses. One little ripple. Find the original post on the Hill House page!
TAKE FIVE — A Little Local Love
**🚨 long post alert- not sorry!
I've been giving a lot of thought lately to our economy and what the future might look like.
It's hard not to, really. We have so much information — and so much bad news — available at our fingertips every minute of every day. It's very easy to get caught up in fear and worry about what's coming next for ourselves and our children's children.
And I started wondering... What can we actually DO? Not what can governments do. Not what can big corporations do. What can one weird little home baker do to make a difference in her own little corner of the world? 🤔
And the answer I kept coming back to was each other.
As a whole, we are very powerful. Words matter. Actions matter. We matter. Each single little person matters. ❤️
There are so many people in our communities working incredibly hard to make a living. Small businesses, home businesses, farmers, makers, artists, shops, service providers, and people who are simply trying to turn something they love into a little bit of income. Not everyone can work a 9-to-5 job for a variety of reasons.
We may not be able to fix the economy. But maybe we can make sure our little corner of it is a little stronger. And at the end of the day, we can all sleep just a bit easier.
So I saw an idea recently that I absolutely loved, and I thought... Let's try it here! And obviously, I thought, How can I tweak it? How can I apply it locally? And here's what I came up with...
I'm going to call it FIND FIVE — as in, find five small businesses and take them under your wing, so to speak, and find ways of lending them a little support.
If we each do this, we will all be more abundant. I really hope you decide to play along. ❤️
This is my version of "Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can."
🍁 THE CHALLENGE:
Over the next few weeks, I'm challenging you to find 5 local small businesses and give them a little love.
They can be businesses you already know and love, or someone you've been meaning to check out.
And supporting them doesn't necessarily mean spending money! (I don't want you spending money you don't have. But if it's something you were going to buy anyway... 🤷♀️)
Supporting small businesses can look like:
✔️ Buy something
✔️ Follow their page
✔️ Like or comment on their posts
✔️ Share something they make
✔️ Leave a review
✔️ Visit their shop, stand, or market
✔️ Recommend them to a friend..or simply find another genuine way to show your support.
It is my hope that the tagged businesses join in as well and tag and support other fellow operators. The intention is collaboration not competition.
🍁 HOW TO JOIN THE CHALLENGE:
1. Find your five.
2. Then come back to this post and comment:
"TAKE FIVE COMPLETE!
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5"
That's your entry! THAT'S IT.
Pro tip: Sometimes the @ symbol won't highlight unless you are following the page, so make sure you follow the businesses you want to tag.😬
And because I'm a bakery, there has to be a little something sweet involved... 🍪
Everyone who completes their Find Five will be entered into a draw for a FREE Hill House cookie box!
Again, please — don't spend money you don't have just to participate. That's not what this is about. If you can, great! If not, you can still make a difference!
A follow, share, recommendation, review, or genuine interaction counts too.
This isn't about spending more. Growing their social media page gets their products in front of more people who are able to buy. It's about being intentional about where we put our support.
And here's the part I really hope happens...
When you finish your five, tag a friend and challenge them to FIND FIVE.
Let's see how many local businesses we can put in front of one another over the next few weeks.
Because maybe we can't change the whole economy. But we can help the person down the road.
We can tell someone about the little business we love. We can choose local when we can.
And we can remind each other that while we are not all in the same boat, we are in the same storm.
Let's make a little ripple. 🍁❤️
FIND FIVE. SUPPORT FIVE. SPREAD THE LOVE.
Giveaway closing date and final draw details will be posted separately.
**This post will be shared, but you must come back to this original post to be entered to win the bakery box.
