Georgette's Grounds and Gifts

Consider doing some holiday shopping at Georgette's Grounds and Gifts of Maumee! This is a great little store, with a great little story.

Georgette's Grounds and Gifts is one of the many projects that have been born of The Sunshine Children's Home. Founded by Georgette and Roy Engler, a local couple who raised five disabled children and vowed to begin an organization to help the disabled and their families have access to vital services, The Sunshine Children's Home currently has sixteen group homes and serves 110 clients living in their own homes, all of whom have disabilities and many of whom have Downs Syndrome. The Sunshine Children's Home not only provides basic services, but works specifically to offer a great quality of life for the disabled and their families, and values and creates meaningful employment opportunities for those with disabilities. Georgette's Grounds and Gifts, a coffee shop and fair trade store in downtown Maumee, is such an opportunity. On any given day, you can visit the store and find several of Sunshine Children's Home's clients assisting customers and keeping the premises sparkling clean and inviting. The atmosphere is warm and cozy, their food is great, and just being there invites you to slow down and remember the good things that life is all about.

Georgette's serves fair trade coffee, as well as sells the coffee by bulk. The fair trade store sells gorgeous crafts, soaps, jewelry, CDs from around the world, and, at this time of year, lovely creches and Christmas ornaments. You don't have to live in northwest Ohio to shop at Georgette's; many of their products are displayed online. 

Check out the following web sites:

www.sunshinefnd.com

www.georgettes.org