Connie’s Bakery Helping Women in Need

As part of her commitment to helping those less fortunate, Connie Milstein has set up the Foundation Sweet Success. This foundation helps to distribute 100% of the after-tax profits from Connie’s Bakery and General Store to needy organizations.

One such organization, that Connie Milstein supports with the Foundation Sweet Success is the Putnam/Northern Westchester Women’s Resource Center. This center provides essential resources, professional counseling, skills workshops and more to help women to work towards their potential and to reach their goals.

The many programs developed through the Putnam/Northern Westchester Women’s Resource Center are continually developed and constantly changing to meet the needs of a changing social environment and to reflect the needs of the women they serve.

Connie Milstein's Great Idea

Connie Milstein came up with such a great idea, that it seems to have really worked. What idea is that? To create a store where all the earnings are dedicated to helping organizations and charitable foundations, and where the people working there are treated with dignity and paid liveable wages, and a store where apprentices receive training so that one day they themselves can also be gainfully employed in a dignified profession. This is the idea behind Connie Milstein's special project, Connie's Bakery and General Store.

First established at the end of 2006 in Mt. Kisco, New York, by Connie Milstein, this beautiful store full of wonderful and delicious treats not only delights the sense of taste, but also delights the sense of justice and kindness as well. When purchases are made at Connie's, customers know that they are helping many people all at the same time.

First, there are those organizations which benefit from the money raised through the purchases people make at Connie's Bakery. Then, the employees themselves who are being paid wages on which it is possible to live dignified lives. Third, there is an apprenticeship program in which otherwise unemployed and untrained individuals can get the training and experience they need to lead productive and fulfilling lives in a rewarding and dignified profession.

Connie Milstein's good idea has turned into a great achievement.