Connie Milstein Sings with Mary Wilson

Connie Milstein, Chairman of the Humpty Dumpty Institute hosted Ms. Mary Wilson of the Supremes at an event in New York in 2008. This is a photo of Ms. Milstein joining Mary Wilson in song.

Be Part of the CURE in Boston

In recent news, Boston will see its first benefit for CURE, the volunteer-based organization founded by mothers of children with epilepsy. On Friday, October 15, 2010, the first annual Boston Benefit for CURE will take place at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts.

The guest speaker will be Pulitzer Prize-winning author and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Dinner chairs include Anne Finucane, Mike Barnicle and Susan Axelrod. Certainly, board members such as Connie Milstein support the efforts of CURE to create these fundraising events and to tirelessly work for a cure for epilepsy.

Connie Milstein & Foundation Sweet Success

As part of her efforts at Connie’s Bakery and General Store, Connie Milstein has created Foundation Sweet Success. The foundation is the giving vehicle for the Bakery and General Store, which offers 100% of its after-tax profits to support charitable organizations.

Each year, Connie Milstein and Foundation Sweet Success select six non-profit organizations to be Connie’s charitable partners. The funds from the foundation are divided equally among these organizations, and these six non-profits are promoted at Connie’s stores and on the website.

Certainly, Foundation Sweet Success accepts donations beyond the purchases made at the bakery and retail store. In addition, if you have a non-profit organization that you’d like to be included in the Foundation Sweet Success, you can apply for consideration through the bakery website.

Linda Resnick, Connie Milstein & Others Raising Epilepsy Awareness

Author Linda Resnick recently published an article on HuffingtonPost.com that urges people to pay more attention to the need for epilepsy research and cures. She explains that a huge number of people in the world have active epilepsy, comprising nearly 1% of the world’s population, but that most people still don’t like to talk about this disease.

She was recently invited to lead a brainstorming session on how to overcome this stigma. She was invited by representatives of The American Epilepsy Society, The Epilepsy Foundation, CURE where Connie Milstein is on the board, and other esteemed organizations.

She wrote, “ It is my hope that this initial work will be the first small step in creating a wide-reaching campaign, one similar in scope and effectiveness to those conducted by breast cancer and prostate cancer research. It is only by educating society on epilepsy that we will dispel the mystery surrounding it.”

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.