Retail Store
The new Family Journeys Retail Store is NOW OPEN at the Tanger Outlet Mall, Store #A1100 (next to Coach), in Tuscola
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Help Us Spread the Joy This Holiday Season!
FJ is spreading some holiday cheer this season by donating gift baskets to area food pantries and senior centers.
For every gift basket sold at the store or through the Web site from December 1 through December 24, FJ will donate a gift basket filled with specialty food items, cupboard staples, toys and other necessities.
The FJ family wants to give back to our neighbors in the local communities during this holiday season, especially since so many families are struggling this year due to the economy.
The baskets will contain items donated by various FJ partners including Flesor’s Candy Kitchen and Railside Farms of Tuscola; Homestead Bakery/The Great Pumpkin Patch, The Kitchen of Doris Yoder and RoseLen’s of Arthur; and Green Mill Village of Arcola. Cupboard staples will be purchased at a local Amish grocery store.
We are fortunate to have such caring people in our area communities. Our partner’s donations will have a profound impact on the families and individuals that receive our baskets.
FJ gift baskets range in price from $30 to $275. Customers to the store also have the option to “Build-A-Basket” by creating their own customized gift basket tailored to the particular recipient. A selection of baskets, filler options and wrapping is provided.
For more information about the Gift Basket Donation Program, contact Sarah Miller at smiller@insidethegreenbox.com .
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Holiday Coupons are Here! Shop locally this holiday season with our great coupons deals going on through Christmas Eve. Download Your Coupon Sheet Here!
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ABOUT FAMILY JOURNEYS
Shopping just took on a whole new face… local and sustainable. Local entrepreneurs and a new Amish guild of craftsmen will offer something new for shoppers as they head into the upcoming holiday season. This new shopping experience is located at the Tanger Outlet Mall #A1100 in Tuscola, Ill., with a premiere look and taste of the furniture, home products, skin care products, gift baskets, glass ornaments and local food.
While Family Journeys (FJ) is the name of the store, it is a partnership with the Woodright’s Guild of the Arthur/Arcola area and Family Journeys. The guild is a group of the finest local craftsmen, specializing in furniture and home interiors – even cabinets and doors. The new difference – they can create custom wonders in furnishings, cabinets and just about anything for the home… sustainably, using responsible finishes and materials.
A showcase with a sampling of what the guild members create is available at the FJ store Monday through Saturday during regular mall hours. Guild members will be available for customer questions.
The front of the store features the products of FJ, which include a collection of locally made products that vary from a full 1940s bedroom suite to hand blown glassware, gift baskets, holiday ornaments, specialty food items and organic skin care products. The individual products can even be assembled into custom “Build a Basket” gift baskets allowing the customer to create the perfect basket for each special occasion.
“Local and sustainable is what we are all about at Family Journeys,” said owner Bob McElwee. “Every purchase here benefits local businesses as they are the source for our products. The gift ideas change each day as we find new local companies to supply us.”
The products are wrapped and packaged with recycled materials, with the purchase of many of the products benefiting various causes, including creating jobs for the local economy.
The store also features a sneak preview of some of the furniture and furnishings for the new Green Mill Hotel that will premiere in 2010 in the Green Mill Village resort project in Arcola. McElwee is also the developer of the hotel and resort project.
Besides local products, wind turbines sales will also be available from the Midwest Sun and Wind company in the near future. Plans to offer sustainable homes that are locally built and powered by wind and solar energy are also in the works. New homeowners who purchase these local homes can choose sustainable furnishings through the Woodright’s Guild or other manufacturers of sustainable USA made products.
“This holiday season you can shop in our store and buy anything from a jar of strawberry jam, kitchen cabinets to put your jam in, a bed to sleep in and a home to put the bed in. Then we can install a wind turbine to power your home – all with local people and products,” McElwee said.
“This is all part of an exciting sustainable model that includes providing manufacturing jobs and larger wind turbines that will power more than just Green Mill Village, McElwee added. “Information about this model and what it means for our area will be available at the store.”
“Gift wrapping materials will be provided at no charge to customers purchasing more than $25,” said Sarah Miller, director of product development for Family Journeys. “This is a shopper’s dream as there are new items never before seen… just out of product development… and then some Amish antiques from the 1800s for sale.”
The store is also the official place for signup for schools and other organizations looking for fundraising programs using local products. Gift baskets and other items have been assembled into a program for groups looking to raise money by selling quality local products. Samples and signup materials will be available at the store.
“We just introduced this fundraising program and the response has been very positive – parents and others are tired of paying exorbitant prices for products with little value made overseas,” Miller added.
Miller said FJ is always looking for additional local products to feature on the Web site and in the store. Product ideas can be sent to smiller@insidethegreenbox.com .
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Help Us Spread the Joy This Holiday Season!
FJ is spreading some holiday cheer this season by donating gift baskets to area food pantries and senior centers.
For every gift basket sold at the store or through the Web site from December 1 through December 24, FJ will donate a gift basket filled with specialty food items, cupboard staples, toys and other necessities.
The FJ family wants to give back to our neighbors in the local communities during this holiday season, especially since so many families are struggling this year due to the economy.
The baskets will contain items donated by various FJ partners including Flesor’s Candy Kitchen and Railside Farms of Tuscola; Homestead Bakery/The Great Pumpkin Patch, The Kitchen of Doris Yoder and RoseLen’s of Arthur; and Green Mill Village of Arcola. Cupboard staples will be purchased at a local Amish grocery store.
We are fortunate to have such caring people in our area communities. Our partner’s donations will have a profound impact on the families and individuals that receive our baskets.
FJ gift baskets range in price from $30 to $275. Customers to the store also have the option to “Build-A-Basket” by creating their own customized gift basket tailored to the particular recipient. A selection of baskets, filler options and wrapping is provided.
For more information about the Gift Basket Donation Program, contact Sarah Miller at smiller@insidethegreenbox.com .
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Holiday Coupons are Here! Shop locally this holiday season with our great coupons deals going on through Christmas Eve. Download Your Coupon Sheet Here!
************************************************************
ABOUT FAMILY JOURNEYS
Shopping just took on a whole new face… local and sustainable. Local entrepreneurs and a new Amish guild of craftsmen will offer something new for shoppers as they head into the upcoming holiday season. This new shopping experience is located at the Tanger Outlet Mall #A1100 in Tuscola, Ill., with a premiere look and taste of the furniture, home products, skin care products, gift baskets, glass ornaments and local food.
While Family Journeys (FJ) is the name of the store, it is a partnership with the Woodright’s Guild of the Arthur/Arcola area and Family Journeys. The guild is a group of the finest local craftsmen, specializing in furniture and home interiors – even cabinets and doors. The new difference – they can create custom wonders in furnishings, cabinets and just about anything for the home… sustainably, using responsible finishes and materials.
A showcase with a sampling of what the guild members create is available at the FJ store Monday through Saturday during regular mall hours. Guild members will be available for customer questions.
The front of the store features the products of FJ, which include a collection of locally made products that vary from a full 1940s bedroom suite to hand blown glassware, gift baskets, holiday ornaments, specialty food items and organic skin care products. The individual products can even be assembled into custom “Build a Basket” gift baskets allowing the customer to create the perfect basket for each special occasion.
“Local and sustainable is what we are all about at Family Journeys,” said owner Bob McElwee. “Every purchase here benefits local businesses as they are the source for our products. The gift ideas change each day as we find new local companies to supply us.”
The products are wrapped and packaged with recycled materials, with the purchase of many of the products benefiting various causes, including creating jobs for the local economy.
The store also features a sneak preview of some of the furniture and furnishings for the new Green Mill Hotel that will premiere in 2010 in the Green Mill Village resort project in Arcola. McElwee is also the developer of the hotel and resort project.
Besides local products, wind turbines sales will also be available from the Midwest Sun and Wind company in the near future. Plans to offer sustainable homes that are locally built and powered by wind and solar energy are also in the works. New homeowners who purchase these local homes can choose sustainable furnishings through the Woodright’s Guild or other manufacturers of sustainable USA made products.
“This holiday season you can shop in our store and buy anything from a jar of strawberry jam, kitchen cabinets to put your jam in, a bed to sleep in and a home to put the bed in. Then we can install a wind turbine to power your home – all with local people and products,” McElwee said.
“This is all part of an exciting sustainable model that includes providing manufacturing jobs and larger wind turbines that will power more than just Green Mill Village, McElwee added. “Information about this model and what it means for our area will be available at the store.”
“Gift wrapping materials will be provided at no charge to customers purchasing more than $25,” said Sarah Miller, director of product development for Family Journeys. “This is a shopper’s dream as there are new items never before seen… just out of product development… and then some Amish antiques from the 1800s for sale.”
The store is also the official place for signup for schools and other organizations looking for fundraising programs using local products. Gift baskets and other items have been assembled into a program for groups looking to raise money by selling quality local products. Samples and signup materials will be available at the store.
“We just introduced this fundraising program and the response has been very positive – parents and others are tired of paying exorbitant prices for products with little value made overseas,” Miller added.
Miller said FJ is always looking for additional local products to feature on the Web site and in the store. Product ideas can be sent to smiller@insidethegreenbox.com .
