About this project
In November of 2010 we launched The Hopefull Company and immediately became a game changer in the health and wellness field. We offer a product called The HopeFull Gift Pack which was developed to help children and adults who are having trouble eating due to illness, particularly cancer. The HopefULL Gift Pack offers people a way to prepare delicious, nutrient-dense meals packed with vitamins, protein and healthy calories in the form of a frozen whole food pop. Our company was inspired while helping a family friend who was having trouble eating while undergoing chemotherapy.
Due to the popularity that HopeFULL recipes had with parents (especially those with finicky eaters and children with sensory issues) we launched a new product line in December, 2011 called BellyFULLs, which is similar to the HopeFULL Gift Pack but with more adventurous and playful frozen whole food pop recipes designed to get children interested in (and eating!) whole foods. Our BellyFULL Recipes are perfect for children 9 months and older, and the “Kids Can” section of the recipe book offers children ages 4 years and up fun, safe ways to help their parents make them.
The BellyFULL Kit gives parents the tools they need to introduce whole foods to their children in a way that nurtures their curiosity for food and fosters a love of healthy eating. BellyFULLs are super easy to make, too - just shop, blend and freeze!
The BellyFULL Kit contains a custom mold, 20 healthy and unique BellyFULL Recipes (with instructions, photos, nutritional data and “Kids Can” section), 100 birch wood spoon sticks as well as an embroidered adjustable child-sized Chef's Hat. The recipe photos are fun and playful and feature silly graphics that kids love! The frozen pop's bright, natural colors paired with recipe names like "Applesauce-A-Saurus" and "Indigo My Tummy" get kids excited to try them. Just imagine your kids eating beets, kale and avocado on a regular basis! BellyFULL recipes can be eaten frozen on a stick, fresh from the blender as a smoothie or warmed like soup. (Not all recipes are sweet - some are savory! Mmmmm!)
Currently The BellyFULL Kit is sold on our company website, however, we would love to sell The BellyFULL Kit in retail stores as that would make them more accessible to everyone. In order to do that we need to have packaging designed and produced, and that costs tens of thousands of dollars which we unfortunately do not have. That’s why we need YOU! There is nothing else like The BellyFULL Kit on the market and it has amazing potential, but we need your help to bring this exciting new product to retail shelves.
We hope you find our donation incentives appealing - we believe you and the children in your lives will LOVE our products! Thank you so much for your support and generosity!
With Gratitude,
Jessica & Stephanie
NOTE: Why overfund this project? The more we raise, the better the packaging! PLUS, if we reach $100,000 we will be able to execute The BellyFULL of Goodness Challenge, an education program that we will make accessible to all US based elementary schools designed to introduce whole foods to young children in a creative and exciting way - through delicious frozen whole food pops!
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See a sample of our BellyFULL Recipe cards here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dreamingincolor/6518099613/
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One BellyFULL Button! (Buttons are the new black!)
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One BellyFull Chef’s Hat and one BellyFULL Button! Hooray!
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Two BellyFULL Chef’s Hats and two BellyFULL Buttons! (Because we know your kids will fight over one hat and button!)
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BellyFULL Recipe Book, Three BellyFULL Chef’s Hats and three BellyFULL Buttons! Saweeet!
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A BellyFULL Kit (which includes a BellyFULL Recipe book, custom silicone mold, pack of 100 birch wood spoon sticks and a BellyFULL Chef’s Hat) PLUS an extra silicone mold and one BellyFULL Button! Yeah, Baby!
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A BellyFULL Kit (which includes a BellyFULL Recipe book, custom silicone mold, pack of 100 birch wood spoon sticks and a BellyFULL Chef’s Hat) PLUS two BellyFULL Buttons, two BellyFULL Chef’s Hats and an extra silicone mold! (Hot diggidy dog!) :)
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One BellyFULL Kit (which includes a BellyFULL Recipe book, custom silicone mold, pack of 100 birch wood spoon sticks and a BellyFULL Chef’s Hat) PLUS three BellyFULL Buttons, three BellyFULL Chef’s Hat, one extra silicone mold and an extra pack of 100 spoon sticks! (Go on with yo bad self!)
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BellyFULL Birthday Party Kit!! One BellyFULL Kit (which includes a BellyFULL Recipe book, custom silicone mold, pack of 100 birch wood spoon sticks and a BellyFULL Chef’s Hat) PLUS two extra molds, one extra pack of spoon-sticks and SEVEN extra BellyFULL Chef's Hats and EIGHT BellyFULL Buttons to give as favors at your BellyFULL Birthday Party! YUM!
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BellyFULL School or Scout Troop Program Kit! One BellyFULL Kit (which includes a BellyFULL Recipe book, custom silicone mold, pack of 100 birch wood spoon sticks and a BellyFULL Chef’s Hat) PLUS two extra molds, one extra pack of spoon-sticks and TWENTY extra BellyFULL Chef Hats for each participant to wear and keep! Yeah, this is gettin' goooood! :)
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We’ll HOST your BellyFULL Birthday Party!! (Twin Cities Metro area only) One BellyFULL Kit (which includes a BellyFULL Recipe book, custom silicone mold, pack of 100 birch wood spoon sticks and a BellyFULL Chef’s Hat) PLUS two extra molds, one extra pack of spoon-sticks and seven extra BellyFULL chef hats and EIGHT BellyFULL Buttons to give as favors at your BellyFULL Birthday Party! PLUS your little guests will be in the kitchen guided by The HopeFULL Girls making delicious whole-foods pops and taste-testing wholesome ingredients along the way. INGREDIENTS PROVIDED BY The HopeFULL Girls AND the birthday boy/girls’s hat will be embroidered with their name! (Out of town donors will receive The BellyFULL Birthday Party Kit.) IT'S PARTY TIME!
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One Hosted BellyFULL Birthday Party (as stated above) PLUS a collaboration on a custom BellyFULL recipe - you pick the name! Includes a copy of the recipe that can be emailed and printed. Includes a professional quality photograph of the recipe in digital format and a 8x11 print! You know you want it!
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BellyFULL of Goodness Program! Includes a step-by-step guide to host a class on cooking whole foods to use at your childs’ school or in your community PLUS 30 BellyFULL Chef's Hats for the kids to wear (and keep) during the presentation, 30 BellyFULL recipe books, 30 silicone molds and 30 sets of 100 spoon-sticks. That means 30 children/families can walk away with the tools to create their own delicious whole-food pops! (Won't this feel GOOD!?)
Pledge $5,000 or more Pledge $5,000 or more
The HopeFULL Girls will fly to your choice of schools/communities in the continental US and present a 60 minute fun and informational BellyFULL of Goodness Seminar to parents and children on whole foods cooking! Includes 30 chef hats for the kids to wear (and keep) during the presentation, 30 BellyFULL recipe books, 30 silicone molds and 30 sets of 100 spoon-sticks. Each child/family can walk away with the tools to create their own delicious whole-food pops! (Woo Hoo! We can't wait to thank you in person!)
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Connected as Jessica Welsch (440 friends)
Jessica Welsch and Stephanie Williams are sisters, mothers and owners of The HopeFULL Company. When they are not working on their business together (which they love to do!) they are spending quality time with friends and families. Jessica loves theatre, yoga, watching her kids play sports and loosing herself in a good book. Stephanie loves traveling, making new BellyFULL recipes with her children and playing the banjo with her husband.
