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Soula Box – New Collaboration Launched to Promote Women-Owned and Led Missoula Businesses and Fundraise to Thank Missoula’s Health Care Workers
Missoula boasts a vibrant, small business community that is predominantly women-owned and led. A special report from the US Chamber of Commerce suggests that small, women-owned businesses have been disproportionately impacted by COVID 19 and the recession, and specifically states that “women-owned small businesses have less optimistic revenue, investment and hiring plans compared to male-owned small businesses.”
The newly formed Soula Box group of 17-local women-owned Missoula businesses work together to provide a specialized offering that allows those connected to Missoula near or far, to safely purchase local gifts from their home, and share these Missoula-based products with others locally, as well as nationally. In addition, they wanted to thank Missoula’s healthcare workers, and encourage Missoula to continue the longstanding tradition of supporting local businesses that put the soul in MisSOULa.
This gift-by-donation program for Missoula Healthcare Workers is a collection fund to purchase at least 250 holiday boxes for Missoula medical and health care professionals, who are on the front lines of COVID. We are fortunate to have a local healthcare system providing 24/7 care and support, as our COVID numbers have exploded. These care workers are exhausted and often underappreciated. With community donations to the Soula Box COVID Healthcare Workers Fund, the group will donate as many Soula Boxes as possible. There is an $8000 goal, to be raised by Dec. 31, 2020, and boxes will be delivered by Jan. 31, 2021, to Missoula hospitals. To donate directly to the fund, go to the Soula Box COVID Healthcare Workers Fund webpage.
Dates to know:
- December 16th – Last day to purchase to guarantee delivery by Christmas
- December 31st – Last day of the donation drive for Healthcare Workers – Get us to $8000 so we can gift a box to 250+ Missoula Health Care workers!
- January 31st – Completion of SoulaBox delivery to Healthcare Workers
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