Inspire HOPE

This guide is the definitive resource for anyone looking to send cookies as a thoughtful gift. It explores why gourmet cookies are a uniquely personal and memorable option, capable of creating lasting moments for any occasion. You'll learn the step-by-step process of how to send the perfect cookie gift, from choosing the best online service to selecting a flexible cookie gift card or deciding between a classic box and charming cookies in a jar. Finally, the guide details the perfect times to give cookies and highlights why Junita's Jar, with its mission-driven approach and high-quality ingredients, is the ideal choice...

A cookie company is using food to spark important conversations on college campuses. MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — In a University of Minnesota classroom, Junita Flowers takes out three different kinds of cookies.  "Food tends to be that tool that for hundreds and hundreds of years has been an opportunity to bring people together," Flowers said.  Flowers is setting up for her fourth Cookies and Conversation event—part of a larger mission since launching Junita's Jar in 2018.  While Junita's Jar is a cookie company, its main focus is helping end intimate partner violence.  "I'm a survivor of relationship violence and I've always...

Junita bakes cookies to break down barriers, start conversations about domestic violence and spark hope for women everywhere. Hope. It’s what’s imbued in Junita Flowers and the delicious cookies she sells at Junita’s Jar, her business that works to end domestic violence and create conversations that lead to positive change. Junita grew up in a close-knit family where she knew life was good. She watched her parents, and from their example, believed that secret formula to living a good life consisted of being kind, working hard, and praying. But over time as the pressures of life increased, the formula fell...

Social enterprise entrepreneur Junita Flowers finds the balance between purpose and profit to launch Junita's Jar cookies at Target and spread her message of hope. When Junita Flowers was at her lowest, baking cookies became an escape. She turned that feeling into a social enterprise business. “Junita’s Jar is so much more than a delicious bag of cookies,” Flowers says. “It’s a bag of hope.” But striking a healthy balance between purpose and profit can be challenging for a mission driven startup. The initial model of selling to businesses that would bring Flowers in for “cookies and conversation” about surviving...