SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) — Turning sweet treats into a celebration of community giving, 3 Tiers Bakery is spreading holiday cheer throughout the Scranton community with its ‘Gingerbread Hearts: Building Sweet Support for Our Community.’
The free special event features festive gingerbread displays that highlight and support local nonprofit organizations.
Customers who stop by can admire the handcrafted gingerbread creations in the bakery windows while learning more about the meaningful work each organization does in the community.
The nonprofit organizations participating are the Adopt A Single Mom Project, Giving Back to the Community, and the NEPA Youth Shelter.
Catching the eye of the community with colorful masterpieces, owner of 3 Tiers Bakery, Genesis Vega, shared why she wanted to bring this into her bakery.
“I just decided this year to create like an interactive event with the community because I get a lot of support in all my years of business. I’ve been having a lot of support from the community, and I just decided to do something special, something new,” said Vega. The idea is to make my customer or any person who walks by my store because we are in downtown Scranton, so we have a lot of food traffic. To let them know that we have a lot of nonprofit organizations in the city and in Northeast Pennsylvania who like to support our community. And that they are here to help us,” said Vega.
Vega also said that each gingerbread house was made with love, as each organization took the time to build their own.
“And to make some festive decorations for our bakery. And that’s when I got in contact with the NEPA Youth Shelter. And they were so excited about the idea about the event. And then I started reaching out to some of our local nonprofit organizations. And I got three nonprofit organizations who liked to participate this year,” said Vega.
The gingerbread houses will be displayed until January 7.