2025
$9,048
2025 Candle Sale
Our biggest year yet, with the tightest split between causes and the clearest proof that this has become a community tradition.
321 candles · 73 neighbors · 3 posts
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Community impact
Where the good has gone.
Every year each of us chooses one cause, and everyone who buys candles decides where their donation goes. Since 2021, that simple ritual has sent 100% of every candle donation to 22 organizations and counting.
$32,512Raised since 2021
22Organizations
5Years
~1,125Candles poured
Four family picks. One cause from each of us, every fall.
Community choice. Support one, split across all four, or ask for a specific allocation.
Every dollar onward. We cover materials so the full candle donation goes to good.
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Look at a single sale year, follow one family member’s causes, or sort the full list by amount raised. The filters are shareable, so each view has its own URL.
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Year by year
Read the sale stories.
The ledger shows where the dollars went. The journal posts add the texture: what sold, what surprised us, what the charts revealed, and what we learned for next year.
2024
$7,010
2024 Candle Sale
Opening part of the sale to the public at the holiday boutique brought a big jump and introduced the candles to a wider community.
264 candles · 76 neighbors · 3 posts
2023
$5,755
2023 Candle Sale
More scents meant more learning. This was the year we started treating the sale like a tiny retailer and using the data to plan better.
226 candles · 82 neighbors · 2 posts
2022
$5,217
2022 Candle Sale
The second sale grew beyond the first and gave us better notes on what people loved, from scents to the little extras around the table.
180 candles · 84 neighbors · 2 posts
2021
$4,757
2021 Candle Sale
The first year proved this could be more than a candle project: friends and neighbors showed up, chose causes, and made it a tradition worth repeating.
134 candles · 85 neighbors · 1 post
Next chapter
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The latest impact stories live on the blog, and the 2026 sale details go first to Candle Fundraiser subscribers.