Help Fuel a Mental Health-Driven Baking Dream

What if your favorite cookie came with a side of mental health advocacy, dark humour, and queer joy?

I’m Ash (she/they), the baker behind Screaming Willow Bakes — a one-person show mixing small-batch cookies with big-hearted purpose. I'm not just baking for a living — I’m baking to stay alive, and to help others feel a little less alone while I do it.

The Story:

Screaming Willow Bakes started in my tiny kitchen — a lifeline during depression, a creative escape when everything felt impossible. Baking became my way of coping, connecting, and expressing when words failed. Now, it’s growing into something bigger: a queer-owned, community-driven baking business with a mission rooted in mental health, resilience, and radical care.

This spring, I’m taking Screaming Willow Bakes into the world with our first farmers market season. I’ve got the recipes, the fire, and the stubbornness — but what I don’t have is the financial cushion to cover the very unsexy (but very necessary) costs like:

That’s where you come in.

Whether you’re someone who knows me personally or you’re just stumbling across this and thinking “hell yeah, I’d eat that,” your donation helps make this dream a reality. You’re not just funding a booth — you’re backing a business that:

And yes — cookies help fund the mission. But the real goal? Building something sustainable that gives back.

Even $5 makes a difference. Even sharing this with your friends is huge. The more people who believe in this vision, the more cookies (and care) I can share with the world.

Help me get to the market — and stay there.

Thanks for reading, laughing, supporting, and screaming with me.

Ash

Founder, Screaming Willow Bakes