The Big Need: We are four months behind on rent (over $30,000) and need help catching up before 12/31. Your support would help our family bridge this season!

For years, our family has poured our hearts into building CREAM — starting the very first franchised location and opening stores in Walnut Creek, Concord, and Livermore, all with one goal: to serve our community and bring joy and smiles to both young and old.

Today, we are facing our hardest chapter yet. This month we are closing our final brick-and-mortar location in Concord. Rising costs, increasing rent and declining sales since COVID have made it impossible to sustain retail operations, and we are now pivoting fully to catering.

We are launching this GoFundMe because we are currently four months behind on rent ($30k +) and do not have a viable way to catch up through our present sales. Any support you might offer would mean the world to us. It would help our family-run business take its next step and continue serving the community we love while being able to earn a livelihood as a family.

Thank you for considering standing with us during this transition.

We count each act of generosity as a gift of love!

- Mark & Mary Ann Stites