Keep The Brown Cow Alive
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Every downtown needs an ice cream shop – and The Brown Cow Ice Cream Parlor isn’t just your average hometown joint. It is reminiscent of a 1920’s soda fountain conjuring up the nostalgia of ice cream when you were a kid with decadent shakes, malts, sundaes and root beer floats served in glassware by the soda jerks making waffle cones behind the counter. It’s THE place where you meet up with friends, go on a date, and bring your kids for a special treat. However it is all at risk.
I’m Connie Brown, the owner and founder of The Brown Cow Ice Cream Parlor in Forest Park, IL and I need your help to build an in-house Creamery for The Brown Cow so that we can stay open.
For the last 16 years, I worked with an outside company to help manufacture my homemade recipes. With no notice, the company closed its doors to us due to the pandemic…effective immediately! The Brown Cow only has enough ice cream on hand to last just 6 weeks!! I am already running out of inventory. Help us bring back our beloved flavors like Chocolate Peanut Butter and Mint Chocolate Chip.
I am a single mom of three teenagers and this is our livelihood. Since March, I have pivoted to keep my business relevant and vibrant. I serve our customers safely out a newly built walk-up window and we set up a quaint patio to provide the same incredible service. We moved our birthday parties to an awesome online format, kept our bakers busy by baking for the local food pantry and opened the doors to other businesses who needed a certified kitchen/home from which to work.
It has been my dream to manufacture our ice cream in-house so that all my customers can watch it be made and be part of the process. To have ice cream camps where you can create your own flavors, etc. I have been planning and budgeting for years, however this needs to be a reality much sooner than I ever expected. Doing so would lower my costs and increase profit margins in the long-run. With your help, I can be up and running within 6-8 weeks.
I need $50,000 to purchase equipment to make our beloved ice cream in-house. This includes a Batch Freezer (ice cream maker) which runs about $40,000 and help toward the purchase of a Blast Freezer/ Hardening Cabinet ($38,000) and walk in refrigerator ($10,000) The entire build out and equipment will be about $120,000. Some of which I have saved and some of which I can most likely borrow. However, there is no possible way I can cover all these costs. Please help me continue to create memories for my customers who come to the BC - their home for home-made ice cream.
Thank you in advance for your ongoing support and generosity. Every penny will go to The Brown Cow Ice Cream Parlor for this purpose.
Connie Brown and The Brown Cow team.
I’m Connie Brown, the owner and founder of The Brown Cow Ice Cream Parlor in Forest Park, IL and I need your help to build an in-house Creamery for The Brown Cow so that we can stay open.
For the last 16 years, I worked with an outside company to help manufacture my homemade recipes. With no notice, the company closed its doors to us due to the pandemic…effective immediately! The Brown Cow only has enough ice cream on hand to last just 6 weeks!! I am already running out of inventory. Help us bring back our beloved flavors like Chocolate Peanut Butter and Mint Chocolate Chip.
I am a single mom of three teenagers and this is our livelihood. Since March, I have pivoted to keep my business relevant and vibrant. I serve our customers safely out a newly built walk-up window and we set up a quaint patio to provide the same incredible service. We moved our birthday parties to an awesome online format, kept our bakers busy by baking for the local food pantry and opened the doors to other businesses who needed a certified kitchen/home from which to work.
It has been my dream to manufacture our ice cream in-house so that all my customers can watch it be made and be part of the process. To have ice cream camps where you can create your own flavors, etc. I have been planning and budgeting for years, however this needs to be a reality much sooner than I ever expected. Doing so would lower my costs and increase profit margins in the long-run. With your help, I can be up and running within 6-8 weeks.
I need $50,000 to purchase equipment to make our beloved ice cream in-house. This includes a Batch Freezer (ice cream maker) which runs about $40,000 and help toward the purchase of a Blast Freezer/ Hardening Cabinet ($38,000) and walk in refrigerator ($10,000) The entire build out and equipment will be about $120,000. Some of which I have saved and some of which I can most likely borrow. However, there is no possible way I can cover all these costs. Please help me continue to create memories for my customers who come to the BC - their home for home-made ice cream.
Thank you in advance for your ongoing support and generosity. Every penny will go to The Brown Cow Ice Cream Parlor for this purpose.
Connie Brown and The Brown Cow team.
Organizer
Connie Brown
Organizer
Forest Park, IL
