Fresh baked bread and homemade treats offer warmth and comfort unmatched by baked goods on typical grocery store shelves. Melanie Woodward has been unlocking the key to the community’s hearts through their bellies with her home bakery, Get Baked.
Started as a necessity during Covid, Woodward found herself facing empty grocery store shelves and decided to take matters into her own hands. Those hands kneaded the way to a flourishing home bakery business, blossoming over three years to a point where Woodward could funnel the funds back to the community. The baker hosts annual free school supplies pop-ups where she takes the profits from her baked goods and buys a school’s worth of supplies to give away, completely free of charge to her neighbors and community members. From baked-good donations to pay what you can pick up models, Woodward has fostered a community of bread lovers, able to enjoy home-baked goods no matter their financial status.
Woodward’s baking roots tie back to her childhood.
