Renewables & Environment - Washington, Washington, United States
My mother, Donna Faye-Pitts Jenkins, founded D's Gourmet Butter Cookies around 2005, not only as a business venture but also a way to express all of these things. She wanted to share with others who she was, what her family tradition held and a legacy she would continue in her family. Her beautiful business began to flourish over the years as she participated in many events to grow the name; though in 2011, my mother passed from a heart attack. Many questions were raised about her business and who would continue where she left off. And three years later I stepped up to the plate. D's Gourmet Butter Cookies had not just been her identity, tradition and legacy, but had evolved as mine as well and I knew in my heart I must continue what she had only just begun.