After what feels like months of teasing, we’re excited to celebrate the arrival of spring! For us, this has us looking forward to spring fundraisers!

Since springtime sports teams are reconvening, now is the perfect time to start planning that fundraiser!

As soccer, baseball, swimming, and other warm-weather sports pick back up, so will the volunteer tasks that come along with it, including fundraising. Let Indeygo make your spring fundraiser a guaranteed success with our favourite and most popular Cookie Dough fundraiser!

Spring into fundraising with 30 – 40% profits on an easy-to-manage fundraiser.

With 10 flavours to choose from, our Cookie Dough options please even the pickiest cookie monster. To make it even simpler, we provide the option of having a box of 48 pre-portioned cookies or a 2.7 lb. tub that can be thawed and refrozen for on-demand cookies while the dough stays fresh for months. We’re also proud to say that over 70% of our Cookie Dough ingredients are sourced from Canadian farmers!

March is also an exciting month because it marks Nutrition Month!

The theme for this year’s Nutrition Month is to Unlock the Potential of Food by practice healthy eating habits to take care of ourselves and our families. Led by Dieticians of Canada since 1986, Nutrition Month is the perfect time reflect on our eating patterns to make sure we’re fueling our bodies in the best way possible. 

Get creative in Nutrition Month: whether you try meal planning, getting your kids involved in preparing and cooking food, or even meeting a dietician to come up with healthy eating habits for yourself and your family. Don’t forget to pair healthy eating with a balance of exercise and rest. Good food is fuel for your body and mind!

Now, back to our springtime excitement! Part of why this is our favourite time of year is because of our Mother’s Day Spring Planter fundraiser!

We’ve partnered with Aspen Greenhouse in Lacombe, AB, to provide you with the most beautiful spring planters to bring a pop of colour to your table or garden. Burt and Annelies Vander Vlugt provide beautiful flowers and plants of all types for wholesale and retail purchases.

Our orders for the Mother’s Day Spring Planter fundraisers will end on April 10^th, so hurry and order now as they go fast! All Spring Planter deliveries will happen in early-May, just in time for Mother’s Day.

If Cookie Dough or Spring Planters aren’t in your wheelhouse, we’ve got lots of other fundraising options. Try out our Cinnamon and Sticky Buns, perfect for on-the-run treats since they’re already baked, so all that’s needed is a quick reheat in the microwave or oven for an easy delicious treat.

Looking for a no-fuss product? Check out our Coffee and Tea fundraisers! Each of the 6 blends of coffee are freshly roasted in small batches right in the Rocky Mountains of Canmore, Alberta. You can also feel good about the beans being sourced from family farms that are Certified Organic and Fair Trade!

Our 6 tea blends provide lots of options for the tea lover in your life. Each 50-gram bag of loose-leaf teas makes up to 30 cups of gourmet tea, and you can rest easy knowing that there are no artificial flavours, colours, or preservatives added.

Our team at Indeygo is ready to help with any questions you might have or to help get you started on your own fundraiser! Get in touch today to get started.

As the days get longer and the temperatures get warmer, we’re happy to be working out way through February and looking ahead to Spring which is just around the corner!

We’re working hard to get groups set up to run their Spring Planters Fundraiser, which happens to be the best Mother’s Day gift around if you’re looking for one!

This year we’ve partnered with Aspen Greenhouses in Lacombe, AB for this plant fundraiser.

Aspen Greenhouse is a truly family-owned and operated business where Burt and Annelies Vander Vlugt and their two sons pour their hearts into every day. Originally from the Netherlands, Bert and Annelies had an inherent love of plants after growing up surrounded by greenhouses. They arrived in Canada in 1990 with their four sons and in 1993, purchased the land on which their greenhouses are now located.

All their plants are started from seed or unrooted cuttings sourced from around the world. The plants are then carefully looked after until they are sold to independent garden centres, national chain stores, or directly to consumers when their retail outlet opens to the public in the Spring. They will be opening on Monday, April 17^th for the 2023 season!

This is the perfect school fundraiser to get students involved in bringing some beauty to their homes and surprise their moms for Mother’s Day! The last day to register for the Spring Planters Fundraiser is February 28^th, so make sure you don’t miss out and get in touch with an Indeygo team member today to book your fundraiser!

February is also the time for sharing love, sharing quality time with family, and for us that means sharing successes.

Fundraising is often so much more than just raising money for a school, team, club, or good cause! Fundraising builds leadership skills, strengthens teamwork, brings together the community, and emphasizes the importance of strong communication. This is even more important when we get kids involved in fundraising! So many important life skills can be taught through the values of fundraising.

An important lesson to share with kids while fundraising is sharing the successes of their hard work!

When kids get to see the results of their hard work celebrated, it teaches them important lessons in recognition, confidence, and self-esteem. It also encourages them to work hard again in the future and to inspire others to join them in their efforts.

In the spirit of celebrating successes, we wanted to share a few awesome fundraising success stories from all over Canada!

The first round of applause goes to the 585 students from the McCaig Elementary School in Rosemere, Quebec who raised over $5,000 for their school! Congratulations to all the students, parents, and teachers who participated in the McCaig Elementary School fundraiser!

Next up is the Mahogany School from Calgary, Alberta where 530 students raised $5000 for their school! Funds will be used to purchase school apparel for all the students in the school to wear for the Grand Opening Celebration in March. Being a new school, there is much to celebrate!

Last but certainly not least, we’d like to give a big round of applause to the graduating class of 2024 from the Western Regional School of Nursing! 42 dedicated nursing students sold over 1000 tubs of muffin dough from Corner Brook, Newfoundland! They raised over $7,000 for their Nursing College, and the proceeds of this fundraiser will go towards their graduation celebration in May 2024. We can’t wait to see what these passionate students do in the future and thank them for their dedication to healthcare in Canada!

If you have a fundraising success story to share with us, we’d love to hear from you! Of course, we’re always here to help you with any fundraising products, tips, or tricks you may need help with!

Don’t forget, Indeygo is 100% Canadian-owned and operated, and we’re proud to source over 70% of our ingredients from local or Canadian suppliers! This means you can rest assured that the products you’re selling to friends and family during your fundraiser are sustainable and supportive of Canadian farmers, producers, and distributors.

From cookie and muffin dough to cinnamon and sticky buns, we’ve covered all your sweet treat cravings. Looking for something a little different? Check out our beef jerky or coffee and tea fundraisers! And, of course, we can’t forget about our furry family members, so we’ve even got doggie dough to make your very own treats for your best friend! We only run this fundraiser once a year, so make sure you don’t miss out on our Spring Planter Fundraiser – registration closes on Feb 28^th!

Get in touch today to find out how an Indeygo Fundraiser works!

We’ll provide you with order forms, checklists, and structure for how to run a successful fundraiser. Once your fundraiser is complete, and your order forms are filled in, get back in touch with our team so that we can get your fundraising products sent out to you for distribution! We’re committed to making it easy for you to reach your goals and raising money should be simple and fun for volunteers!

We hope you all spent a great holiday season filled with family, friends, and relaxation! We were grateful to spend some great, quality time with family, spend time recharging in the great outdoors, and have come back to work in the New Year feeling refreshed and ready to get going!

We know that the beginning of a new year can be a harsh “back-to-reality” kind of feeling for some, especially if you add planning a fundraiser to your plate. That’s where we come in to help out!

Pick from a wide variety of Indeygo products to ensure your fundraiser is a success!

Our fan-favourite staples like our Cookie Dough, Coffee & Tea, and Cinnamon & Sticky Buns will always be around and ready to make a great fundraiser! With easy-to-follow steps and checklists provided for you and additional support available from the Indeygo team, we’ll get you up and running in no time. 

Also, we’re also only 10 weeks away from spring which means we’re already planning our Spring Planters and Herbs fundraisers!

From January 21 to March 21, we’ll take orders for the Spring Planters Fundraisers. Typically flower deliveries are made in early May, just in time for the perfect Mother’s Day gift! We provide a choice of Hanging Baskets, Patio Pots, Bedding Plants, and Herb Mixes to offer a wide variety of plant options. Please note that this fundraiser is only available to Alberta-based customers due to the partnership with Aspen Greenhouse.

If you have any questions or want to sign up for the Spring Planters and Herbs Fundraiser, reach out to our helpful Indeygo team today!

Of course, while we can dream about Spring being right around the corner, we know it’s still only January…

A new year can be a great time to review and reset your goals for the year. Despite clichéd New Year’s Resolutions like eating fewer cookies (which we don’t recommend anyway!) and working out more tend to fall to the wayside by the time the first month of the year is up, there are still a few great ways to go into the New Year with a refreshed sense of motivation, purpose, and enthusiasm!

What’s the best approach for a wholesome New Year’s Resolution?

There are so many to choose from, but we really liked the approach from Alberta Health Services that focuses on mindset. This is something that everyone has the ability to control (or at least try to) and is best described as, “how we view success, failure, wins, and setbacks.”

This year, we encourage everyone to set goals and review their progress with a Growth Mindset. This view means looking at challenges and obstacles as just that, something to work through instead of giving up when faced with. A growth mindset also shifts the perspective on setbacks and failures to be opportunities to prove your resilience, growth, and ability to learn and adapt!

Setting goals with a Growth Mindset can be daunting and seemingly complicated to do with kids. However, there can be a simple way to break this down, starting with:

• Working together to set goals your kids want to reach, as opposed to goals you’d like to see them achieve as a parent, teacher, or coach. Goals will always be easier to achieve when there is an inherent internal motivation!
• Start by setting realistic goals. By doing this, setbacks are easier to overcome and less likely to stall progress altogether, ultimately helping kids stay in a Growth Mindset as they work towards achieving their goals.
• Help kids understand that their limitations are only temporary with the introduction of the word ‘yet’ into your collective vocabulary. While they may feel discouraged at certain times while working towards achieving their goal, reframing that discouragement from “I haven’t done it” to “I haven’t done it yet” can be a crucial shift back into the Growth Mindset.
• Be open and honest with kids about how and why change happens, and what we can do to be adaptive and still make progress in the face of change.
• Not if but when setbacks arise, try showing yourself (and demonstrate for your kids) the compassion you would show a friend in the same situation.

A Growth Mindset is something that is important to teach the young ones in our lives. Alberta Health Services has some great resources on making this shift with your kids and as a family, check them out here.

As we look ahead to 2023 and what fundraising might look like, we’re excited to get started! For those who may be a little less enthusiastic about their fundraising objectives this year, don’t worry – that’s why we’re here to help! Get in touch today to get started on the easiest fundraiser you’ll ever coordinate!

If you’re like us, you’re still trying to figure out how we’ve gotten to the end of the year already! 

We’ve had an amazing 2022 and wanted to share a few of our favourite moments, updates, and fundraisers with you! 

Our team at Indeygo has been busy all year helping groups fundraise for their sports team, school group, local food bank, and so much more! We’ve helped groups from coast to coast – seriously, we’re talking Newfoundland to BC, and even up in the Yukon! 

Of course, we owe a huge round of applause to all the amazing fundraisers out there! 

Your tireless efforts raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for groups across Canada! We’ve had the unparalleled pleasure of supporting a wider variety of groups than any other year. Throughout the year, we’ve provided fundraising support for varied groups: a hockey team in the Yukon, nursing students in Newfoundland and elementary, middle, and high schools. We also saw a huge number of activity groups like gymnastics, marching bands, music groups, dance clubs, soccer teams, day cares, figure skating clubs, French immersion groups, ringette teams, preschools, animal rescues, and more hockey teams than ever before! 

What led the charge in terms of fundraisers this year? 

While our crowd-favourite Cookie Dough fundraiser still held strong with Muffins closely behind, we also saw an increase in customers adding coffee and tea products to their fundraisers this year! 

In the spring we ran a successful campaign for Mothers Day spring planters that brightened up houses all around Alberta. We also saw more schools than ever before take part in our Fall Harvest Veggie Bundle fundraiser, including schools from Edmonton, Calgary, Airdrie, Red Deer, Sylvan Lake, Whitecourt, and Drayton Valley! As part of our Giving Back Food Bank Option, participating schools made over 7000 food bank donations and donated more than 7000 lbs. of veggies to various food banks! 

This reminds us of the deeper value of volunteering that impacts your health and happiness: volunteering connects you to others, volunteering is good for your mind and body, volunteering can advance your career, and brings fun and fulfillment to your life! 

As we switch gears into holiday-mode, we want to leave you with a few parting thanks for the end of this year. 

Indeygo would not exist without the incredible hard work of parents, volunteers, and group organizers all around the country. Our goal is always to bring a little fun to fundraising by providing access Canadian-made products and making it easy to reach your fundraising goal. We want you to succeed and our team is here to help you every step of the way! 

Indeygo is also committed to giving back!

Every year we are committed to supporting community groups by donating 1% of our sales to non-profit organizations that we care about. Through this commitment, over the years we’ve proudly donated over $100,000 to a variety of non-profit organizations such as environmental groups, women’s and children’s charities, and animal rescue organizations. 

If you’re looking for fundraising help, we’re ready when you are. 

Once the holidays are over and everyday life gets back into full swing, keep us in mind when that first fundraiser of 2023 comes up! Our team can’t wait to hear from you, refreshed and ready to tackle your next fundraising goal! 

It’s hard to believe it’s already mid-November but as we sit back with a cup of warm coffee and watch the snow pile up outside, we’re reminiscing on all the great fundraisers we saw throughout the fall season so far!

We’ve seen some great successes from our amazing Harvest Bundle fundraiser that made over 7000 food bank donations to individual fundraisers that raised enough money for the Blackfalds U7 Minor Hockey Team 3 to head off to two different tournaments this season!

It’s not hard to grasp the importance, impact, and community value of fundraising.

For so many clubs, groups, and organizations, fundraising is a key part of their financial reality. Whether you’re a sports team looking to pay for registration fees, a music club needing funding to attend camp, or a non-profit looking to fund important community work, fundraising is an undeniable effort that, when done right, can be an incredibly effective way to secure funding.

There are also so many benefits to getting involved with fundraising.

Not only are you working towards the greater goal of securing funds to keep things running, it’s a great way to keep connecting with those who are also involved in the same group and build relationships with people around who have common interests. Fundraising can also be a great teaching tool for children to learn more about managing finances, organization, and giving back to the group they are a part of.

That’s why Indeygo makes fundraising fun and easy!

We offer a wide variety of fundraising products to choose from so you’re sure to find something that will suit your group. Once you’ve chosen your product(s), we help you get started by picking your fundraising dates, provide you with all the order forms to keep your organized throughout, and then once you submit your order forms back to Indeygo, we’ll ship the products out to you to distribute.

With the cool weather creeping in, we’re seeing an uptick in our coffee and tea fundraisers which provide the perfect jolt to get you going in the morning or help you wind down after a long day. Our coffee is sourced from Certified Organic and Fair-Trade family farms and fresh roasted in small batches in the Rocky Mountains of Canmore, Alberta. Our tea is also made in small batches in Canmore so you’re truly supporting local with these fundraisers. These products also pair perfectly with our most popular Cookie Dough fundraiser which makes holiday baking quick and simple!

This is the ideal time of year for festive fundraising.

There’s a kind of comfort just knowing there’s delicious cookie dough ready to be baked while the oven’s hot, saving time, energy and thinking! Who doesn’t like having easy options? We often see Fundraisers use these next few weeks to raise the money their organization needs while people think about holiday goodies and gifts, and as any busy parent can attest, there are so many people to think about!

Speaking of the holidays, it’s hard to ignore how quickly December is approaching! However, while we try to think of easy gifts to buy, we’d like to encourage you to shop local and support small businesses.

Nestled between Black Friday and Cyber Monday is Small Business Saturday!

This incredibly important day draws attention to the small businesses in our communities that must fight hard to compete with big retailers discounting their products in advance of the holidays. While not every small business can afford to discount their products during this time, it’s important not to overlook the importance and impact of purchasing from them instead of heading to Amazon. Everyone has felt the impact of inflation and higher cost of living, but wherever possible, please consider supporting local when you make holiday gift purchases this year!

Another important day that is just around the corner is Giving Tuesday!

Giving Tuesday was founded in Canada in 2013 and has now grown to exist in over 80 countries around the world. The idea behind Giving Tuesday is simple – it’s “a movement that encourages people to do good.”

Giving back looks a little different for everyone but can range from donating to a charity of your choice, grabbing your family and friends to volunteer, encouraging local businesses to get involved, or setting up a fundraiser dedicated to your favourite local non-profit!

Ready to get going on your fundraiser? Give us a call!

Our team of fundraiser coordinators are ready when you are to make fundraising fun, easy, and profitable! With most of our products offering a 30% or higher profit, our fundraisers are guaranteed to make you money. We’ll help you put together your fundraising plan with timelines and goals with our fundraising checklist and support you throughout the entire process!

Fundraising doesn’t get much easier or more fun than this – we can’t wait to hear from you!

The change of seasons from Summer to Fall sometimes feels like the whole world slows down and while our families settle into a new routine for the school year, October lends itself perfectly to being a time for reflection, gratitude, and giving back!

As our team at Indeygo wraps up our annual Harvest Bundle Fundraiser, we’re happy to share that 30 different schools across Alberta participated in this year’s fundraiser, including schools from Edmonton, Calgary, Airdrie, Red Deer, Sylvan Lake, Whitecourt, and Drayton Valley, just to name a few! As part of our Giving Back Food Bank Option, participating schools made over 7000 food bank donations and donated more than 7000 lbs. of veggies to various food banks! It’s great to see the impact of our Harvest Bundle Fundraiser had for communities across Alberta! If you’d like to be a part of this fundraiser next year, get in touch early.

October also brings the classic Fall holiday for Canadians: Thanksgiving

Celebrating harvest is at the root of the Thanksgiving Holiday. As we gathered around big, delicious meals with family and friends this year, we spent time to remember and share gratitude for where your food came from, the farmers who grew and harvested it, and the work that was put in to get it to your table.

We are lucky as Canadians to have some of the most sustainable and regenerative farming techniques used anywhere in the world. However, you’ll be hard-pressed to hear Canadian farmers boast about this in their modesty so now is the time to celebrate them and their hard work!

Gratitude and giving back go hand-in-hand

A popular and wonderful thing to do during the Fall season and after Thanksgiving is giving back to your local Food Bank!

According to Food Banks Canada, 1,303,997 visits were made to Canadian Food Banks in 2021. In March of 2021 alone, 3,216,631 meals and snacks were served. And while 17.8% of Canadian food bank users are single adults with children, the total percentage of food bank users in Canada that are children is 33.3%! If you’d like to know more about Food Banks Canada’s HungerCount Report, check out their latest 2021 report here.

How can you help?

There are so many ways to support your local food bank, so we’ll run you through some of the most popular ways and what steps you can take to make sure your impact is felt!

Volunteer your time

Most local food banks are majorly (if not entirely) volunteer run so check in with one your local food bank to see when they need help from volunteers because it’s guaranteed that they can find somehow for you to help! This could include tasks like unpacking groceries, organizing products for food bank pick-ups, collecting donations from various locations around town, or being on hand to help hand out food bank items to food bank users.

Drop off key items to your local food bank

Many food banks will accept a variety of donations in the form of non-perishable food items, selected perishable food items, and other non-food items. Your local food bank may have a Wishlist or most wanted items, so be sure to check out their website and social media platforms – if you can’t find anything, don’t be shy to reach out and ask what would help them most! If you’re in the Calgary area, the Calgary Food Bank has their Donation Wish List online here.

Our fundraisers are easy to run with a variety of product choices to please even the pickiest eaters! From sweet options like cookies, muffins, and cinnamon buns to savoury options like our beef jerky fundraisers, we’ve got you covered. We even have coffee and tea fundraisers to stock up on as we ease our way into the coziest time of the year when there’s nothing better than being curled up beside a warm fire with a good book, a cup of tea or coffee and a blanket.

Hopefully we’ve inspired you to spend a little time this Fall to give back in whatever way you can, big or small, to your local food bank and to take some time to show gratitude to those who work hard to put food in our fridges, on our tables, and in our bellies.

As always, if you need help with your fundraising efforts, make sure to reach out to our helpful team at Indeygo to plan your next successful fundraiser! We can’t wait to hear from you and help blow your fundraising goal out of the water!

September marks an exciting time for everyone, back to routine for parents and back to school for kids! With a backpack full of new school supplies and packed lunches, kids get to see classmates again and get involved in their favourite team sport, after-school club, or other extracurricular activities. All of this also comes with a tremendous amount of organization and (sometimes) cost to parents, teachers, and PTA members, which is where we can help!

More and more these days, fundraisers are needed to help pay for sports teams, school clubs, music programs, and field trips!

With the help of Indeygo, the days of crunching the numbers to find the most profitable fundraiser are long gone. We’ve come up with a super handy guide to some of the most profitable (and fun!) fundraising activities which are bound to be a success!

Host your favourite “A-thon”

Pick a local favourite or popular activity and turn it into a light competition where individuals or groups can raise funds by moving their bodies or using their brains! This can be done with any activity like skating, walking, music, dancing, biking, or swimming just to name a few! Categories can include individual entry, team, or even relay to keep things interesting. Maybe cross-country skiing is the popular thing to do near you, so pick a short loop and have participants pledge a certain dollar amount per lap they complete! Looking for something less physical, host a Chess-A-Thon and fill a gym with chess boards where players can enter into a round-robin style competition to win a grand prize!

Look for opportunities to showcase sponsors

Sometimes seeking out plenty of smaller donations is easier than asking for one big donation. In exchange for a small donation, offer a sponsored brick, tile, or component. For example, if you’re fundraising to build a new playground, you may incorporate tiles around the park with the logos of sponsors highlighting their donations. This crowdfunding concept is a great way to showcase strong community ties between sponsors and your fundraiser.

Hold an Experience Auction

Instead of approaching local businesses for free or discounted products, turn to participants’ network of family, friends, and close contacts to create a compelling list of fun experiences! These experiences could be fun, useful, or a little bit of both! Think, you could offer a lesson in changing tires and basic car maintenance from your car mechanic neighbour, or a kayak trip with your raft guide cousin. It could look like a pair of concert tickets for the next gig your local band books, or a dinner for two at the restaurant your best friend’s uncle owns. These auctions can be held in person which offers an opportunity to gather and promote your fundraising goal. Alternatively, this can easily be held as a silent auction which also gives you the option to host it online and over a longer period.

Try an Off-Screen Challenge

As parents and teachers, we all secretly (or not-so-secretly) wish our kids and students would spend less time in front of their electronic devices! While the kids may disagree with this idea, they do all love a good challenge especially when an enticing end prize is in store! So how can you convince them to do this? Have students be sponsored for spending time away from all their devices (smartphones, laptops, tablets, gaming devices, and so on). The more time they spend away from the screen, the more money they rack up! This can be a relatively easy-to-organize fundraiser if you’re looking for a quick fundraiser with very little setup needed.

Don’t forget the tried-and-true Cookie Dough Fundraiser!

It’s no surprise that our Cookie Dough is our most popular fundraising product at Indeygo – it’s easy, effective, and delicious! Available in a 2.7 lbs. tub or 48 pre-portioned cookies, our cookie dough is guaranteed to make any sweet tooth in the family excited. The best part is that our cookie dough stays fresh for months in the freezer and can be thawed and then refrozen if you don’t want to make them all!

Our Cookie Dough fundraisers typically make between a 30% – 40% profit, which makes it a financially viable and effective way of raising funds for your school, group, or club. We’re also proud to offer 11 amazing flavours and source over 70% of the ingredients from Canadian farmers. Find out more about your next Cookie Dough fundraiser here.

Hopefully, we’ve been able to inspire a few fresh ideas for fundraising this school year. Just don’t forget the most important part of fundraising – promote, promote, promote! Making sure people know what you’re fundraising for and how to get involved is key. And don’t forget to share the results as well, people love hearing about an effort that leads to great results!

As always, if you need help with your fundraising efforts, make sure to reach out to our helpful team at Indeygo to plan your next successful fundraiser! We can’t wait to hear from you and help blow your fundraising goal out of the water!

As summer rolls along and fall starts to creep closer, many of us a looking to find the perfect way to spend some quality time with our families before the busyness of back-to-school starts again.

What better way than to celebrate Alberta’s deep farming history and tradition than visiting a working farm to learn about where our food comes from and interact with the people at the heart of it all. Through the past couple of years of pandemic times, the important of shopping local was highlighted more than ever before and now is the time to continue support businesses and farms close to home! Plus, visiting local farms is a great way to support local and enjoy great food all while reducing your environmental impact and food transport kilometres.

So, where can you get started in finding a great farm experience for your family?

Alberta Open Farm Days is a province-wide open house on August 13 & 14, 2022 designed to bring together Albertans through educational and educational agricultural-based initiatives. Events span from interactive and educational farm tours to delicious farm-to-table culinary events, so you’re bound to find something for everyone in your family.

Whether your interests lie in fields of lavender, picking fruit from an orchard, or giving some loving pets to our favourite furry farm friends, there’s no doubt that everyone in your family can have a great time at a participating farm. Click here to find all participating farms and farm experiences over the two days.

If you’ve always been interested in knowing the inner workings of a dairy farm or want to know more about what goes into operating an apiary, this is the time to discover it all! Farm visits are great for the entire family providing a fun and educational experience to help connect the dots when it comes to understanding where your food comes from and how it gets to your dinner table.

If you’re looking for the perfect date-night or adult-only outing, there are some great options to visit a local winery, brewery, or distillery this weekend. Alberta is now the proud home of nearly 50 distilleries and over 130 breweries showing a marked increased in the liquor and beer industry in the province over the part 5+ years. Be sure to check out the closest winery, brewery, or distillery to you and make a plan to head out for a tour or tasting (just make sure you’ve planned ahead for a safe way to make it back home!)

Want someone else to take care of planning for the day so you can just sit back and enjoy? No problem – there are two amazing options for Bus Tours during this year’s Alberta Open Farm Days. Visit four great farms in the Mountain View County or enjoy a Hops/Mead Tour on the Re-Connect with the Farm Tour or enjoy a VIP Bus Tour and Long Table Dinner at Taste of the Heartland.

Need another reason to visit a local farm this weekend? Alberta Open Farm Days is celebrating its 10^th Anniversary this year, which means there’s bound to be some extra farm-fun events planned throughout the province. In the past 10 years, over 800 farms have participated in the event, amounting to nearly 150,000 farm visits!

To celebrate this important milestone, Alberta Open Farm Days is focused on recognizing how farming is dependent on one another. The best demonstration of this is the work of a fan favourite pollinator, the honeybee who works hard to pollinate the fruits, vegetables, and legumes that we consume on a daily basis.

At Indeygo, we are committed to sourcing over 70% of our ingredients locally and from Canadian suppliers so we know how important our local farming community is.

For this reason, we can’t forget to mention our great farm partner, Erdmann’s Garden & Greenhouses who will be providing farm-fresh veggies for our Fall Harvest Bundle Fundraisers! This is perfect for schools and groups fundraising during the last two weeks of September with the Harvest Bundles being delivered in the first half of October (dependent on harvest time).

Can’t make it to Alberta Open Farms Days this weekend, or looking for even more farm fun to enjoy with your family as we ease into harvesting season? Check out Farmzy, an online platform that makes finding and booking farm tours, events, and experience easy! Search by location or by farm to find the perfect activity for your family that suits your schedule and price range. 

Want to find out more about the fundraising opportunities we can support, be sure to check out our website and download our free e-book with all the details! Our team is always on hand to answer your questions about how our fundraisers work, provide a handy coordinators checklist, and even provide tips on fundraising during the pandemic. Once you’re ready to fundraise, get in touch and our Indeygo team will reach out to get started!

Not fundraising right now? No problem – keep us in mind for next time and check out some of our past blog posts in the meantime for some great tips and tricks!

An undeniable part of our role as busy parents is volunteering for our kid’s activities – be it a soccer team, gymnastics club, or after school club.

That volunteer responsibility gets even more complicated when you’re the parent that has been assigned with organizing the fall fundraiser! At Indeygo , we’ve created an easy and tasty solution to put the FUN back in fundraiser.

With options for all sorts of delicious treats like cookies, muffins, cinnamon buns, coffee, tea, dog treats and more, fundraising has never been easier with the help of our Indeygo team. We’ll help you organize your fundraiser, give you all the tools to execute successfully, and then support you right to the end as you count your hard-earned profits!

Now, let’s take a step back and dive into the importance of volunteering.

When we say volunteering is important, we don’t just mean for your kid’s team, club, or group—volunteering also plays a crucial role in building community, personal well being, and social engagement. Not only is this an opportunity to connect with others who have similar interests and values, but in the case of volunteering for your kid’s activities can have lasting benefits like establishing and supporting positive friendships between kids and even finding other parents that can help lighten the load in the future. Think about it, how great would it be to find another set of parents that your kid can carpool with?

We need to shift away from the “volun-told” mindset.

This is a term that we’ve heard thrown around a lot and casts a negative light on volunteering. We won’t deny that there are times when volunteering isn’t ideal – maybe you’re busy at work, have family commitments, or generally don’t enjoy the activity or task for which you must volunteer. However, trying to see the benefits of volunteering when the situation arises is an easy way to make the whole experience more exciting and enjoyable.

So, what are some of the benefits of volunteering?

Helpguide.org posits that there are four main benefits to volunteering that impacts your health and happiness:

1. Volunteering connects you to others
2. Volunteering is good for your mind and body
3. Volunteering can advance your career
4. Volunteering brings fun and fulfillment to your life

Not only does volunteering provide an avenue for meeting new friends, but you may also make connections with people that could have an impact in other parts of your life. Imagine that you are starting to chat about moving into a bigger house and need to start looking for a realtor, then next thing you know you happen to be paired with a parent who happens to be a real estate agent at the volunteer shift you picked up for your child’s hockey team.

After a couple of long years spending lots of time inside with your family, getting back out in social situations and interacting with new people can have a huge positive impact on your mind and body! Naturally, humans have a hard-wired desire to help others and when we do so by volunteering, our mind and body can feel the positive effects. It’s also a great reason to get out of your house, on your feet, and moving your body – something we could always use a little more of!

Depending on the task, volunteering can also be a great opportunity to learn new job skills and gain more experience that can translate to your career. In some cases, volunteering can even serve as a trial run into a new career or different position before you make a full commitment to switching things up. Volunteering is also a great way to learn the behind-the-scenes aspects of your favourite organizations or businesses and even to possibly connect with some of the leadership team members.

Lastly, volunteering is a fun way to explore different interests you may have. Not only are you supporting your child’s activities but finding a way to meaningfully volunteer can provide an escape from the chaotic busyness of everyday life! It’s also a great way to meet integrate yourself into a new community if you’ve recently arrived in a new neighbourhood.

Being able to approach the sometimes-daunting task of volunteering can be instrumental in your overall experience while you volunteer. Be sure to show up as an active and engaged volunteer, don’t be afraid to ask questions, be clear on expectations, and speak up if you’re uncomfortable with a certain task.

And, if it isn’t yet your turn to volunteer, make sure to give thanks to those who are!

Many of our kid’s teams, clubs, and organizations wouldn’t operate nearly as well (or at all!) without the tireless efforts of volunteers. A small gesture of thanks in a cup of coffee or an offer to help with a small task like taking out the trash can make a world of difference!

So, next time you’re looking for a great fundraiser, think Indeygo! Our Harvest Bundles full of fresh vegetables will be available again this fall for those in the Calgary-Edmonton area. We’ve partnered with Erdmanns Gardens & Greenhouses to provide some amazing farm-to-fundraiser boxes, as well as offering a Food Bank Bundle option as part of our Giving Back Food Bank program.

Want to find out more about the fundraising opportunities we can support, be sure to check out our website and download our free e-book with all the details! Once you’re ready to fundraise, get in touch and our Indeygo team will reach out to get started!

Summer is finally here, and we couldn’t be more excited about it! 

As we reflect on a great school year of successful and exciting fundraisers, we’re grateful for all the hard working volunteers who supported their schools, soccer teams, gymnastic clubs, dance programs, and so much more! 

While fundraisers may slow down for a couple of months as summer break kicks into high gear, we wanted to share some tips for those who may still have an upcoming fundraiser or anyone who might be already thinking of their fall fundraisers! 

For most of us, summer signals the return of farmers markets and fresh produce! 

At Indeygo, we love a great farmers market. A day at the farmers market can be the perfect family outing that has a little something for everyone, and it doesn’t get much fresher than buying your produce right from the farmers hands. If you’re unsure of where the nearest farmers market is, be sure to check out this link. 

So, what better way to support local farmers by creating a fundraiser selling harvest bundles that feature local produce? Not only are you supporting local,  you’re also creating an opportunity for families to connect through high-quality, locally grown food and supporting your local food bank.

Indeygo has you covered for your next Harvest Bundle Fundraiser! 

Every fall, we partner with Erdmann’s Gardens & Greenhouses to put together amazing bundles of fresh produce to create the perfect “Fresh from the Farm” vegetable fundraiser! Erdmann’s Gardens & Greenhouses is family owned and operated farm in Westlock County, Alberta that grows a wide variety of fresh, locally grown, and sustainably farmed produce. 

Our veggie bundles have great profit margins at 33% profit! This fundraiser also offers the Giving Back Food Bank Option which provides an option for schools and groups to give back by providing fresh produce to their local food banks! Since the inception of the Giving Back Food Bank program, schools in Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer and Canmore have donated over 30,000 lbs. of fresh produce to local food banks! 

Indeygo’s Harvest Bundle Fundraisers are available to schools and groups during the fall months in the Edmonton, Calgary, and Red Deer areas. Schools and groups typically fundraise during the last two weeks of September can look forward to the delivery of fresh produce during the first half of October (dependent on harvest time). 

If you just can’t wait until the fall to try some of Erdmann’s Gardens & Greenhouses fresh produce, you can find them at various farmers markets around the Edmonton area or go right to the source and visit their farm! 

Of course, you don’t have to wait until the fall to support local food banks! 

With the soaring prices of groceries and fuel, food banks are also seeing a higher demand for support from community members while battling higher operational costs. Finding your local food bank and finding out how you and your family can help is a great way to keep kids occupied during the summer! Supporting your local food bank doesn’t have to be a hit on your wallet either – volunteer tasks like sorting, preparing, and hosting food pick ups can be a huge help. Check out this link to find the food bank closest to you! 

If you are still in full swing with fundraising efforts, don’t worry – Indeygo has got you covered! 

Our most popular Cookie Dough fundraiser is always available year-round and guaranteed to be a huge people pleaser! 

By making up to 40% profit per tub of cookie dough sold, this fundraiser is a no brainer. Choose from 10 amazing flavours that come in either a 2.7 lbs. tub or in a convenient box of 48 pre-portioned cookies! We’re also proud to say that over 70% of the ingredients in our cookie dough is sourced from Canadian farmers. The best part is that our cookie dough stays fresh for months in the freezer and can even be thawed and refrozen for on-demand cookies anytime you or your family finds the cookie craving hit. 

And of course, we can’t forget about our four-legged furry friends, so we put together the most deliciously irresistible Doggie Dough. These make for a healthy and nutritious snack for our most loyal companions who deserve a little treat from time to time. 
So, as we look forward to warm weather in the forecast and long summer nights, don’t forget to check out your local farmers market and get your hands on some fresh produce. Nothing is better than a backyard gathering with fresh farmers market produce, a barbecue, or the perfect cob of corn to bite into.  And if you need an easy, ready-to-go fundraiser for your soccer team or summer camp be sure to reach out to see how we can make it the easiest fundraising effort you’ve ever experienced – we can’t wait to hear from you!

Farmers’ markets are a popular agri-tourism attraction in Alberta, providing a great shopping experience in a relaxed atmosphere. Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, through the Alberta Approved Farmers’ Market Program, helps ensure market managers and vendors have the information they need to be successful in their roles and keep your visit safe.

In partnership with Erdmann’s Gardens & Greenhouses, Indeygo is proud to offer you fresh, locally grown and sustainable farmed produce. 

Locate an approved Alberta farmers’ market today!

Alberta Approved Farmers’ Markets
Alberta Farmers’ Markets Map

Did you know that Western Canada wheat farmlands are a giant carbon store?

For well over 10 years western Canadian wheat producers have supplied Indeygo’s cookie dough bakery, for good reason: Firstly, the quality is truly world class, Canada sets the bar high on food standards. Secondly, and here’s the food-nerd fact, Western Canada producers practise a technique called conservation cropping that keeps vital soil carbon within the soil itself.

So, what’s conservation cropping and why’s that important?

In the old days soil was ploughed to prepare land for planting seeds and this disturbance would release CO2 stored in the soil to the atmosphere. CO2 is a greenhouse gas that contributes negatively in large volumes to climate change, so imagine how much CO2 would be released when millions of acres used to be ploughed!

Western Canadian farmers recognized this problem over a decade ago and started the move away from ploughing and towards conservation cropping. This climate conscious farming technique means minimal soil disturbance by using low or no till discs to slice soil for seeds to be planted accurately, instead of big ploughs turning over soil, and releasing CO2.

 Indeygo’s cookie dough wheat flour is sourced from western Canadian farmers helping store CO2 in millions of acres of crop land. This also means a short distance from farm to bakery, cutting transport emissions as well. Smart cookies those farmers…