Meet Annie Wei Co-Founder of MapVil

Meet Annie Wei Co-Founder of MapVil

It is always a joy to meet people who share a passion for lifting up others and creating ripples of kindness. We met Annie Wei earlier this year when she reached out to us and we were so impressed with what she has started with her Co-Founder, Brandon Lockwood, that we wanted to share it with you.

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Teaming up for Mental Health Awareness Month - Featuring Generous Goods and Bring Change to Mind

Teaming up for Mental Health Awareness Month - Featuring Generous Goods and Bring Change to Mind

Shining a spotlight on Generous Goods founder Lindsay Browning and her company Generous Goods - Great Things that Give Back - which has a virtual pop-up shopping event to support Bring Change to Mind, a charity working to create dialog about mental health. 

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Making Everyday Earth Day

Making Everyday Earth Day

The theme for this year’s Earth Day is “Restore Our Earth,” and we wholeheartedly embrace this mission. Read more about how we and our charity partners honor and protect Mother Earth. 

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Keeping It Kind - 7 Acts of Kindness to do Today

Keeping It Kind - 7 Acts of Kindness to do Today

Keep it simple with these 7 acts of kindness to do this week that will bring joy to others and boost your wellbeing.

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Ways to Serve Kindness to Local Small Businesses

Ways to Serve Kindness to Local Small Businesses

Small businesses, including non-profits, are the engine of our economy and it doesn’t take much effort to support them during this time when they are especially vulnerable. We’ve gathered our favorite ideas here.

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Nested set of handblown glass bowls | Serve Kindness

Teaming Up to Build Strong Communities

Our newest charity partner, Boston BullPen Project, serves kindness to the most vulnerable members of our community. By partnering with social service agencies and organizations, they provide immediate financial assistance to families in crisis, veterans, homeless or at-risk youth.

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From a Happy Happenstance to a Prosperous Partnership

From a Happy Happenstance to a Prosperous Partnership

When creating our Serve Kindness bowls, we strive to achieve uniform shapes and colors. But occasionally, a “happy happenstance” occurs during the creation process that results in an unexpected, unique characteristic. Now, thanks to a wonderful partnership with Prosperity Candle, these bowls get a second chance to make a big impression and impact.

 

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Waltham Tribune Feature: Having a bowl: Serve Kindness makes local impact, opens Waltham warehouse

Waltham Tribune Feature: Having a bowl: Serve Kindness makes local impact, opens Waltham warehouse

The long-time friends and now co-founders and business partners started Serve Kindness, a company that connects a handmade product—the company’s signature glass bowls—to customers while simultaneously connecting those customers to nonprofits in their community.

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Eating Together is a Recipe for Happiness

Eating Together is a Recipe for Happiness

Taking time to gather around the table and share a meal is a value we not only embrace within our families, but promote as a business. We’ve experienced first hand how healing and invigorating it can be to eat with those we care about - and there is science too that proves the positive effects of eating in community.

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Meet our Retail Partner: Port Plums & Culinary Goods and Olive Oil

Meet our Retail Partner: Port Plums & Culinary Goods and Olive Oil

Love olive oil, balsamic vinegars and beautifully crafted home décor items? You must visit our new retail partner, Port Plums & Culinary Goods and Olive Oil! 

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Meet our Retail Partner: Black Sheep Mercantile

Meet our Retail Partner: Black Sheep Mercantile

We are excited to announce that we have partnered with Black Sheep Mercantile on Martha’s Vineyard! 

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Boston Magazine Feature: Covet Colorful Handblown Glass Serving Bowls

Boston Magazine Feature: Covet Colorful Handblown Glass Serving Bowls

"Break out these nested glass bowls for your next dinner party, and you'll serve many more people than the ones seated around your table."

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Nested set of handblown glass bowls in Amethyst, gold and red from Serve Kindness

Bowl Them Over with the Perfect Gift

Bowls are cherished objects, often passed down through generations. They are at the center of many of our most important cultural celebrations, practices, and rites. And that’s what makes them such a wonderful gift for so many occasions.

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Community Supported Agriculture: Celebrating Earth Day, Every Day

Community Supported Agriculture: Celebrating Earth Day, Every Day

As proud members of a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, we find so many things to be thankful for and amazed by on every visit. Read more about the benefits of joining a CSA and about The Food Project. 

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Director of Play, Magnum, Chooses BUDDY DOG

Director of Play, Magnum, Chooses BUDDY DOG

Today we feature Magnum, our Director of Play, a happy, gentle pup that bring joy to our WFH days. Magnum was adopted by Melissa from Buddy Dog, one of our charity partners and he has a lot of say in our business decisions ;-)

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Why Does Green Make Us Feel So Serene?

Why Does Green Make Us Feel So Serene?

Do you ever think about how color affects your mood? Well if you don't really give it much thought you might want to as there have been studies on the effect of various colors. Learn more why green will make you feel serene. 

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Kindness Matters

Kindness Matters

Performing an act of kindness can certainly make a person feel happier and it also has some other amazing “side effects.” Being kind can be good for the heart. It can slow aging. It can improve relationships. Best of all: It’s contagious!

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Holiday Guide: Celebrate, Entertain & Decorate with Kindness

Holiday Guide: Celebrate, Entertain & Decorate with Kindness

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Share, beautifully article in the Boston Globe

Share, beautifully article in the Boston Globe

Extra, extra, read all about it—we've received our first press coverage! Serve Kindness bowls are featured as an "obsession" in the Good Life section of the November 24th Boston Globe. Big thanks to the Globe and to Marni Elyse Katz (@stylecarrot). We are thrilled with this unexpected exposure and so very grateful for the kind words!

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Master Glassblower James McLeod on His Training, His Team, and the Tradition of Glass-Blowing

Master Glassblower James McLeod on His Training, His Team, and the Tradition of Glass-Blowing

When we first began designing our glass bowls, we knew we wanted to partner with local artists to create them—artists who celebrate the practice, the process, and the tradition of hand-blowing glass.

We found that partner in James McLeod of the Bubble Factory in Essex, MA and he was kind enough to share his story with us for our latest blog post.

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Hostess with the Mostest: An Oasis NJ Supporter Offers Her Tips for Planning the Perfect Serve Kindness Party 

Hostess with the Mostest: An Oasis NJ Supporter Offers Her Tips for Planning the Perfect Serve Kindness Party 

Host a bowl party for a charity that you love and that serves kindness in the community that you live in.  Raise awareness and money for an organization that you are involved with or know of and have your friends over to support your effort. Here's one woman's tips to do it all!!

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