🌱 Welcome to the Movement: Our First Step Forward

The New Tamzine Movement Blog — Post #1

Every movement begins with a single step. Today, we take ours.

The New Tamzine Movement was created with one simple belief: fresh food should never go to waste, and no family should ever go hungry. For too long, farmers have had more produce than they could move, food banks have had more need than they could fill, and families have struggled to access healthy food. We knew there had to be a better way — a way that brings everyone together.

And now, that way exists.

🚛 A New Model for Helping Families

Our program connects four groups that rarely get to work together:

Farmers, who grow the food
Food banks, who distribute it
Local repair shops, who serve the community
The public, who want to make a difference

Through a simple oil‑change coupon, we’ve created a system where everyone wins. Every coupon redeemed helps move fresh produce to food banks. Every shop that joins strengthens the community. Every farmer who donates gets support with freight costs. Every family helped receives healthy, fresh food.

This is the power of a community working together.

🌾 Supporting Farmers With Freight Assistance

Farmers are at the heart of this movement. They grow the food. They donate the food. They carry the burden.

To honor their role, every redeemed coupon includes a $2.25 freight contribution that helps farmers move donated produce without absorbing the full transportation cost. It’s a small number with a big impact — and it makes generosity sustainable.

🛠️ Shops of Choice: Local Businesses Making a Difference

Our partner repair shops aren’t just service providers — they’re community builders. By honoring the coupons, they help fund the movement and support families in need. Every shop that joins becomes part of the solution.

🥕 Fresh Food for Families Who Need It Most

Food banks across the country work tirelessly to serve their communities. Through this movement, they receive more fresh produce, more consistently, and with less strain on their resources. It’s a direct, practical way to strengthen the safety net that so many families rely on.

❤️ This Is Only the Beginning

This blog will become a place where we share:

Stories from farmers
Updates from food banks
New Shops of Choice partners
Milestones and impact reports
Real families helped by the movement
Behind‑the‑scenes progress
Community stories worth celebrating

We’re building something special — something that grows stronger with every person who joins.

Thank you for being here at the beginning. Thank you for believing in a better way. Thank you for helping us move fresh food to families who need it.

Together, we are The New Tamzine Movement — a cord of three strands that cannot be broken.

🛠️ Spotlight on Our First Shops of Choice Partner

The New Tamzine Movement Blog — Post #2

Every movement grows one partner at a time. Today, we’re proud to highlight one of the very first Shops of Choice to join The New Tamzine Movement — a local repair shop that stepped forward not just to serve customers, but to serve the community.

When we introduced the idea of a coupon that helps move fresh food to families in need, this shop didn’t hesitate. They saw the vision immediately. They understood that a simple oil change could become something much bigger — a way to support farmers, strengthen food banks, and help families right in their own neighborhood.

And they said yes.

🔧 Why Their Participation Matters

A Shops of Choice partner does more than honor a coupon. They become a vital strand in the cord that holds this movement together.

By joining the program, each shop helps:

Make the coupon valuable and convenient for the public
Support the freight assistance that helps farmers donate produce
Strengthen the food banks that serve families
Build a community where everyone contributes to the solution

This is what makes the movement work — everyday businesses choosing to be part of something meaningful.

🌟 A Shop That Leads by Example

Our first partner shop didn’t wait for others to join. They stepped forward early, believing in the mission before the movement had momentum, before the website was complete, before the public even knew what was coming.

That kind of leadership deserves recognition.

Their participation sends a message:

“We care about our community, and we’re willing to be part of the solution.”

This is the spirit that will carry the movement forward.

🚗 What This Means for the Public

When you redeem your coupon at a Shops of Choice partner, you’re not just getting an oil change. You’re supporting a business that believes in helping families, supporting farmers, and strengthening food banks.

You’re choosing a shop that chooses the community.

And that matters.

❤️ More Shops Are Joining Every Week

This is only the beginning. More shops are stepping forward, more farmers are connecting, and more food banks are preparing to receive fresh produce.

Every new partner strengthens the cord. Every new shop expands the movement. Every redemption moves fresh food to families who need it.

We’re grateful for our first Shops of Choice partner — and for every shop that will follow.

Together, we are The New Tamzine Movement.

A Cord of Seven Strands: How the New Tamzine Movement Works by Letting Everyone Do What They Already Do Best

Ecclesiastes 4:12 reminds us: “Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.”

The New Tamzine Movement has taken this ancient wisdom and expanded it into something beautifully practical for today—a cord not of three strands, but seven, each one strong on its own, but nearly unbreakable when woven together.

What makes this movement so powerful is simple: No one is asked to do anything outside of their normal daily life. Every group contributes by doing what they already do—just with a shared purpose and a little faith that working together can move mountains.

Below is how each strand fits into the rope.

1. Tamzine: The Guiding Strand

Tamzine serves as the head of the structure—the organizer, the communicator, the connector.

Tamzine guides the farmers markets, helping them understand the what, why, and where of the program.
Tamzine supports auto repair shops by creating a cash-neutral donation model that benefits both donors and recipients.
Tamzine never asks anyone to change their business model—only to participate in a flow that already aligns with their daily work.

Tamzine’s role is not to control but to coordinate, ensuring that every other strand stays strong and connected.

2. Farmers Markets: Boots on the Ground

Farmers markets are the communication hubs of local communities. They already gather the people who have:

Expendable income
A heart for local causes
A willingness to volunteer

Vendors don’t need to change anything about their business. They simply become a natural point of contact—sharing information, encouraging participation, and occasionally volunteering at food bank repack events alongside school groups and churches.

They do what they already do: connect with people.

3. Auto Repair Shops: Everyday Services with Extraordinary Impact

Auto repair shops are not asked to add new services or change their workflow. Oil changes remain oil changes. Repairs remain repairs.

Their role is simple:

Offer a 45% discount that functions like a 25% discount once Salvation Army grants are applied
Gain new customers through a low-cost acquisition program—just $50 a month
Continue doing the same work they do every day

Nothing new. Nothing extra. Just the same service, now connected to a greater purpose.

4. Canada Food Banks: Meeting the Need

Food banks already:

Work with processors and farmers
Receive truckloads of produce
Distribute food to the public

The New Tamzine Movement adds no new workload. Instead, it strengthens what they already do by connecting them with volunteers, churches, and the Salvation Army.

Their existing system becomes part of a larger, more efficient ecosystem.

5. The Salvation Army: A Perfect Fit

The Salvation Army already operates:

Food programs
Car care assistance programs

By partnering with Tamzine and the food banks, they simply continue their mission—now with more support, more coordination, and more impact.

6. Churches: The Heart of Service

Churches have always been places where people gather to help others. Their role in the movement is natural:

Volunteering at food repack events
Sharing the message of the New Tamzine Movement
Supporting the community as they already do

No new programs. No new burdens. Just the same heart, now connected to a wider network.

7. The Community: The Final Strand

Communities thrive when people work together. The New Tamzine Movement gives them a simple way to do that:

Come together as one unit
Bring their natural desire to help
Participate in something that benefits everyone

People love being part of something meaningful—especially when it fits easily into their daily lives.

Why This Works: The Power of Harmonious Flow

The brilliance of the New Tamzine Movement is that no one is asked to stretch beyond their normal routine.

Farmers markets keep selling.
Auto shops keep repairing.
Food banks keep distributing.
Churches keep serving.
Communities keep caring.

Each group simply continues doing what they already do—but now their actions are woven together into a single, coordinated flow.

This is what Ecclesiastes teaches us: Strength doesn’t come from doing more. It comes from doing together.

A single strand can fray. Two strands can hold. But seven strands—each strong, each purposeful, each aligned—create a rope that can pull entire communities forward.

Faith in Action

The New Tamzine Movement doesn’t require giant leaps of faith—just small steps taken by many people at once.

When each group contributes its everyday actions to a shared purpose, the result is extraordinary. Mountains move not because one person pushes harder, but because many hands pull in the same direction.