General Store Local Goods Report

from Paso Robles Magazine #228 • April 2020

In This Together

We’re celebrating the 100th anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote by highlighting some of the women in our community who help us do what we do at General Store Paso Robles. Sarah Hinds-Martin of Hinds Financial Group supports us as we navigate the ever-changing world of insurance coverage for small business. She is an expert in employee benefits and health insurance, and shares her incredible depth of knowledge with warmth and patience.

“I love working with small groups, especially in a small town - it feels like everyone knows each other,” Sarah says with a smile. She’s both locally involved and nationally connected. You may have seen Sarah at Main Street Paso where she was Secretary, or at the Chamber of Commerce, where she is a Past President. Sarah currently sits on the Board of the NAIFA, (National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors), and will be the State NAIFA President next year. She’s also one of our neighbors, is celebrating her wedding this past winter, and always brings calm and expertise to our meetings. Thanks for being our partner, Sarah — we appreciate you! Up the street from Sarah’s office is another wonderful contributor to our town, the Paso Robles Youth Arts Foundation (PRYAF). They offer FREE (totally free!) afterschool classes in the arts in a safe, nurturing environment, serving 1,200 students annually. PRYAF will be expanding with a new building (whoo hooo PRYAF!). In honor of this exciting step, we will be giving a percentage of our sales for the month of April to PRYAF, and hey, you can help, too! Their BARN BASH is May 9. It will be a blast (as a past attendee of their events, we can vouch for that), and will help get this expansion off to a blazing start. For info, visitpryaf. org/tickets.

And if we can squeeze in a quick plug for some Local Goods : ) Need some Spring Break plans that involve zero screen time? Want to read up on National Parks, incredible bike rides, stargazing, or how to survive in the woods? We’ve got you. Come visit our back book table for ideas for an unplugged, offline Spring break!

Wishing you all a safe and happy month,