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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

WHY BRAINLUV ?

  • Our CEO Heather grew up picking wild saskatoons with her mom (Rochelle) who knew about the health benefits thanks to a good friend, Cree Elder Raven Mackinaw. (See our team for a photo).

  • Indigenous people in North America have used the berries as food and medicine for thousands of years.

  • Flash forward at lot of years....  Now a mom of 3. She and her children pick the wild berries on her parents farm west of Stavely, AB in the summer and 3 generations make delicious Jam together. 

  • In 2023, while working on her MSc in Neuroscience after a 20 year career in social services. She was learning about neurodegenerative diseases and ways to help prevent them when she was given a class project to create a business.

  • In a lightbulb moment her personal, professional and academic lives combined. 

  • Mom Love + Brain Health + Passion for Community = BRAINLUV INC. 

HOW DO YOU CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIAL HEALTH EQUITY?

  • Our CEO is a leadership member of the Social Health Equity Network for Lethbridge and Area (SHENLA)

  • We pay a living wage as calculated by https://livingwagealberta.ca/ which is $20.30/hour for Lethbridge for ALL of our employees. 

  • We access grants through the Government of Alberta and Canada to employee people who belong to minority groups that statistics show are traditionally over represented as experiencing poverty and food insecurity. 

  • We donate products to the local food banks and the soup kitchen monthly.

  • We host "cooking classes with Mom" to teach at risk youth how to make healthy food to support their brain development.

  • We donate jars of jam and offer to facilitate (at no cost) community building events such as block parties and pancake breakfasts.

  • Our CEO will present to groups on social health equity, it's impacts on brain development and WHY it should matter to everyone!

  • We blog about child development, neurodegenerative diseases and other interesting things about neuroscience.

WHAT PAYMENT METHODS DO YOU ACCEPT?

DO YOU OFFER SAME-DAY DELIVERY?

We offer same day delivery to Lethbridge if you purchase 3 or more products at no fee. Monday to Friday (excluding major holidays) 

CAN I HAVE MY ORDER GIFT WRAPPED?

Sorry we do not gift wrap at this time. We believe our jars are beautiful as they are :) You are welcome to use whatever low waste, recyclable, wrapping you would like once they arrive. 

We accept all major forms of payment online including e-transfer as we know accessing credit cards is a barrier to many people. In person all forms of payment are accepted including cash. 

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