In early 2020, COVID-19 changed everything. Businesses were shuttered and livelihoods disrupted. Nearly overnight, families everywhere faced a sudden, unfamiliar new reality – hardship, uncertainty, fear, and loss. The hospitality industry was especially affected. Many restaurants and catering businesses did not endure.

Although Zelda’s Catering was designated an essential business, we found ourselves in a deeply challenging position: recognizing the urgent need to help others, even as we relied on the help of our community to survive.  

In the aftermath, we emerged with a deeper understanding of vulnerability, and a new appreciation for the many things in life that could all be lost in an instant – livelihood, connection, stability. And the fragile, complex fabric which holds a community together.

From this experience the Something Truly Sweet model of giving arose: a holistic approach, strengthening our community as we support our neighbors in need.

By widening participation and expanding awareness, the Something Truly Sweet model unlocks exponential impact - the strength of an integrated, energized community: Friends and neighbors, businesses, charitable organizations, and houses of worship of every faith, working together as one team with shared purpose.

Few things in life are sweeter than a cool, creamy gelato—except the opportunity to help a neighbor in need. Gelati Biscoti™ scoops up all this sweetness into a single cup. And that’s… Something Truly Sweet.

Please Join Us in Our Mission –   

Help sustain and strengthen our community; and deliver 100% of Gelati Biscoti™ sales to a truly sweet cause: Eliminating food insecurity in our lifetime. Beginning now and here.

Can a dream change the world? Yes, if we come together with passion, commitment and hope to make it so, and to believe. 

With Gratitude, 

Linda Z. Neiman, President
Something Truly Sweet Foundation
Skokie, Illinois