This spring, A Drink for Tomorrow launched a partnership with Chocomize, the first co-creation chocolate company in North America. Coincidentally, one of its founders, Eric Heinbockel, is, like me, from Moorestown, NJ, and we both graduated college in 2008. My mom saw a segment about Chocomize on The Today Show and, noting the similarities between Eric and me, urged me to reach out to him.
I read more about Chocomize online and was both inspired because Eric was a young entrepreneur like me, and impressed with Chocomize as a socially conscious business, so I went out on a limb and contacted him. I was really excited when he agreed to meet – Chocomize has experienced rapid growth and I know the time constraints that come hand-in-hand with starting a business/organization. Eric and I met for a drink and bonded over our shared experience of starting organizations at such a young age with little experience or capital – and our partnership was born!
Founded in November 2009, Chocomize allows customers to build their very own Belgian chocolate bar by choosing their chocolate flavor and then by adding their favorite toppings. It is a leader in the growing co-creation/mass customization movement and has been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, C
NN.com, The View, The New York Times, and many others.
Chocomize donates 1% of proceeds from each chocolate bar sold to one of three charities (designated by the customer), and A Drink for Tomorrow is proud to be one of these charities. With The Michael J. Fox Foundation and Doctors Without Borders as the other charities Chocomize supports, I’d say we are certainly in good company! Check out this awesome company (and customize your own chocolate bar!) at www.chocomize.com and visit them on Facebook to learn more!
