Mama's Sanctuary by Sweet Sofia

06/16/2026

Giveaway alert $50 gift card! To enter simply like & share this post & follow our page. Tag friends or comment below for additional entries for a chance to win a $50 gift card to your choice to CaFé Tacuba , Mextizo , XOLO Mexican Restaurant, or Ohana Poké Shop. Thank you to The Efting Team at Skogman Realty, Azul Health & Thomas Howard Security-Iowa for sponsoring this giveaway! Winner to be announced on 6/24/26

06/16/2026

We borrowed 2 acres of land from Azul Health to complete our market research with various groups over the past year & are now finalizing the acquisition of our very own >7 acres of urban forestry. We will share the space with the many deer, fox & other woodland creatures who are lovingly nestled in this enchanted forest between Cedar Rapids & Marion off Blairs Ferry Rd.

Visitors will enjoy all of the wonderful, therapeutic benefits of nature without the long commute! Visitors in our market research groups have said "it feels like I'm hiking in the woods at a county park" & "it's so peaceful and quiet here...you would never know such a busy road (Blairs Ferry Rd) is just down the hill!"

No long commute.
No dusty gravel roads.
Conveniently located

06/15/2026

Thank you for joining us at the Marion Uptown Market nonprofit organization day with Mama's Sanctuary! Sofía & Megan gifted community members with children’s books, bubbles, sunglasses & stickers as they shared about our mission & future plans. We also sold 112 raffle tickets for our 7/4/26 drawing for the winner of our $500 Slumberland gift card as well as two spa baskets! If you couldn’t make it to the market & want to buy raffle tickets ($1/each) or spa gift bags ($5), message us! Or send your donation via Venmo -sanctuary PayPal, or through our donation site (preferred) https://www.givebutter.com/mamas-sanctuary
Thank you to the Marion Chamber of Commerce for allowing us to be a part of this fun community event! 💕😊

06/13/2026

We are paving the way (literally) towards opening the doors at Mama's Sanctuary. Would you or your business like to be a permanent part of Mama's Sanctuary? Be one of the first people to order a personalized brick to honor a loved one who has passed, to advertise your business, or to simply leave your mark on the world.

The possibilities are endless! You can upload your company logo, share your favorite Bible verse or words of wisdom with the world, list the names of all your family members and more!

All donations are tax deductible as we are an IRS recognized 501(c)3 nonprofit. If you already donated in 2026...thank you! Please send us a message for a unique discount code on your brick order as a repeat supporter of Mama's Sanctuary.
https://www.bricksrus.com/donorsite/mamassanctuary

05/24/2026

Thank you to our 51 donors who raised a total of $4,757 in just 10 days! Through Venmo, cash donations, PayPal & our fundraising site https://givebutter.com/mamas-sanctuary

Congratulations to MD, winner of the gift basket & JH, winner of the $500 Slumberland Furniture gift card. We will be reaching out to you both via email!

Please keep the prayers & shares going about Mama’s Sanctuary! (We were reported & blocked from some of the Support Local groups, our posts were deleted & we are temporarily banned from going live - videos of the drawings were uploaded under the comments)

05/24/2026

Thank you to our 51 donors who raised a total of $4,757 in just 10 days! Through Venmo, cash donations, PayPal & our fundraising site https://givebutter.com/mamas-sanctuary

Congratulations to MD, winner of the gift basket & JH, winner of the $500 Slumberland Furniture gift card. We will be reaching out to you both via email!

Please keep the prayers & shares going about Mama’s Sanctuary! (We were reported & blocked from some of the Support Local groups, our posts were deleted & we are temporarily banned from going live)

By MAMAS SANCTUARY BY SWEET SOFIA

05/19/2026

Want to win a $500 gift card?!? For every $1 you donate you will receive one entry for the drawing. $1=1 entry, $10=10 entries. NO limit on the number of entries. Donations can be made through our fundraiser site https://givebutter.com/mamas-sanctuary our organizational website www.mamas-sanctuary.org or through Venmo -sanctuary

$500 gift card to Slumberland Furniture was donated by the Fernandez Family...you might have heard the Fernandez' featured on KZIA Z102.9 FM radio's The Morning Scramble Friday May 15th. Drawing will be held on May 23rd, winner will be selected, at random, from the compiled list of donor names on a spreadsheet by random number generator.

05/14/2026

If funding is fully pledged by 5/25/26*, we will be conveniently located off Blairs Ferry Road between Cedar Rapids & Marion.
🐐💕🐐 *Updated deadline 6/29/26-Thank you seller for graciously extending our purchase agreement as we began the process of a loan over with a new lender & complete the necessary appraisals.

11/18/2022

In honor of her Grandma in Heaven, Sweet Sofia will be making Mama’s delicious homemade Pumpkin Bars (with cream cheese frosting!) & she would love to gift some to locals making a difference in the lives of others. Please comment below who she should gift this holiday season! Or we encourage you to perform an act of kindness and comment below what you did to be entered to win! Winners will be drawn at random on Wednesday November 23, 2022.

09/07/2022

Heaven has gained an Angel ❤️🥰😢
Sweet Sofia’s Grandma Barb passed away very unexpectedly last week. Barb was an amazing mother & a vital part of the Sweet Sofia’s baking team. Her sweet disposition & kind, calming presence are already greatly missed. ❤️