08/17/2026
💚🌱 It’s National Nonprofit Day.
The Local Habit has only been doing this work since February 28, but the heart behind it was there long before our nonprofit status made it official.
We’ve helped feed people and fill food pantries. We’ve supported vendors and small businesses when they’ve fallen on hard times. We’ve created opportunities for youth, connected people to resources and simply showed up when someone needed community.
A lot of it has never been posted.
I, Asheley, have struggled with sharing that side because I never wanted helping people to come off as “content”. But I’m learning that sometimes we have to show the work so people understand the work.
Because The Local Habit is NOT just a gathering or an event.
We are people who need people. We need community.
Our mission is to create spaces where families, youth, small businesses and our community can connect, grow and thrive. Our vision is a community where people feel supported, connected and have the opportunity for a better quality of life.
Sometimes that means feeding someone. Supporting a vendor through a hard time. Giving a child an opportunity. Connecting someone to a resource.
And sometimes it’s simply showing up.
If you believe in what we’re building, donate, volunteer, partner, attend, support our vendors or simply share our work. 💚
Our goal has always been to make community more than a fancy word, but a true way of living. 🌱
Where community becomes a habit!
Huge shoutout to those also doing the work:
Jakki®🐰 | Rollerina
Leonard & Marjorie Williams Family YMCA
Hunnies Body Boutique | Natural Skincare
Carliss Jones | Photographer, Photo Studio, Podcast Studio
Armor of God | Christian Apparel
herspaceorlando
Kissimmee Walk & Run Club
Wellness and Press Juice Bar
Victoria Dumé
GRO Run Club
The Purpose Room | Christian Apparel
Michele Marie
Cindy Ransom, LMFT
La Bodega | Florida Latino Pop-Up Market
The Really, Really Free Market of Orlando Florida
Jhoselin Padilla Castro
Monica Forty Way
And soooo many others!
We are truly blessed to have come across some really amazing people! 💚🌱