They say "charity begins at home," but we think it can continue to the workplace. We asked the members of our staff what local organizations they support and why.
In support of #GivingTuesday, we will be making a charitable donation to the organizations our employees suggested – Lincoln Square Friendship Center, ONE Northside, The Stone Soup Theatre Project, Growing Home and Funny Bones Improv.
We hope you'll learn more about these great organizations, like them on Facebook, follow them on Twitter and Instagram and subscribe to their YouTube channels. And, most importantly, consider supporting them financially, too.
1) Lincoln Square Friendship Center
The Friendship Center operates two food pantries on the north side of Chicago. North Park Friendship Center - NPFC also distributes free clothing and household goods, offer job training to our volunteer staff, and seek to provide or refer clients to needed services.
2) ONE Northside Violence Prevention Campaign
ONE Northside is a mixed-income, multi-ethnic, intergenerational organization that unites our diverse communities. We build collective power to eliminate injustice
through bold and innovative community organizing.
3) The Stone Soup Theatre Project
The Stone Soup Theatre Project's mission is to offer theater to the communities of North East Chicago providing productions and educational workshops at little to no cost to patrons by enlisting the help of community organizations and local businesses. Stone Soup Theatre Project is committed to building stronger communities and safer neighborhoods by providing access to affordable and relevant theatre, transferrable skills through theatre education, and by taking the stage onto the streets of North East Chicago.
4) Growing Home
Growing Home is a social enterprise based in organic farming that provides employment, training, and community development opportunities to Chicagoans. Growing Home helps people find meaningful careers through skills learned while farming since 2002. Growing Home is Chicago’s leading expert in farm-based training for people with employment barriers.
5) Funny Bones Improv
Funny Bones started with a mission to give the gift of laughter to children and their families while in hospital. Our goal is to provide children with an opportunity to brighten their day, add a smile or a hearty laugh to reduce whatever stress they may face and offer an escape from their worries. Funny Bones performs in Chicago at the Children's Memorial Hospital AND in New Orleans at Tulane Medical and Children's Hospital.
The blog of ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE's Lincoln Square location. Featuring products, pop culture, current events and the happenings in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood.
Tuesday, December 02, 2014
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
We've got Halloween Treats for Cool Ghouls, Many Monsters and Zany Zombies.
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Thursday, October 16, 2014
Laura Doherty Performs Two Free Halloween Shows at ENJOY on Saturday, October 25 at 11:30am & 1:00pm
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Wednesday, October 01, 2014
Hot Doug's Legacy Lives on in "Hot Doug's: The Book"
Do you know that there are children being born RIGHT NOW who will never get to taste a hot dog from Hot Doug's!
While lovers of encased meat mourn the closing of Chicago's own "Sausage Superstore" Hot Doug's on Friday, October 3 we can help you relish the "old days" of "waiting in a 2 mile long line" for an exotic wild game hot dog and some duck fat fries. Share this great book with your offspring and show them what they missed.
Hot Doug's: The Book
By Doug Sohn with Kate DeVivo.
From Agate Publishing.
$24.95
Available online at Urbangeneralstore.com and in-store at ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE.
While lovers of encased meat mourn the closing of Chicago's own "Sausage Superstore" Hot Doug's on Friday, October 3 we can help you relish the "old days" of "waiting in a 2 mile long line" for an exotic wild game hot dog and some duck fat fries. Share this great book with your offspring and show them what they missed.
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By Doug Sohn with Kate DeVivo.
From Agate Publishing.
$24.95
Available online at Urbangeneralstore.com and in-store at ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Ice Ice Baby
We think The ALS Association's #IceBucketChallenge is cool.
Have you been challenged? Need some ice? Buy any of our "ice" products online and we'll donate a percentage of purchase price to The ALS Association (now through 8/30/2014).
Have you been challenged? Need some ice? Buy any of our "ice" products online and we'll donate a percentage of purchase price to The ALS Association (now through 8/30/2014).
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Monday, May 19, 2014
Just Added at Urbangeneralstore.com
Brand New Gift Items Just Added. Shop now at Urbangeneralstore.com. We offer flat-rate shipping in the continental US for $6.95 (via USPS Priority Mail or UPS). Free shipping for order over $100.
New Art & Inspiration
You Are My Sunshine Sugarboo Small Frame - Yellow
For your only sunshine.

I Work Out Snapsuit by Wry Baby
For your buff baby.

100 Things Cubs Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
The Ultimate Resource for True Cubs Fans.
Packit Freezble Sandwich Cooler Bag - French Bull Ziggy Print
The entire bag freezes to keep your sandwich cool for up to 4 hours.

Seize the f'ing day.
New Art & Inspiration
You Are My Sunshine Sugarboo Small Frame - Yellow
For your only sunshine.
Each frame is a unique customized piece of art. All are completely handmade and hand-painted with real wood and painted finishes that create a warm, aged look. Colors may vary slightly from photograph. The frames are designed specifically for your own photo and work with a 4" x 6" photo cut down to 4" x 4". Comes with a temporarily mounted display photo. This photo comes out easily, allowing you to insert your own photo. "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are grey. You'll never know dear how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away." Please note: Because of the handmade nature of this product, colors may vary slightly from product image.
Additional colors may be special ordered (typically 6-8 weeks). Special Order colors available. Email the Masters of Merchandise (MOMs) for details.
Color: Yellow. Each Small Frame measures 11 x 20 x 1 inches.
From Sugarboo Designs.
$84.00
New Baby & Kids
I Work Out Snapsuit by Wry Baby
For your buff baby.
Wry Baby Snapsuits are designed and screen-printed in North Carolina. Each is made with high quality jersey cotton. Cute, bright red Snapsuit™ 100% Cotton. Size: 6-12 Months.
From Wry Baby.
$22.00
New Cards & Paper
100 Things Cubs Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
The Ultimate Resource for True Cubs Fans.
With 135 years of Chicago Cubs history, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Cubs fan should know. More than a look at the century-long wait for another World Series win, the book contains crucial information for Cubs fans, such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by singular players. This guide to all things Cubs also includes a list of must-do Cubs-related activities, which include taking in Wrigley field, traveling to Arizona for spring training, and sipping beers at the best Cubs bars around the country. Jimmy Greenfield is a former reporter, columnist, and web editor for the RedEye newspaper. He has covered both the Cubs and White Sox for the Chicago Tribune. He lives in Chicago.
By Jimmy Greenfield 256 Pages 5.5 x 8.5 inches.
From Triumph Books.
$14.95
New Home & Garden
Packit Freezble Sandwich Cooler Bag - French Bull Ziggy Print
The entire bag freezes to keep your sandwich cool for up to 4 hours.
The Sandwich Cooler allows you to keep sandwiches cool in an eco-friendly way. Simply store the cooler in your freezer for a 12 hour period, wrap up the sandwich you want to keep cool and enjoy! Features a gel-lined wall that freezes to keep a sandwich or portion of snacks cool up to 4 hours (depending on external temperatures). Designed in California. Made from food-safe, nontoxic poly canvas and waterproof EVA. PVC-, BPA-, phthalate- and lead-free. Interior wipes clean and you can spot clean the exterior. With a colorful design from the Ziggy Collection from French Bull.
Dimensions: 5.5 x 5.5 2.25 x inches.
From PackIt
$12.95
New Jewelry & Accessories
Carpe The F*ck Out Of This Diem SocksSeize the f'ing day.
Made of f'ing fine soft combed cotton. Women's shoe size 5-10.
53% combed cotton, 44% nylon and 3% spandex.
From Blue Q.
$8.50
New Novelty & Humor
What if Sharknado were real and sharks could fly?

Just when you thought it was safe to get out of the water... this Great White Shark Air Swimmer swims through the air with incredible smooth and life-life motion.
Fly the Giant Sized Shark around your house or office and see people's reactions! Simple to fly, the RC controller enables you to make the Shark move left, right, and forward with ease. The toy is able to turn in very small spaces, so can easily swim around your house or office (a 360 degree turning ratio). Crashes are not a problem. Unlike other flying RC products the Shark just bounces off walls and other objects without damage (not for use outdoors).
Indoor use only.Check it out in action!
Some assembly required.
Requires Four AAA batteries (not included). Must be filled with helium (available at any party store, florist or grocery store that sells balloons).
Recommended for ages 8 and up.
From William Mark Corp.
$44.00
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Announcing a new gift store concept. All Bacon.
Yes, this was our April Fools joke.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Wilbur Jamón
www.urbangeneralstore.com
Chicago Gift Store Succumbs to the Power of Bacon
CHICAGO, April 1, 2014 — ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE, a gift store in Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood known as a "one-stop shop" for gifts for all ages and occasions, is announcing their re-concepting. Effective April 1, ENJOY will become an all-bacon store or ENJOY, AN URBAN BACON STORE (urbanbaconstore.com).
On the hooves of successfully selling bacon-themed novelties since 2005, ENJOY’s owner Rebecca Wood has decided to go whole hog with the concept. "Sure, we can offer our customers a tin of bacon flavored mints from Accoutrements or a pair of socks from Portland-based Gumball Poodle emblazoned with ‘bacon,’ but what if everything in the store was bacon or, even better, if the store actually became bacon?”
ENJOY's brightly blue colored walls will be re-painted a red and white marbled color to resemble bacon, and the floors will be carpeted in a red and white shag to invoke the feeling of walking on meaty strips. ENJOY’s jewelry cases will be converted to meat lockers.
Wood hopes to make the store into a multi-sensory experience. “If it truly is an Urban Bacon Store and you leave without feeling hungry or your cholesterol levels spiking, we've not done our job," she says.
Bacon-scented air fresheners and incense diffusers warming bacon grease will fill the store with a smoky, intoxicating aroma of just-fried bacon.
Hungry shoppers can pig out on sizzling bacon candy, bacon cotton candy, savory bacon flavored bread sticks and Pig Boogers—a bacon bits flavored treat. To wash down the salty snacks, customers can make their own fizzy Bacon seltzer water.
To make the experience complete, ENJOY’s employees (ENJOYees) will wear life-like pig head masks and greet customers with a cheerful snort. New company uniforms will be accented by bacon candy necklaces and cuff bracelets made out of bacon.
Stephanie Edwards, manager of eCommerce and Social Media, says the new retail concept is in response to the seemingly never-ending allure of the meaty treat. “We were bacon ourselves crazy trying to answer the question… how can we offer customers a more bacon-driven experience? The answer became as clear as rendered fat, we needed to become bacon... be the bacon.”
Because only a fool believes that this new store concept will stay fresh longer than an order of crispy bacon, ENJOY, AN URBAN BACON STORE will re-re-concept as an Urban General Store, featuring 1,000’s of gifts (bacon-themed and not), on April 2, 2014.
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ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE and Ubangeneralstore.com will be celebrating “One Nation Under Bacon” throughout April, culminating with participation in the 6th annual Baconfest Chicago on Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26.
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