Cherry Republic’s goal with our events is to offer wholesome family activities that lift spirits. One of the best annual events we hold to accomplish this goal is our Talent Show. I love seeing all the talent around our region and all the talent that happens to be visiting. And I am always astounded at […]
Cherry Boomchunkas are my first food product. It all began 22 years ago in a search for expanding my business. I had been selling Cherry Republic t-shirts, but was frustrated because tees were only purchased in the summer—I was looking for something to sell year round.. People eat food year round. I decided on a […]
A speaker at a TEDx event in Traverse City said that the average child from his African homeland walked to school 10 miles. After I heard this fact, I couldn’t help but think of Steph and I walking to school with our two young boys. Colebrook, a kindergartener and Hawthorn, a preschooler. A couple weeks […]
When we grew up, there was an old map of the Sleeping Bear Dunes in our house. There is a mark on the map, just north of the dune climb and just west of the DH Day farm called Devil’s Hole. My brothers and I would speculate on what that spot was and why it […]
Cherry Republic’s first food product– the first Cherry Boomchunka Cookie was baked 20 years ago. For two decades, we have been baking, packaging and selling this dynamite mixture of chocolate, cherries and oatmeal.
Here are some fun stories of our most famous of all the products we make:
The name Cherry Boomchunka didn’t come to me overnight. […]
