With the end of the school year in sight and those longed for days of summer just around the corner, Hometown Favorites has expanded our selection of gift baskets to include beach pails, galvanized tins, retro banks and lunchboxes, filled to the brim with memories and fun. Be sure to visit our Gift Center to check out all of our new additions including several designed for summertime fun. Our Patriot Sweets features a real toy drum and sweets - order now for your 4th of July parade. Our Day at the Beach tin pail combines candies and toys - perfect for Memorial Day weekend. But we haven't forgotten the grown-ups!

Always on the lookout for ways to spread a little fun and nostalgia, Hometown Favorites was among a select number of vendors chosen to be part of the 76th Annual Academy Awards ® Presenter's Basket this year! Our "One Lucky Cowboy" themed basket was an ode to the most Hollywood of all cowboys, Roy Rogers. Celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Tom Cruise, Jack Black and Jamie Lee Curtis enjoyed our wacky collection of candies, foods and toys from the 50's - certainly a unique departure from the baubles and electronics they're used to receiving!

In our "Hard to Find" Grocer, we've added some of your new requests - Hawaiian Punch and Mott's in a Minute Concentrates, Seven Seas Green Goddess Dressing, P.B. Slices, Big Boy Seasoning Salt, new Jolt soda flavors. In our Candy Store new additions include Laffy Taffy - Chocolate Mouse, 5" Whirly Pops, Bonz hard candy and Sugar-Free Dubble Bubble.

Be sure to take a stroll down our new toy store, located in the Gift Center. This new collection of nostalgic and old-fashioned toys are sure to remind you of simpler times and childhood games. From little girls hankies and "retro" Barbie accessories to Colorforms and candle boats, many of these toys you may not have seen since your own childhood. Any of these adorable toys would make great gifts for children and grandchildren, great executive toys and fun and games for the whole family.

Just a reminder - summertime shipping methods will begin June 1st, 2004. Those items that require special handling during the summer months are noted on our website. We will do our best to insure that your candies and foods arrive as fresh as they've left us.

Headin' for the Beach,

Colleen Chapin, Founder