It all started in 2012 when Stella was worried about her friends in New York after Hurricane Sandy hit. She felt helpless watching the news and asked, "What can a KID do to help?!"

Stella’s parents recommended a lemonade stand, but she exclaimed, “It’s winter – no one’s going to buy lemonade!” Her solution: cut down mistletoe, decorate it with bows and bells and sell it in the front yard. Her first stand sold out in thirty minutes. "Mistletoe is PURE PROFIT!", she overheard someone say and indeed it was. By the time Christmas rolled around, Stella had raised $2,034 and had a check for the American Red Cross headquarters in New York City.

In 2014 Stella enlisted a team of like-minded friends from school to help in the effort. They toured the North Texas Food Bank and felt an immediate connection to helping kids in their own community. The MISTLECREW donned red hats and SOLD, SOLD, SOLD mistletoe, raising an astonishing $414,454 for the North Texas Food Bank in the past 8 years, FEEDING OVER ONE MILLION PEOPLE! And breaking a GUINNESS WORLD RECORD!

‘Tis the season again and the MISTLECREW and friends are elated to be back selling MISTLEOE in December with GREAT PURPOSE. COME SEE us this DECEMBER! Help them reach their GOAL to feed 250,000+ this year by raising $86,000 for the North Texas Food Bank.