2026 Holiday Shopping Guide
Featuring Michigan Based Social Enterprises
Anastasia and Katie's Coffee Shop & Cafe
Anastasia and Katie's Coffee Shop & Cafe is a welcoming neighborhood cafe providing high quality coffee, espresso and blended drinks, sandwiches and pastries made in-house. The cafe offers excellent customer service in an inclusive atmosphere, as well as training and employment for people with disabilities.
Products are available in-store at 19215 Merriman Road, Livonia MI 48152. Electronic gift cards are available online. anastasiaandkatiescoffee.com
Catering Services:
We offer catering services – a great option for holiday meetings! We also offer products such as gift cards, coffee beans, home made cookies, mugs and gift baskets – all high quality, coffee related gifts which support jobs for people with disabilities.
Anastasia and Katie's offers catering for the holidays - cookie and pastry platters, sandwiches, bagels, coffee and more!
Arbor Trading Post
Arbor Trading Post is a woman-owned and socially responsible business committed to creating local jobs and keeping traditional leathercraft alive. We offer lifetime guarantee for all products, free shipping, free return and exchange.
Handcrafted Leather Goods:
Arbor Trading Post offers handcrafted leather goods made in Ann Arbor, Michigan, including handbags, wallets, notebook covers, belts, dog collar and leash, and more. Every item is made from environmentally sustainable, 100% natural, full-grain, vegetable-tanned leather that will last a lifetime. Our designs celebrate craftsmanship, sustainability, and the beauty of simplicity, making them thoughtful holiday gifts that grow more meaningful with time.
Blue Diamonds Training & Consulting
Blue Diamonds Training and Consulting, Inc. exists to empower youth ages 14–24, especially those facing systemic barriers such as foster care involvement, homelessness, and economic hardship. Our mission is to develop strong, confident leaders through entrepreneurial education, workforce readiness, and mentorship. We are committed to breaking generational cycles by equipping young people with the skills, resources, and support they need to succeed in life, business, and community. Rooted in equity and purpose, our work helps youth build legacies—not just livelihoods.
Cookbook:
"Cooking With Dr. Blue – The Easy Cookbook for the Busy Entrepreneur: Flavors of Resilience" This cookbook is more than just a collection of recipes; it's a culinary journey designed to simplify the lives of dynamic women who wear many hats. Inside, discover rotating meal plans, quick and delicious recipes, and make-ahead freezer meals tailored to complement the fast-paced, multifaceted lifestyles of today's leading women.
Rebel Nell
Rebel Nell is a women-owned social enterprise in Detroit that creates one-of-a-kind jewelry from fallen graffiti. Each piece carries a piece of Detroit’s story, while our mission focuses on providing equitable employment, skill development, and economic independence for women with barriers to traditional jobs.
Jewelry:
Jewelry made from fallen pieces of Detroit graffiti / each piece carries a part of Detroit’s history.
Spellbound - Our annual limited-edition launch returns—handcrafted from real, abandoned spider webs and inspired by the moon’s quiet power. Each piece transforms the delicate into the enduring, celebrating beauty in all its phases. One-of-a-kind. Handcrafted in Detroit.
Hudson Collaboration - Each piece carries forward the memories of holiday windows, family milestones, and community pride — reimagined with purpose, handcrafted in Detroit, and made by women building brighter futures.
Relax 9
Relax 9 is a Detroit-based, woman-owned social enterprise that helps under-served and underestimated entrepreneurs build real, compliant, and sustainable businesses. Founded by Tyana Young, a single mother and certified project manager, Relax 9 was created from lived experience navigating housing instability, parenting, and male-dominated industries like construction and freight. Relax 9 provides project management support, certification and compliance guidance, and freight/logistics business support so that people who don’t usually see themselves represented in these fields can still enter, compete, and win. Our mission is to bring calm, structure, and opportunity to entrepreneurs from communities that are often overlooked—helping them move from survival to strategy, and from ideas to income.
Contact: Tyana Young at relax9detroit@gmail.com or 313-488-9835
Business Strategy Sessions:
Relax 9 is offering “Build & Breathe” Business Strategy Sessions and Startup Support Packages as a unique holiday gift for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs. Gift recipients get one-on-one support to:
clarify their business or side-hustle idea
understand licensing/certification steps (construction, compliance, or freight logistics)
leave with a simple, realistic action plan for 2026
It’s a meaningful holiday gift because instead of more “stuff,” you’re giving someone confidence, clarity, and tools to change their life and finances in the new year.
• Perfect for: aspiring entrepreneurs, single parents, laid-off workers, and community members who have ideas but don’t know where to start.
• Local impact: Relax 9 is Detroit-born and Detroit-serving—supporting under-served residents, especially women and parents, who want access to high-barrier industries like construction, compliance, and freight logistics.
• Flexible gifting: Digital gift certificates are available and can be used for virtual sessions, making it easy to gift support to loved ones near or far.
• Social impact: Every holiday purchase helps Relax 9 continue offering low-cost and accessible business support to under-served entrepreneurs in our community.
The Detroit Writing Room
The Detroit Writing Room (DWR) offers an inspirational community for writers, creatives and professionals. Whether you’re working on the next Great American novel or a resume, the DWR has 30 professional writing coaches to help with all your writing needs. We also host book talks, writing workshops, and literary events.
Writing Coach Gift Certificate:
This season, give the gift of inspiration! Treat a loved one, friend or colleague to a Detroit Writing Room coaching session! This gift is perfect for college students, writers and professionals looking to level up their writing skills or get feedback on personal projects. Each gift certificate includes a 1-hour session with any coach from The Detroit Writing Room or New York Writing Room. Set someone on their path to success!
Detroit Writing Room Annual Membership:
Give the writer in your life an annual Detroit Writing Room membership! They'll receive discounts on coaching, workshops and more! Plus, they’ll gain a supportive writing community. Benefits include:
20% off all coaching sessions, workshops and events
Access to a members-only monthly Writing Group
10% off printing flyers, postcards, posters, brochures, bookmarks, copies and more from Mays Multimedia
A feature in our Writer Wednesday spotlights
Complimentary Perspectives Magazine, DWR journal and purple pen
Member-only invitations to select events and surprise perks throughout the year!
The membership is good for 1 year from the date of purchase.
Uloma Immigrants' House (UIH)
Uloma Immigrants’ House (UIH) is a Michigan community-based nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering disadvantaged populations — including but not limited to immigrants and refugees — through education, health literacy, workforce readiness, and transportation access. Our UIH Shop is a revenue-generating social enterprise whose proceeds directly sustain programs like the Uloma Empowerment Program, UEP Health Expo, IET (Integrated Education and Training) Program, tutoring and mentoring initiatives, and community wellness outreach. Each purchase helps us create opportunities, strengthen economic mobility, and build a healthier, more inclusive Michigan for all.
UIH Shirts:
Cozy, high-quality UIH shirts that let gift-givers celebrate inclusion and community. Every shirt helps fund programs that uplift disadvantaged populations — including but not limited to immigrants, refugees, and low-income families — across Michigan. The shirts make thoughtful, purpose-driven gifts that look good and do good, perfect for family, coworkers, and volunteers this holiday season.
Limited seasonal run — perfect for meaningful holiday giving and volunteer appreciation
100% of proceeds support programs serving disadvantaged communities across Michigan
Bulk and workplace orders welcome for teams, service clubs, and faith groups
Women's Innovative Social Enterprise Partnership
We are a 501(c)(3) community development nonprofit planning to build a community hub with educational, cultural, and workforce development programming for all ages. It will also house an urban farm and market and cafe.
W.I.S.E Shirts:
We sell t-shirts and hoodies that read, "I'm a WISE Woman" (various colors) and "WISE Women Love Detroit" and a V neck t-shirt that reads the same. There is one male tee shirt that reads, "WISE. Men Love WISE Women" Print is in all caps.Everything other than the first hoodie is Black with white lettering.
The purchase will help stock our community bench with non-perishables for the community, and the continued development of the 1.6+ acres of land.
