How We Got Started

Just Because Treats is a dream come true of three friends, Jill, Barbara and Tracey.  Their early years were spent growing up in South Tampa, Florida and all three graduated from Robinson High School. Working for the same company, where they met over 22 years ago, these three ladies make it a priority supporting local community charities. Their fulltime jobs allow them the opportunity to embrace this passion of giving. Year-round charity fundraisers were the starting point of introducing their mouth-watering desserts to their coworkers. The popularity of their desserts and treats and the encouragement from their families, friends and coworkers is what spurred the three to begin sharing their ideas with each other. Each partner brought to the table, just the right talents. Jill’s passion for baking her delicious rum cakes, Barbara and Tracey’s careful attention to details and presentation, along with their creativeness with chocolate, coupled with the business sense of three smart ladies, it only seemed logical that the three of them start a business together. While each partner dreamed of starting their own business, separately it seemed challenging, but together, how could they not succeed. Thus, Just Because Treats was born.

As part of their belief that we all should give back to our communities, Jill, Barbara and Tracey have committed to giving 1% of all Just Because Treats' profits to charity.  They selected the following groups:

SPCA Tampa Bay - All three are animal lovers.  Jill joined a Family Dog Training program at the SPCA Tampa Bay in 2005.  This program taught her the skills to train shelter dogs and teach basic obedience classes to the public.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Lymphoma Research Foundation - The ladies always felt these were very worthy groups, but when cancer touches someone you know, you realize just how valuable they are.  The research and support both of these agencies provide is invaluable.