Gracie Medina of Caldwell has a coronary heart for other folks. She calls herself “The Tortilla Lady” and blesses men and women in will need with her tortilla fundraisers.
CALDWELL, Idaho — Gracie Medina of Caldwell is a very pleased spouse and mom, she will work at a financial institution and calls herself “The Tortilla Girl.” She has a reward handed down from her grandma, generating handmade tortillas.
“I’m Gracie, the tortilla girl,” stated Medina with a major smile.
It is really her grandma’s common household recipe. She makes use of that reward to bless many others in our group. Medina organizes tortilla fundraisers. She tends to make them by the dozen, and sells them. Then, she donates the funds she earns to individuals in need from around the group.
“I know we are all battling,” claimed Medina. “The reward for me is sharing these tortillas, sharing what I grew up with!”


Recently, she chose the Boise nonprofit The Blessing Bike as the recipient of her fundraising endeavours. Jill and Wade Houser began the nonprofit, a couple years ago. It was motivated by Jill’s mom, Rosemary Sorce, who was in her nineties. They wanted to just take her for bike rides. So, Jill’s husband Wade created a cargo bike so they could do just that. The concept took off. Rosemary has considering that handed, but they proudly have on the nonprofit as her legacy.
“The Blessing Bike is a nonprofit business and we offer obtain to passenger bikes for folks with disabilities and the elderly,” claimed Jill Houser. “Gracie contacted us by means of Fb and claimed that she had accomplished tortilla fundraisers for people. She was asking yourself if we would like her to take part in a fundraiser for us as perfectly.”
The Housers ended up so touched by her generous offer, Medina suggests a little something about The Blessing Bike touched her heart.
“Following reading additional on Facebook, and viewing The Blessing Bike’s pics and movies, a little something just spoke to me,” mentioned Medina. “A ton has to do with my grandmother.”
Her Grandma Josephine passed absent previous year, she is Medina’s inspiration.
“Tortillas are some thing that we grew up with, and she remaining that recipe to us as a stamp to don’t forget her,” Medina informed KTVB. “She under no circumstances measured… she usually just threw in her exclusive recipe. With grandma leaving that behind, remaining hispanic, and all that custom, I just desired one thing different to supply, and generating these flour tortillas, that’s what it was.”
That’s why she phone calls herself Gracie, The Tortilla Lady. She dedicated an entire Saturday to creating tortillas to advantage The Blessing Bike.
“We posted it on my social media, and it just went from there and I was getting orders,” said Medina. “I ended up earning 420 tortillas! I am in the kitchen area all day, earning the dough, rolling them out, cooking and flipping, then packaging them. Then I load up my car or truck and start out providing. That way they can have their clean heat home made tortillas that very same working day.”
Medina says the most effective aspect of creating her grandma’s tortillas, is the experience that she is near, and understanding she is carrying on her custom.
“She is with me,” Medina stated.
Grandma Josephine’s tortillas acquired hundreds of pounds for The Blessing Bicycle. Gracie’s husband and kids went with her to drop off the donation to the Housers. They were so touched by her heart to give!
“Gracie’s contribution will definitely enable The Blessing Bicycle go on on,” stated Wade Houser.
Medina hopes to help even extra individuals in the foreseeable future.
“I would really like to access out to people in need or even nonprofits,” claimed Medina. “For the reason that It will not charge a point to be type and present many others enjoy and guidance.”
Gracie Medina is spreading like 1 tortilla at a time.
If you would like to arrive at out to Gracie about her tortilla fundraisers, you can do that by emailing her at [email protected]
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