Special Events
Coffee Kids staff participate in a variety of trade shows, conferences and meetings with donors and members.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Brian Franklin, owner of Doubleshot Coffee Company in Tulsa, OK, will be competing in the Leadville 100, a 100-mile ultramarathon. He’s taking pledges for each mile he runs to support Coffee Kids.
Check it out and lend a hand!
You can also visit his blog at coffeeilluminati.blogspot.com
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Coffee Kids is proud to announce that our 20th Anniversary Dinner celebration raised nearly $100,000. Over 240 people attended the event held May 3 during the Specialty Coffee Association of America’s Conference & Exhibition in Minneapolis, Minn.
Representatives from Longbottom Coffee and Tea, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Foundation, DaVinci Gourmet and Putumayo World Music made presentations on the importance of helping to ensure an improved quality of life for coffee-farming families. Luca Mundaca, a Putumayo recording artist, performed at the event.
Retiring Founder Bill Fishbein was honored by representatives from CECOCAFEN, a Coffee Kids partner in Nicaragua working in education and microfinance. In a heartfelt tribute CECOCAFEN established the Bill Fishbein Medal of Academic Excellence. The medal will be given to one outstanding student each year and will cover the costs of the student’s continuing education.
The celebration dinner also featured the screening of a new film on Coffee Kids’ impact produced by Machine Hero, a communication arts company based in Providence, R.I. The video can be seen on our blog. To see pictures from the dinner, check out our Flickr page.
Money raised at the celebration will be used to help Coffee Kids’ partners continue their efforts in coffee-farming communities in Latin America. Coffee Kids’ 12 partners work in economic diversification, health care, education and other community-based programs that help improve quality of life for coffee-farming families and reduce their reliance on the coffee crop.
Special thanks go to all of our supporters and sponsors who made this event possible.
Platinumb
Longbottom Coffee and Tea, Hillsboro, OR
Gold
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Waterbury, VT
Silver
Paragon Coffee Trading Company, L.P., White Plains, NY
Fres-co System USA, Inc., Telford, PA
Bronze
Coffee Exchange, Providence, RI
InterAmerican Coffee Inc. Houston, TX
Probat-Werke, Emmerich, Germany
Melissa J. Pugash, Los Angeles, CA
S-D Coffee, Concord, NC
Starbucks Coffee, Seattle, WA
Benefactor
Mars Drinks North America, Westchester, PA
Peets Coffee and Tea, Berkeley, CA
Coffee and Cocoa International, UK
Patron
Atlantic Specialty Coffee, Inc. Hayward, CA
Baratza, Bellevue, WA
Batdorf & Bronson/Challain, Inc., Olympia, WA
Bongo Java, Nashville, TN
Bunn-o-Matic Corporation, Springfield, IL
Gaviña Gourmet Coffee, Vernon, CA
Gulf Winds International, Houston, TX
Magnum Coffee Roastery, Nunica, MI
Bongo Java, Nashville, TN
Illy Espresso of the Americas, Inc., Oakland, CA
Wilbur Curtis Company, Dilveron, IL
Supporter
Aroma Coffee of Santa Fe, NM
Van Houtte, Inc., Montreal, Canada
Balzac Brothers and Company, Inc., Charleston, SC
Mont Blanc Gourmet, Denver, CO
Carpe Diem Coffee & Tea Co., Mobile, AL
Deli Café, S.A., San Jose, Costa Rica
Eight o’ Clock Coffee, Towson, MD
Coffee Solutions, Franklin, MA
Friend
Cape Horn Coffees, Inc., Springfield, OR
Elan Organic Coffees, San Diego, CA
Payden & Co., LLC, East Greenwich, RI
Urnex Brands, Inc., Yonkers, NY
Walton Coffee Co., Walton, NY
www.coffeecreations.co.uk, Glouscester, UK
Yellowstone Coffee, Bozeman, MT
Green Coffee Buying Club
Expocert Café, Santa Barbara, Costa Rica
The Inter Trade Co., San Francisco, CA
Cirqua, Camarillo, CA
Pacific Espresso, Santa Cruz, CA
Pod Pack International, Baton Rouge, LA
American Coffee Corporation, Jersey City, NJ
Karalynn M. McDermott, Seattle, WA
Coffee Lab International, Waterbury, VT
First Colony Coffee and Tea, Norfolk, VA
In-Kind Donors
Putumayo World Music, New York, NY
DaVinci Gourmet, Seattle, WA
The Hot Chocolate Sparrow, North Eastham, MA
Payden and Co., East Greenwich, RI
Fresh Cup Magazine, Portland, OR
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
We had a great time at the 2008 Specialty Coffee Association of America’s Conference and Exhibition in Minneapolis, Minn. Check out our Flickr page for images from the weekend. 
The 20th Anniversary Celebration Dinner went well with almost 300 new and old supporters and members joining us to celebrate 20 years of Coffee Kids and Founder Bill Fishbein’s retirement.
CoffeeGeek.com featured a couple blog posts on our events and our booth.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Thanks to all of our sponsors and those who signed up early, Coffee Kids’ 20th Anniversary Celebration Dinner is sold out. We look forward to celebrating two decades with everyone attending.
If you weren’t able to get tickets to the event, be sure to visit our booth (#1241) in the exhibition hall. We’ll be featuring a plethora of information on our efforts with coffee-growing families.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Our 20th Anniversary Celebration scheduled for May 3, 2008, at the SCAA Conference and Exhibition in Minneapolis, Minn., just keeps getting better. We’re happy to announce that Luca Mundaca, a recording artist with Putumayo World Music, will be performing at the event.
Mundaca, a self-taught guitarist and vocalist, has appeared on the Putumayo compilations “Women of the World Acoustic” and “Brazilian Lounge.” She was born in Chile and moved with her family to a small town south of Sao Paulo, Brazil, when she was six. At age 15 she began teaching herself to play guitar and has dedicated her life to music. For more information on Mundaca, check out her profile on Putumayo’s site.
Along with Mundaca’s performance, Coffee Kids 20th Anniversary Dinner celebration will feature a short Coffee Kids movie and a variety of speakers including Founder Bill Fishbein, Executive Director Carolyn Fairman, Board President Rob Stephen and longtime contributors and representatives from our partner organizations in Latin America.
Dinner reservations for the event are required. Please contact Heather Ferraro at or 505-820-1443 for reservations and details.
Monday, February 11, 2008
The year 2008 marks two decades of Coffee Kids helping coffee-farming families create vibrant communities. Celebrate with us at our anniversary dinner on May 3rd at the 2008 SCAA Conference in Minneapolis, Minn.
Throughout the evening we will reflect on the achievements and challenges of the last 20 years, look ahead to the future, and acknowledge those who have stood by us and our partners in the work. Speakers will include Coffee Kids Founder Bill Fishbein, Executive Director Carolyn Fairman, and Board President Rob Stephen, as well as other special guests. Plus, a Putumayo World Music recording artist will be making a very special performance.
20th Anniversary Celebration Dinner
Saturday, May 3, 2008
7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Minneapolis Convention Center, Ballroom B
Dinner to include wine, hors d’oevres, entrée and dessert.
Individual: $75
Company table for eight : $560
Reservations are required. Please contact Heather Ferraro at or (505) 820-1443 for reservations.
Revenue in excess of event costs will be directed toward Coffee Kids’ projects in Latin America.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Hello Friends,
I’ve been working on behalf of coffee-farming families since 1988. By taking the simple step to create Coffee Kids with a few friends, I set in motion a multitude of forces that I had no idea were waiting in the wings. That step led me on a path to my life’s work: giving back to coffee farmers and helping create sustainable communities.
I am excited about Coffee Kids’ 20th year of helping coffee-farming families improve the quality of their lives. To commemorate this milestone, we’ll be holding a celebration dinner on Saturday, May 3, 2008, at the Minneapolis Convention Center during the Specialty Coffee Association of America’s Convention.
During the evening we will reflect on achievements and changes over the last 20 years, look ahead to future goals, and acknowledge the people – such as yourself – who have helped along the way.
I invite you to become a Sponsor of this very special event* and join us in celebrating 20 years of vision and hard work on behalf of coffee-farming families. Since some of the sponsorships are available on a first come, first served basis, please download our sponsorship form (PDF; 436 KB) and send it to Ms. Heather Ferraro at Coffee Kids as soon as possible. Thank you.
Please don’t delay in helping us make this our most ambitious year yet in offering hope of a better future to thousands of coffee-farming families.
Best wishes,
Bill Fishbein, Founder
*Any sponsorship revenue in excess of event costs will be directed toward Coffee Kids’ projects in Latin America.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Mark Prince of CoffeeGeek.com, one of the most thorough chroniclers of the coffee world on the Web, is doing a month-long fundraiser for Coffee Kids, Jan. 21- Feb. 22.
Check out www.coffeegeek.com and visit the Coffee Kids link on the left. CoffeeGeek.com is auctioning off several coffee grinders donated by Baratza; donating 25% of their ad revenue for February; donating their Amazon affiliate revenue until the end of Feb; and matching any direct donations made to Coffee Kids through CoffeeGeek.
Check out www.coffeegeek.com and tell them thanks for their help!
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