April 8, 2003 (Joan Nelson)
My Fair Trade coffee roaster in NJ who ships to my Marin County church every week ($3 from every pound goes to the church) also has 3 kinds of chocolate bar and choc.covered coffee beans and 4 kinds of tea. He had to omit one particular chocolate bar because there was some question as to the FairTradedness of the almonds that were in it. I can't begin to tell you how WONDERFUL his service is! And what a great way it would be for churches and other organizations to raise money while raising awareness about social justice!
March 17, 2003 (Joan Nelson)
I've been selling FT coffee (chocolate, tea, chocolate covered coffee beans, etc. through the Fair Trade Coffee Company (Summit NJ). 800-909-9807 fairtradecoffee.org. Coffee is ground to order. Chocoate, tea, etc. available on-site. $3 of every lb. goes to my church. I have raised over $800 for the church since September.
November 15, 2002 (Steven Friedman)
So far I've been using the Fair Trade chocolate and coffee materials in my class at a Marin synagogue. My son and I have also leafletted outside Starbuck's. I'm hoping to get the synagogue to consider buying only fair trade coffee. Let me know what else I can do. November 2002 (Joan Nelson)
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin (California) orders superb coffees custom ground to order and shipped from Fair Trade Coffee Company (www.fairtradecoffee.org) in New Jersey. Prices are comparable with other gourmet coffees. $3 of every pound goes to the church as a fundraiser. Everybody LOVES the coffee!
July 31, 2002
We signed up with a guy in New Jersey who grinds a wide variety of Fair Trade coffees to order and ships them to our church for distribution 2 Sundays after I take the order and fax it to him. The church makes $3 for every pound purchased. It's a fund raiser on top of everything else! The coffee guy is a Unitarian. We're his first church. We're getting the kinks out. He has just distributed his brochure to Unitarians all over the country. He's willing to do any church or group. Check him out at www.fairtradecoffee.org
