For most children in the United States, late August and early September mark the beginning of a new school year, but for many children in coffee growing nations, parents can’t afford education for their children. Children must work alongside their parents for basic survival.
ReThink Coffee drinkers help provide education for children through their responsible purchase of our fairly traded coffee. Fairly traded coffee purchases help farmers own their land and their future. Freed from slavery, those farmers can afford to send their children to school.
At the same time, coffee drinkers also have the opportunity to support education here in the States simply by ordering their coffee through ReThink Coffee and choosing a school as their affiliate organization.
ReThink Coffee provides schools with a sustainable solution to fundraising. Encourage your school’s supporters to order their coffee through ReThink Coffee and we take care of the rest. They’ll get three pounds of the world’s finest freshly roasted coffee – fairly traded, shade grown and organic, delivered to their door on the schedule they choose with free shipping. We take care of all orders and fulfillment.
Each month your organization will receive a check for 8% of each supporter’s purchase. That works out to about $2.63 per order. So if 100 people order, that’s $263.20. That support is sustainable in that you will receive a check for each month’s orders. In a calendar year that’s $3,158.40.
If your school hasn’t signed on yet, it’s very easy to get started. Simply go to our website(www.rethinkcoffee.com) and add your school’s fundraising organization (PTAs and PTOs) to our list of affiliates by clicking the ‘Become an Affiliate’ button and filling out your contact information. There’s no cost to your organization.
We’ll contact you that same day to request your logo and check in on how we can support you. Your account will be active and ready to accept orders in 3-4 days. When you are ready to spread the word, you can download posters from our website or request a customized half page sheet to send home to students.
Speaking of education, our partners Camano Island Coffee Roasters (www.camanoislandcoffeeroasters.com) and Agros International (www.agros.org) do so much good in the world. Look on their sites to learn more about the changes ReThink Coffee drinkers are supporting just by drinking great coffee.
Thanks for joining us in using responsible purchasing as a vehicle for positive change. Forward this link on to any school you’d like to support. We really believe that if people love their coffee and buy responsibly we can change the world.
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