Thursday, February 21, 2008

20th Anniversary Platinum Sponsor: Longbottom Coffee and Tea

Longtime Coffee Kids supporter Longbottom Coffee and Tea is the platinum sponsor for our 20th Anniversary Dinner to be held on May 3rd at the Minneapolis Convention Center during the SCAA Conference and Exhibition.

Longbottom Coffee and Tea is a coffee roaster and retailer based in Hillsboro, Ore. Owner and CEO Michael Baccellieri and his company have been enthusiastic Coffee Kids supporters since 1992. Baccellieri even traveled with our staff to Oaxaca, Mexico, in April 2007 to learn about the efforts of Coffee Kids partner FomCafé.

“We believe all coffee roasted needs to be traded fairly,” Baccellieri said. “Longbottom Coffee works to support coffee-farming communities through a great organization—Coffee Kids.”

The celebration dinner will commemorate Coffee Kids achievements over the past two decades. Guests at the dinner will have an opportunity to learn about how Coffee Kids’ pioneering microcredit programs, health care services and educational activities have helped thousands of women, men and children to develop their local economies and build more sustainable communities.

Others who have signed up to sponsor the celebration include:
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

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
Gulf Winds International, Houston, TX
Magnum Coffee Roastery, Nunica, MI
Bongo Java, Nashville, TN
Deli Café, S.A., San Jose, Costa Rica
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

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

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

Tickets for the celebration dinner are available at the price of $75 each. Coffee Kids also has various sponsorship opportunities available. Any sponsorship revenue in excess of costs will be directed toward Coffee Kids projects in Latin America. Please contact or call 505-820-1143 for more information on tickets or sponsorship opportunities.