Gracias

Alana Duggan of Crema Coffee Company of Toronto, Canada, organized and worked countless hours for the Kids Art Show. Artwork was sold at $50 apiece, with 100 percent of the proceeds donated to Coffee Kids.

A collection of coffee shops (Toronto Coffee Conspiracy) in and around Toronto, Canada, held a Latté Art Throwdown. Along with the coffee competition, there was music, prizes and beer. A donation jar at the event raised $625 for Coffee Kids.

Mascot Parkdale of Toronto, Canada and Reunion Island Coffee of Oakville, Ontario held a coffee-give-away-for-charity days. Instead of asking their customers to pay for their drink, they requested donations for Coffee Kids and raised over $1,500!

The 2010 Coffee Kids/ World Barista Championship online auction finished on June 25 and raised nearly $2,500. Thank you to all the bidders and especially to the businesses who generously donated items. Without these generous donors, the auction would not have been possible: Reg Barber Enterprises, 1st in Coffee, Anfim, Capital Coffee Roasters, New Harvest Coffee Roasters, Caffe Ibis Coffee Roasting Co., Behmor Ltd., REDW The Rogoff Firm Certified Public Accountants, Rocket Fuel Coffee.

Paolo Nadelet of CMA presented a check for $20,500 to Coffee Kids Executive Director Carolyn Fairman at the SCAE Show in London. A percentage of the sale of Plus4You espresso machines is donated to Coffee Kids.

Helmut Thurner of San Giusto Café, Austria, presented a check to Carolyn Fairman at the SCAE Show in London. Thurner collected the donations through a number of fundraisers in Austria.

At the Coffee Kids reception in London, Basheba Flachs of the Berlin School of Coffee made a donation of 1,000 euros at the Coffee Kids reception from donations collected at the German barista competitions.

The homeroasters at http://greencoffeebuyingclub.com organized an online auction, and their generous and enthusiastic bids raised over $10,000 for Coffee Kids. Forty-one generous businesses and individuals gifted Coffee Kids with exciting coffee items that sold in the auction.