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Dear Edison Family, This month Edison students are selling Caf Mam Organic, Fair Trade Coffee, high quality loose leaf tea from J-Tea, and delicious Euphoria Chocolates and Cocoa. We are excited to be partnering with Caf Mam, J-Tea, and Euphoria Chocolate Company, all local businesses that sell exceptional products. If you arent already a Caf Mam connoisseur, one sip and you may be a new convert! Not only is it socially responsible, its great coffee at a good price. We are also offering three loose leaf teas from JTea, a tea house located in the Friendly Street neighborhood. Josh of J-Tea travels to China and Taiwan several times each year to taste and purchase tea directly from tea farmers. The black, green, and herbal teas hes chosen for our fundraiser are fabulous! For 20 years, Euphoria Chocolate Company has delighted chocolate lovers with high quality, impeccably made chocolates. One taste and youll agree that their chocolate ranks among the finest. All proceeds from our sale will support Edison Literacy Programs. So in the name of reading, nows your chance to purchase holiday gifts, call or email friends and family, take the order form to your office, book group and other events and accompany your child selling to neighbors. The envelope has an example sales script for your child to use when talking with friends and family. If someone does not wish to buy anything but wants to support our school, we also accept straight donations. All money needs to be collected at the time of order and checks should be made out to Edison Elementary School. Please return orders to your childs teacher on Monday, December 2. The products will be delivered no later than December 18 in time for holiday mailing and festivities. Additional order forms are available in the office or on the Edison website. The class with the highest sales total will win a hot cocoa party with Tom! In addition, there will be prize drawings for students who turn their orders in between December 2-5. Thank you for helping to make this fundraiser a success and in turn supporting literacy programs at Edison.
Orders Due Monday, December 2 Dont forget to collect money at time of order
Questions? Contact Jen Thoennes at 541-345-4970 or pighart@hotmail.com
Edison Elementary School 1328 East 22nd Avenue Eugene, Oregon 97403 541-790-8900
Cafe Mam
Caf Mam (say mom) coffee is grown by fair trade cooperatives of native Mayan farmers living in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico and Guatemala. The growers, primarily of the Mam, Tzetzal, and Moch peoples, are organized according to egalitarian democratic ideals that emphasize hard work, responsibility to the cooperative, and high standards. The cooperatives programs provide countless benefits to outlying native communities. The farmers believe that by taking care of the soil, they are taking care of the entire bio-system. Their beliefs and sustainable approaches to agriculture benefit their communities in many positive ways. Caf Mam farmers seek to conserve and rebuild the natural environment and work toward a higher quality of life for their families. For more info visit: www.cafemam.com Caf Mam coffee is 100% organic, 100% fair trade, and shade grown.
J-Tea
Josh Chamberlain founded J-Tea International in 2004 while while living in Taiwan as an MBA student at the National Cheng Kung University. In 2006, Chamberlain returned to his hometown, Eugene, Oregon, and opened a retail space in the Friendly Street neighborhood in August 2007. He is dedicated to returning to Taiwan frequently to bring his customers the best and freshest teas, imported directly from small farms. Chamberlains intimate knowledge of the tea world and his close relationships with Taiwanese tea farmers and purveyors ensures the high quality of his products. J-Tea specializes in Taiwan Oolong tea (also known as Wulong and Wu long tea) but For more info visit: also provides a variety of other high quality Chinese tea. All of the tea is tested for www.jteainternational.com pesticide and heavy metal before its imported to the US. It is then distributed wholesale to high-end tea shops throughout North America, retail through the Eugene tea house, and via J-Teas website. J-Teas Philosophy: Tea is more than just a beverage. Health, relationships, and quality of life all benefit when fine tea is properly made and consumed. The simple act of making a cup of tea improves the quality of life.