Roasters Challenge: We Did It! Thank You!

Coffee companies from coast to coast raised over $200,000 as part of the Roasters Challenge for Ethiopia. These funds will be matched dollar for dollar by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in its support for Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon, a public-private partnership focused on reducing deaths from cervical and breast cancer in Latin America and Africa.

This initiative is part of the first-ever cervical cancer prevention program to establish services in rural health centers of Ethiopia’s coffee-growing regions. 

Read more about Grounds for Health Ethiopia »

 

We did it! $203,777 Raised. Thank YOU!
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Roasters Challenge West

100% Donated/$-20 To Go

$103,024 Raised – Donors So Far:

  • Royal Coffee
  • Caribou Coffee
  • Allegro Coffee
  • Batdorf & Bronson
  • Royal Coffee Employees
  • INTL FCStone
  • Sweet Maria’s Coffee, Inc.
  • Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf
  • Mountanos Family Coffee & Tea Co.
  • Indokom Citra Persada
  • Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee
  • Cargill Risk Management
  • Alakef Coffee Roasters
  • Bird Rock Coffee
  • Caffe Ibis
  • Capricorn Coffee
  • Equator Coffees & Tea, Inc.
  • Extracto Coffee Roasters
  • ICT Coffee
  • Nine Brothers Coffee
  • Peerless Coffee Company
  • Prescott Coffee Roasters
  • Texas Coffee Traders
  • Artís Coffee Inc.
  • McLaughlin Coffee
  • Mr Espresso
  • Schluter
  • Volcanic Red
  • Atlas Coffee Importers
  • The Conservatory
  • Zanzibar’s Coffee Adventure
  • Coffeelands Foundation
  • Ethical Bean Coffee
  • Roastery 7 / Tiny Footprint Coffee
  • Great Bear Coffee
  • Grounds for Change
  • Groundwork Coffee
  • Landgrove Coffee
  • Moore Coffee Tea & Spices
  • Pollard Coffee
  • Village Roaster, Ltd
  • CoffeeTalk Media
  • In Honor of Carole Sabino
  • Fresh Cup Coffee
  • Conscious Coffees
  • In Memory of Lisa Burns
  • In Memory of Peggy Idso
  • John Gozbekian
  • Signature Coffee
  • Mike’s Coffee & Tea
  • Paul Walker
  • Salt Spring Coffee
  • Stephen Leach
  • The Coffee Review
  • Vashon Coffee Company
  • White Rock Coffee
  • Zoka Coffee Roasters & Tea Co.
  • Talmadge Tatum
  • Arbuckle Coffee Service
  • John Longtin
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Roasters Challenge East

100% Donated/$0 To Go

$100,750 Raised – Donors So Far:

  • Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Company
  • Christine & Bob Stiller
  • In Honor of Pete McLaughlin
  • Paragon Coffee Trading Co.
  • Brooklyn Roasting Company
  • Royal Cup, Inc.
  • Cafe Excellence
  • Fuel So Good Coffee Roasters
  • Burke Brands
  • Shenandoah Joe Coffee Roasters
  • Indigo Coffee Roasters
  • Coffee By Design
  • The Sentient Bean
  • Coastal Roasters
  • Superior Coffee Roasting Co.
  • The Coffee Exchange
  • Peace Coffee
  • Joe Van Gogh
  • Lumiere Media, Inc.
  • Caruso’s Coffee
  • Hobo Ed’s Railyard Roastery
  • Werner Digital Technology, Inc – Green Coffee Buyers Club
  • Bob Forcillo – Continental Terminals
  • Cafe Grumpy
  • Empire Coffee Roasters
  • Mad Cat Coffee – Jason Turner
  • Alan Folks – GCBC
  • Jim Spain – GCBC
  • Bold Java
  • Strongtree Coffee
  • Heine Brothers’ Coffee
  • In Honor of Jane Serlin
  • Strange Coffee Company
  • Nathan’s Coffee Roasting
  • Community Grounds

About the Roasters Challenge

Through Mother’s Day 2015, coffee roasters across the country have the unique opportunity to fund life-saving care for women in Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee.

Your donation will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in its support for Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon, a public-private partnership focused on reducing deaths from cervical and breast cancer in Latin America and Africa.

Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon will double your impact by matching 1:1 every dollar raised up to $200,000. By investing in this initiative, you will be part of the first-ever cervical cancer prevention program to establish services in rural health centers of Ethiopia’s coffee-growing regions. 

To add regional and coffee roasting flair, Royal Coffee of California and Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee of Massachusetts have created the East vs. West Roasters Challenge for Cervical Cancer Prevention. This friendly competition pits coffee roasters east and west of the Mississippi against each other to see which side can raise more for Ethiopia. Dean’s Beans and Royal Coffee have both donated $25,000 to Grounds for Health Ethiopia to seed the challenge and show their support.

GOAL: $200,000 raised by Mother’s Day

The question remains, who can raise more: roasters East of the Mississippi? or West?

** Note: Donors in bold have raised $250+ for Grounds for Health.

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