|
The “DREAM” Sustainable Coffee Sales
Coffee was never this good!
The Dominican Republic Education And Mentoring (The DREAM Project)
is proud to announce its coffee fundraiser. We are selling organic,
shade grown, fair trade coffee in order to raise funds for an educational
NGO working directly with the farming communities producing the coffee.
These sales will not only help support farmers who are producing a specialty
coffee in sustainable ways that protect the environment, but the proceeds
also help fund schools that teach literacy in these communities.
The DREAM Project is a US 501c3 nonprofit organization that provides
equal access to quality education for children born into poverty in
rural areas and small communities of the Dominican Republic. DREAM combines
volunteerism, international awareness, and community involvement in
a sustainable support system.
The DREAM Project has partnered with Fundación-Finca Alta Gracia and
Vermont Coffee Company www.vermontcoffeecompany.com
to market this sustainable coffee. Alta Gracia is a private, community-run
coffee farm in the village of Los Marranitos in the Dominican Republic
founded by Dominican-American author, Julia Alvarez, and Bill Eichner,
her husband, a physician and farmer.
Alta Gracia is one of the eight programs that fall under DREAM’s umbrella.
DREAM offers literacy classes for village children and adults and English
classes at night for farmers who work in their fields all day. The school
at Alta Gracia Library enriches the whole community by sparking a genuine
interest in reading and learning and encouraging community members to
help themselves.
Please see http://www.dominicandream.org/current-projects/alta-gracia.php
for more information about this wonderfully vibrant community.
Groups interested in participating in this fundraiser should download
our coffee sales packet below or email info@dominicandream.org
for more information.
DREAM COFFEE FUNDRAISER PACKET
INFORMATION SHEET (Word file)
COFFEE TALK - Terms and Definitions (pdf file)
Did you know that... (pdf file)
Student's DREAM Project Coffee Sale
Order Form (Word file)
Teacher's DREAM Project Coffee Sale
Order Form (pdf file)
|
