The Lutheran World Relief Fair Trade Coffee Project

The coffee order is in. ALL TYPES OF COFFEE INCLUDING SOME GREAT NEW FLAVORS ARE AVAILABLE!! You can pick some up in the church office daily. Please support this program and make a difference!

Coffee is $7.00 per bag. Help make a difference by purchasing Free Trade Coffee. See Pastor Tony, or his wife, Carol, for more details.

The Coffee crisis: four million farmers and their families at risk.

Coffee is big business—it’s one of the most heavily traded commodities in the world. But for the majority of small-scale coffee farmers, the benefits are few.

Conventionally traded coffee involves a lengthy, and expensive, cast of middlemen between the coffee farmer and the consumer, each taking their share—or more—of the coffee price. What’s left for the farmers may not even cover their production costs or basic living expenses. Many farmers now are earning less for their crops than their great-grandparents did 100 years ago.

Coffee prices are notoriously unstable and in recent years have dropped to historic lows, forcing farmers from Colombia to Tanzania to give up their farms. Many are unable to pay for daily necessities such as medications, clothing or school fees. Overwhelmed with debt and unable to earn a consistent income in such an unstable market, farmers are moving to the cities or migrating to other countries in search of work.

Help make a difference by purchasing Free Trade Coffee. See Pastor Scheer or Carol Scheer for more details.

Lutheran Social Services



From the Director: Mrs. Bea Rea

Blessings,

Well it look’s like summer is behind us, and the holidays are right around the corner. Which bring me to say that we are getting prepared to receive or rather to ask for food donations centering around Thanksgiving. Last year we made 60 boxes of turkey’s with all the trimmings for the needy families. Our soup kitchens cooked hot meals for the homeless. I will be handing out Christmas applications in October, because I am hoping to take a vacation the last two weeks in December. I am planning to spend time with my family in Colorado! So for now I will just say thank you for all your wonderful donations.

I’d also like to congratulate Pastor Tony on his one year Anniversary at St. Olaf, what a blessing he is to all of us!

Bea Rea, Director

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