![]() ![]() Want to share the good news of CFCA this Christmas season?ĬFCA volunteers Stan and Dorothy Hubbard did just that at an alternative gift fair recently. Godspeed, Diane, from all of us here at CFCA! Schools can follow Diane’s adventures during her time in Kenya.†If you know of any students who would be interested in touring Africa virtually with Diane, including a safari in the Serengeti, please visit her blog at. †I can’t think of a better way to say I care about you than go see him in person!!!” “I plan to do a mission awareness trip to Guatemala in 2011 or 2012 to visit the young man I sponsor there. “My goal is to continue to sponsor a child or an aged person one at a time as my budget allows,” she writes. She will get to meet her sponsored friend in Kenya during that time. Kilimanjaro, she will participate in CFCA’s mission awareness trip to Kenya from Feb. †For CFCA to have an overhead of only 4 percent is applauded in this day of bureaucracies and government boondoggles.”Īfter climbing Mt. †CFCA does a superb job in using the donations wisely to get the most benefit from every dollar that is contributed. “I also am a very frugal person and like to see that in charities that I donate to. ![]() “I chose CFCA because I believe wholeheartedly in what CFCA is doing around the world to provide a ‘heads up’ rather than just a ‘hand out’ to thousands of children and aging people,” Diane writes. Her goal is to raise $15,000 for five charities, including CFCA. She is going to climb the highest mountain in Africa, Mt. We wanted to pass on this amazing story from one of our sponsors, Diane Palmer from Wichita, Kan. Note: Thanks also to one of our sponsors, Joy Noel, who generously donated some coffee from this coffee shop in Missouri, More Than Coffee. We’re committed to serving those living in poverty through our Hope for a Family sponsorship program.Īnd many of us are also dedicated to enjoying the delights of freshly brewed coffee. We’re passionate about helping children, youth and elderly people around the world. So now you know a little more about the CFCA community. (You can order a bag of Juan Ana coffee and learn more about the San Lucas Mission on its website.) “Please support our brothers and sisters living in and around the Hermano Pedro Regional Center in San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala.” “This is the fairest of fair trade coffees,” he said. Michael Calabria, director of planned giving at CFCA, personally orders lavish quantities of dark and medium roast Juan Ana coffees toward the end of the year and offers the coffee for sale to CFCA employees. Many of the members of the mission and most of the coffee workers have children in the CFCA sponsorship program. The coffee is cultivated, roasted and packaged by members of the San Lucas Mission in Guatemala. The Juan Ana coffee is a favorite of CFCA coffee lovers. We’ve sampled and savored brews from El Salvador, Guatemala, Bolivia and Kenya. Employees can also bring their favorite brands in place of money. Julie started a fund for CFCA coffee lovers to donate toward the cost of providing fresh, gourmet coffees. She makes fantastic cheesecakes … and fabulous coffee. She has other talents besides making our print and online materials beautiful. ![]() Its rich, earthy aroma greets us most mornings when we arrive at the office, courtesy of Julie Watson, a graphic designer at CFCA. Julie Watson, CFCA graphic designer and coffee club leader The CFCA community in Kansas City loves coffee, too. Coffee is cultivated in many of the countries where CFCA works and enjoyed by many of our families.
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