I have been back from my amazing trip to Costa Rica for three weeks and I am overdue in sharing some of my experiences.
After Mark, Chris and I landed and made it through immigration at the San Jose airport we met our driver, Favio, and headed straight up into the hills to tour La Minita [...]
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Costa Rica Travelogue
Fun Pumps Installed in Kenya
Notes from the road from Mark Stell, managing partner at Portland Roasting:
The proceeds from last year’s inaugural Walk for Water are being put to use this week as Mark travels to Kenya to see the site locations for water pumps being constructed by Water for All, the beneficiary of our event. The Fun Pump, a [...]
Making a World of Difference through Music
Come one, come all!! The line-up has been set and we are working on fine-tuning the details of the benefit concert happening March 22nd at the Aladdin Theatre. The show will be an all-ages event starting at 6pm. We encourage everyone to come out and celebrate while raising funds to build water pumps in Tanzanian villages!
We are [...]
Rainforest Alliance Project in Guatemala
We strongly believe that our green bean coffee providers must get as much support, dedication and aid from our company as possible. We already have been supporting growers to improve their livelihood in many ways. In Guatemala for instance; we helped Ms. Miguelina from El Paternal farm build a water treatment facility, and have consistently [...]
