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Summer Events @ joecoffeebar

• Thursday, June 19, 12 noon-?
  NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST AGAINST HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES Meet at 16th & Chestnut Streets--CIGNA headquarters. PASNAP (Pa. Association of Staff Nurses & Allied Professionals) is having a protest in Philadelphia, Wilkes-Barre and Pittsburgh—all around the country. Yep, we'll be there. Joining nurses, doctors, patients and Americans of every stripe protesting in memory of the countless victims of the insurance industry. More info: Kathleen, 610-567-2907 x113

• Tuesday, June 24, 6-8 pm
  Male Knitters varied levels of talent, open to beginners, a comfortable, mixed gang o' guys knitting it up. Ugh, yea, it's for guys, ya get it? jtshelly@yahoo.com

• Every Thursday, 12:30-1:30 p.m.
  "You look like you could use a new home." Increase your mortgage and home buying IQs, and get information about current homes for sale in Washington Square West, just by meeting Coldwell Banker Realty Corp. Associates representative Tim Bosworth here every Thursday, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Call Tim for info: Coldwell Banker Realty Corp Associates, Incl, 1631 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, at 215 219 5825. www.cbrealtycorp.com

• Saturday, June 21, July 12, 19, 26; 3-6 p.m.
  Philadelphia French Language Meetup - Brush up on your French regardless of level with native and non-native speakers in a casual, lively atmosphere. Meets weekly.

• EVERY Sunday
  HEADHOUSE FARMERS' MARKET HAS RE-OPENED and joe's there with beans, bevs, fresh-baked foods made with local PA food! The oldest market in the US, and Philadelphia's largest open-air farmers' market opens 10am-2pm, at 2nd and Lombard Streets. More info: www.headhousemarket.org

• Thursday, July 10, 6-8 p.m.
  LGBT Game Night they'll be playing backgammon to Scrabble. Bring your own favorite game and a friend or two. Meets monthly, first Thursday

this 'n that...

GAS ISN'T THE ONLY THING YOU SEE GOING UP. We've held most prices back, but they still keep climbing. You will see some prices rise a modest amount on virtually everything in the coming weeks. Bean prices rose a month ago, and we're hoping to hold them steady. We tried some alternatives—none that compromise quality. If we change what we sell then we're just another coffee house—exactly opposite the premise to open 6 1/2 years ago. We've been selling specialty-grade, fair trade, organic coffee since we opened the door for the first time—we're not going backward. Thanks for your continued support and encouragement.

2006 CoopAmerica Green Business Award local leadership award

joe IS SIX + YEARS OLD! We were the first coffee house to openly sell and promote fair trade coffee in Philadelphia-it just seemed like the right thing to do, dispensing info and literature, gently nudging consumers to consider drinking something that doesn't exploit people, work children to death, or abuse the environment where they live and grow their excellent coffee.

We don't win many awards. We're not the most popular guys around. Snagging the CoopAmerica Green Business Award was huge. Frankly, I don't know how to top that. Among the "awards" we receive daily are having some of the greatest patrons a business can collect. From every walk of life, powerful, influential and mild, brainy, artistic, liberal and conservative—all beautiful with big hearts and generous souls. Repeat customers from foreign countries and their referrals. We're even mentioned in an Italian guide book! How did that happen?!

We couldn't have done it without the incredible support of the loyal locals kicking their way in here. Thanks for a great ride!

DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE ENERGY COOPERATIVE?
Member-owned for over 27 years, they have worked on behalf of households, businesses, nonprofits and municipalities to help them take control of their energy costs. Unlike big utilities, they work for you. We're a member—I hope you consider becoming one, too. It's little things like this that help make a difference. NONPROFT! LOCAL—based in center city and committed to serving its' thousands of members in Southeastern Pennsylvania. 100% renewable electricity, biodiesel, bioheating oil. These folks can hook you up to a healthy alternative. For more info go to: www.TheEnergy.coop
-tell 'em joe sent you!

WE'RE GROWING! joe, etc. WILL OPEN A COFFEE KIOSK AT GREENABLE
126 Market Street, Philadelphia. GREENABLE is Philadelphia's premier resource for interior and exterior green building products and services for residential & commercial projects. Low-flush toilet, sustainably-grown & harvested bamboo flooring, can of low-emission paint, green roof installation, or an entire design project—they do it all.
Target date: let's hope for July!

WE'RE GROWING SOME MORE! More info about our changing operation to come! Tune in!

joe gives $1 of every coffee bean purchase to Peruvian farmers. Our pledge: $2500.

solar dryers in Peru being built
joe—Philly's first fair trade coffee house and a co-founder of Independents Coffee Cooperative (www.independentscoffee.com) has been taking a dollar of every coffee bean sale since January to give toward the solar panel project of the farmers of San Fernando in Cusco, Peru. These are the producers behind the Independence Peru Select coffee we all sell and serve to rave reviews. Equal Exchange (www.equalexchange.com), our major coffee roaster and the importer of these beans, has forwarded as an interest-free loan the money our coop pledged to theirs in Peru. They also are contributing to the farmers, too. Why? Building solar-powered dryers could help them achieve better-yield, higher quality, less labor by drying beans in their unusually more-moist region. Excess dampness and drizzles high in the Andes interferes with the natural drying usually done to picked coffee. We've pledged over $2000 ourselves; our coffee house partners, Independents Coffee Cooperative, each have pledged $18,000 before summers' end to complete this project that will return dividends for decades. Together we have raised awareness and money the farmers of Cusco can become more independent and self-sufficient. Want to do more? you may donate toward the cause by writing a check to EQUAL EXCHANGE, write CUSCO PROJECT on memo line, and mail to them directly or drop it off here and we'll forward it.

stuff the bus!

United Way of SE PA is concerned about thousands of children living in homeless shelters throughout the region who will start school without the supplies needed to succeed.
They're committed to sending all of these students back to school with a new school bag full of supplies and we need your help to make it happen. Starting Saturday, June 21st, STUFF THE BUS campaign begins—bring school supplies to our store and place them in the STUFF THE BUS bin. We will collect supplies until the end of August, so please consider lending a hand to the needy in our community. Thanks! more info: emilyr@uwsepa.org

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TJU RWANDA SQUAD HITS THE GROUND RUNNING
"We can't even begin to thank you guys enough for being so supportive and generous this year. It has really meant a lot. joe's is a Jefferson and Philadelphia staple and we want to keep it that way!" The 2008 Rwanda Squad

Last year, and now this summer, a group of Thomas Jefferson University medical students gave up their summer break to work in Rwanda, helping a village receive medical care, all-around assistance, learn more about the bigger world beyond 11th & Walnut Streets, and make a small ripple-as Robert Kennedy once described such selfless acts by caring individuals. Collectively, these ripples create a wave of relief, hope and difference. For our "ripple", we donated some coffee and things the students sold to raise money to provide simple medical supplies that simply don't exist there. The staff at joe commend these folks for giving comfort to others, and lending what we all need some time in our lives: A hand-up, a chance, to safer ground.

Stay tuned, we'll provide more info about their endeavors as we teach them to convert browsers into buyers.

new products—in-store and on-line

NEW MUGS FOR THE POLITICAL SEASON Wear your beliefs on your mug while sipping your favorite brew. Pictured: Democratic Dream Mug, fill with a hot beverage and the country goes blue. You'll be surprised how good it feels! ALSO: Global Warming Mug, wonder what the world will look like after the polar ice caps melt? Now see it over a cup of coffee. Civil Liberties Mug—pour in hot beverage and watch yours disappear! Features complete text of the Bill of Rights, but see what remains thanks to the Patriot Act!
Our Price: $12.95
S & H: $6.00 — or buy in-store

meet the press...

Philly CarShare we made their newsletter as a place to get a 10% discount on a pound of coffee beans.

The Bulletin, Philadelphia's daily; THE SOUL OF A NEIGHBORHOOD—story featured some of Philly's favorite coffeehouses—including us!

Washington Square West Civic Association's bi-monthly newsletter now carries a green story/message/tips for readers written by Joe Cesa, fair trade/sustainable wonk. Not a member of WashWest? Well, get on board and help a community organization improve the quality of life for it's residents, students, families, small businesses, and visitors. www.washwestcivic.org

NOW with Steve Brancaccio, on PBS interviewed us about our experiences with no health care in the most powerful, wealthiest nation on the earth. Aired Friday, April 18th, 10:30 p.m. ON TV12, WHYY. Check it online, then go to...
www.covertheuninsured.org to learn how you can get involved by encouraging elected officials in Washington, DC to do SOMETHING. They have absolutely superb health care, great salaries, and WE pay for the whole shebang.

Holiday Week Hours:

Saturday, June 28 - closed Monday thru Thursday, June 30-July 3rd: 6:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday, July 4, 5, closed see you Monday July 7th. ~ have a safe, peaceful & happy holiday ~