Reviving Haiti

Hi friends,
A good friend of ours Aubrey Kirkpatrick, asked me the other day if I had been thinking about Haiti. It so happened that that very day I was going through some news updates on Haiti, more specifically: Relief funds. There was an unprecedented level of support for our friends in Haiti ths winter after the terrible earthquake. Unfortunately, the pledges have been slow to come in to this devastated country.
So, our good friend Aubrey Kirlpatrick and I are going to rekindle the awareness for Haiti relief here in Metro. Aubrey works with District 2 and played a large roll in steering the school and district level fundraising for Haiti this past winter. District 2 raised nearly $90,000. At the cafe, we were a part of Mission Possible: Haiti, a Greater Moncton Chamber of Commerce awareness and fundraising campaign - we raised $20,000.
Aubrey and I have set a goal of raising another $10,000 for specific project(s) in Haiti. We are in preliminary talks with a mission lead by a former Monctonian and a native Haitian who live in Haiti fulltime. They know what the needs are for their people much better than we do. As we await direction from Carl and Maya in Haiti, would you help us come up with some fundraising ideas? Send your ideas via email or better yet, come in and see us so we can have a chat.
Very best,
Kevin Steen
Chief Serving Officer
Damascus Coffee

New Coffee

By Kevin Steen
Chief Serving Officer
On a warm and sunny
Feb 10, 2010

Coffee.
Over the last 2 years we have been aggressive on listening to our customers. We depend on their feedback, their praise and criticism. It was probably a 2 month adventure with many phone calls, logged plenty of google time and made a historical trek to Halifax to seal the deal.

What has not changed with our coffee:
1. Fairtraded and Organic
2. Local Coffee Roaster
3. High quality beans and no corners cut in the brewing methods.

What has improved:
1. Variety of beans
2. Quality has IMPROVED from what we thought was the best coffee we could offer in our region
3. A deeper connection with our roaster and their staff.

If there is one thing that I have learned in this entrepreneurial adventure is this: Do your research, Be at peace in your soul and MAKE the Decision! So much is lost when we suffer from paralysis by analysis. How many opportunities have passed us by because we could not make up our minds or did not take the disciplined step to inform ourselves in order to make the best decision?