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They were recently contacted by Amy Carst, President of The Groove Tea Project. She had found Children’s Art Village (CAV) and was impressed with their work with children in third world countries. Amy said that she thought CAV was perfectly in tune with what The Groove Tea Project was striving to achieve. They launch their tea product on June 1st and are selecting 5 music and arts charities (in the US and abroad) to be recipients of the donation – 10% of profits on all sales will go to these charities. The Groove Tea Project is hot tea, specially created to taste good to children (and it’s all natural and very healthy). Original artwork adorns each tea tin Womens Sony Michel Jersey , and each flavor of tea is named after a song, specifically the song that inspired that particular flavor. The company providing their tea and packaging services is Vermont Artisan Coffee and Tea. Their site is . They are a fair trade company based in Vermont. Since CAV has a project in India (nation of tea drinkers) serving 1,500 children through our art & music program – this seems to be a great philanthropic match for The Groove Tea Project.
Jamie Ratliff, the Private Events Coordinator at The Town Tavern in Adams Morgan Womens Stephon Gilmore Jersey , has also contacted CAV. She ran across the Children’s Art Village website and wanted to get involved with what Children’s Art Village was doing internationally. They reserve their Friday night Happy Hour segment specifically for local charities (we call it Philanthropy Fridays) or causes. They usually charge a $5 cover from 6-11PM that they give in its entirety to a charity or cause of choice. This $5 cover enables patrons to receive $2 Domestic Bottles and $2 Mixed Rails from 6-9PM and then $3 Domestic Bottles and $3 Mixed Rails from 9-11PM. They also allot the organization their own private space (free of charge) so that they may customize their event in whatever fashion they see fit.
Children’s Art Village is a non-profit organization to watch as they continued expanding and teaching children in all parts of the world. Visit their website:
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