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TEA PARTY ANGELS TAKE FLIGHT! - New York, NY (January 20, 2010) - Tea Party Angels, a national fundraising initiative for girls’ education around the world, was launched late last year with a tea party, of course, with the support of Honorary Angel Christie Brinkley and her daughter Sailor.
An impressive guest list of mothers and daughters came out to support the launch including rising young actress Emerald-Angel Young and WCBS2 New York anchor Kristine Johnson and her daughter Ava.
Tea Party Angels is one woman's story of how to change the world one tea party at a time. Cheryl Beck, Founder and Chief Executive Angel, had the inspiration for Tea Party Angels after reading the bestselling books Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and Leaving Microsoft to Change the World by John Wood. Both men she found doing extraordinary things to help educate girls around the world. Passionate about their mission that only through education can we achieve peace and prosperity, she too wanted to make a difference.
Beck came up with the simple idea of using tea parties as fundraisers and enlisted support from both men's non-profits, Mortenson's The Central Asia Institute and Wood's Room to Read. In turn, each will be the beneficiary of Tea Party Angels fundraising along with other organizations such as Orphaned Starfish, Miracles in Action and Camfed. Imagine mothers and daughters hosting tea parties across the country to raise money for girls around the world in need of education and at the same time teaching girls here social responsibility.
Emerald-Angel Young has become the cause's biggest cheerleader and is proud to serve as a spokesperson. She explains, “I believe in giving back, that is the only way we Angels can make a difference. So let’s join forces and change the world one day and tea party at a time. Remember no amount is ever too small once it comes from the heart. Angels, lets earn our halos.”
Christie Brinkley, Sailor and Emerald-Angel Young star in the inspirational videos supporting the cause, and both of the young ladies are encouraging their friends to get involved by hosting tea parties.
Tea Party Angels offers a turn-key FUNdraising tea party kit that is available on its Web site. Monies are raised by the girls attending the tea party; each girl invited will be asked by her mother to do some sort of chore that will earn her money to donate at the tea party, giving her a sense of empowerment. During the Tea Party, each girl will have a turn to tell what she did to earn her donation. Tea parties will also include the showing of a brief educational video, and a custom "tea-shirt" making activity. As a thank you gift, girls will receive a beaded bracelet made from girls in Guatemala. Hosts will decide which nonprofit to support from the list of qualified organizations on the Tea Party Angels Web site, or can simply choose the Tea Party Angels Fund which supports all of the organizations equally.
Tea Party Angels is fiscally sponsored by MADRE, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
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February 2010 marks the opening of Tracy Stern
SALONTEA located in Bloomingdales, Dubai Mall.
"Dubai offers a unique opportunity for the Tracy Stern SALONTEA brand. The Dubai Mall is one of the world’s largest shopping and entertainment centers - A fast-growing affluent market that has emerged as an international destination for tourism and luxury goods."
Tracy Stern SALONTEA offers a wide collection of estate blended teas and beauty teas which are handpicked from the finest private estates throughout the world. Tracy custom blends all teas herself using the purest and most perfumed botanicals, herbs and spices which are created in small batches to deliver the most fragrant of luxury teas. She uses tea to bring people together worldwide and believes that everyone should experience life through simple defining luxuries from preparing the perfect cup of tea. Tracy hopes to further delight tea lovers in Dubai this winter with the arrival of her first Tracy Stern SALONTEA in United Arab Emirates.
For further information regarding Tracy Stern SALONTEA products and franchising opportunities, please visit our New York City store at 501 East 75th St or visit our website: www.salontea.com
Tracy Stern SALONTEA is one of the world’s finest purveyors of teas with a major presence in Paris, Cannes, London, Rome, Milan, Tokyo, Dublin, Guatemala, Moscow and now Dubai.
Las Vegas, NV – In June of 2010, World Tea Expo (www.worldteaexpo.com) and Natural MarketPlace (www.naturalmarketplaceshow.com), both healthy events in terms of their audience growth and the respective industries they serve, will be co-located at the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC), exponentially increasing the value to the attendees and exhibitors of both trade events.
“We are bringing together two healthy and vibrant shows with growth potential to multiply the benefits to our clients” states Erica Stone, Natural MarketPlace show manager. “The [World Tea] Expo has been a leading driver of the increased awareness and consumption of specialty and premium tea in North America. Increasing the exposure of tea to the natural and organic industries will contribute to accelerate the growth of sales in the U.S.” added George Jage, president of World Tea Expo.
World Tea Expo will take place June 11th -13th. The two days prior, June 9th - 10th, tea entrepreneurs can take part in New Business Boot Camp, a targeted, intensive educational program. Specialty and premium tea are the main focus of products, services and education at World Tea Expo. According to market research firm Packaged Facts, U.S. tea sales are expected to exceed $15 billion by the end of 2012, a nearly $8 billion increase from 2007 levels. Approximately $5 billion of this expansion is expected to be due to a significant shift from traditional mass produced tea to specialty and premium tea. Attending World Tea Expo is the best way for retailers to profit from the industry’s potential.
Natural MarketPlace trade show and conference will be held June 10th -12th, with conference sessions all day on the 10th and the exhibit hall opening at 11:00 am on the 11th and 12th. Natural MarketPlace is the longest-running natural products industry trade show in the U.S and is produced by New Hope Natural Media in partnership with the Natural Products Association. Nutrition Business Journal estimated that “the U.S. nutrition industry expanded 8.7% in 2008, ringing up total U.S. consumer sales of $101.8 billion.” As a show representing an industry that is growing despite economic challenges, Natural MarketPlace offers a unique product set for businesses looking to capitalize on health-conscious consumers seeking preventive, holistic, and healthy options.
For the co-location, each event will remain independently produced, but exhibitors will benefit by gaining access to thousands of new buyers and attendees will enjoy access to a broader range of products.
World Tea Expo is the premier business-to-business event dedicated to specialty tea; it's the three days each year when industry members determine trends, optimize product lines, increase knowledge and network with peers. Tradeshow Week magazine has recognized it as one of the Fastest 50® growing events in North America in 2006, 2008 and 2009. World Tea Expo is produced by SFG Group, LLC, which also produces World Tea News, World Tea Championship, World Tea Ratings, World Tea Buyers Guide and World Tea Webinars. For more information, visit (www.worldteaexpo.com).
New Hope Natural Media (www.newhope.com), a division of the Penton Media, Inc., is the leading media resource and information provider for the natural, organic and healthy products industry, with print, in-person/event, and e-business products and services.
The Natural Products Association (www.naturalproductsassoc.org) is the nation’s largest and oldest non-profit organization dedicated to the natural products industry. The association represents more than 10,000 retailers, manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors of natural products, including foods, dietary supplements, and health/beauty aids. Association members meet annually in Las Vegas at the association’s official tradeshow, Natural MarketPlace (www.naturalmarketplaceshow.com)
For Immediate Release Natural MarketPlace Contact Courtney Smith, New Hope Natural Media 303.998.9199, Click here to emailThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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World Tea Expo Contact Laura Baddish, The Baddish Group 212.221.7611, Click here to email.
"Gone With the Breeze" is the newest mystery tea party plan written by Maxine Holmgren.
It was written in response to the many requests for a mystery that took place in a "bygone era" so the ladies could dress up in thier vintage costumes.
"Gone With the Breeze" takes place in the Civil War era. The plot involves the theft of the money that would have paid off the mortgage on "Kara" plantation. Now foreclosure threatens. What will Charlotte O'Mara do to save "Kara." Perhaps Bret Rutler will save the day?
Laugh filled scripts for eight Southern Belles are included with the plan, along with invitations, name tags and place cards.
Twelve other mystery tea party plans can be found at www.mysteryteaparties.com. The plans are a fun way to entertain for club programs, events and fund-raisers.
Coffee Fest Heads to Big Apple in March
Seattle, Wash. – January 6, 2010– Coffee Fest’s signature Executive Summit headlines Coffee Fest as the traveling specialty coffee show makes its long-awaited trip to the Big Apple region, setting up shop at the Meadowlands Exposition Center on March 5-7, 2010.
The Executive Summit, a full-day event held on Thursday, March 4, precedes the three-day show, and culls from the industry’s top professionals to provide a bevy of networking and skill-building opportunities that attendees can apply directly to their business bottom line. The morning is devoted to educational sessions and the afternoon is dedicated to roundtables and informational sessions. A lunch banquet divides the day.
“The New York area is a burgeoning center of coffee culture,” says Greg Hartlein, Coffee Fest CEO. “Our Executive Summit pulls in talent from the Metropolitan New York area in an effort to create applicable lessons and take-aways for the participants. We look at the summit as a symbiotic arrangement – our presenters and attendees – peers -- learn from each other in a collaborative arrangement.”
Be In The Know
Summit attendees can immerse themselves in topical sessions that speak to the issues they grapple with on a daily basis: Business Essentials to Survive the Economic Firestorm; Strategies for Asset Protection, Cost Cutting and Employee Retention; and Social Media: How to Harness its Power to Build Your Business. Roundtable networking session topics include: Debt Management - Risks and Rewards of Various Financing Options; and The Current Economic Firestorm, When and How We Will Emerge; and Staffing and Labor Management.
Small Business Associaiton (SBA) programs and case studies will be reviewed by the New Jersey Small Business Development Council, and A Fresh Marketing Strategy for This Economy will set attendees off on the right foot. For a complete schedule of classes, sessions and instructors, please go to our website, www.coffeefest.com.
Midwest Stop-Over
When summer rolls around, it’s off to the Midwest, where Coffee Fest sets up shop in Minneapolis, Minn., on June 4-6, 2010. To register for the Meadowlands or Minneapolis show, please go to our web site at www.coffeefest.com.
About Coffee Fest
Coffee Fest has been bringing specialty coffee, gourmet tea and alternative beverage industry professionals together since 1992 when the show first got its start as a consumer coffee festival in Seattle. Since 1998, “the little coffee show that could,” Coffee Fest has gathered coffee retailers, roasters, distributors and manufacturers together for thrice annual trade shows to help attendees build and refine their businesses, get the first peek at new products and remain current with coffee and tea industry trends. For more information about all the shows, go to www.coffeefest.com
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