THANK YOU to our incredible team of staff and volunteers for all of their hard work this past year! The Freedom Café's team was complete with 6 staff members and 39 volunteers throughout the year, completing a total of 2,210 volunteer hours. Thanks to their dedication and spirit over $46,000 was generated to directly support efforts to end human trafficking!
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Through her short time with the café, Briella says she has already learned so much about what it takes to be a conscious consumer. In her words, "We as consumers have the power to make a real difference through our purchasing decisions. By choosing to support fair trade and ethical businesses, we can make a difference! No matter how big or small that purchase may be, even if it's starting with where you buy your coffee!"
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A special thank you to everyone who participated and helped make Saturday evenings Fallfest a success!It was a beautiful night at Coppal House Farm. Guests of all ages…
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Recent UNH Today article, " A Movement on the Move ," features The Freedom Cafe. The article shares the evolution of the café from our humble beginnings to our move to Main Street! We are so proud of how far we have come and grateful to be on this journey with you!
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Today marks a pivotal day in the history of the Café!!!… too dramatic. Today marks a pivotal day in my history with the Café! This will be my first week, as an employee, that I will not have to stick my hands in the dirty compost bin to condense everything into an 8 gallon Mr. Fox Composting bin. We’ve gone commercial size!!! 32 gallons of glorious space!!!!!! Big shout out to the incredible company @mrfoxcomposting for offering services! I’m so emotional about this that I wrote an entire blog on my journey over the past 6 months with composting via the Freedom Café.
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“With an experienced and supportive board of directors and staff team, and clarity around our unique role in the movement to end trafficking, The Freedom Café is confident that this move to Durham’s Main Street will create a community space to engage audiences of all ages,” said Sean Matthews, Board Chair. “We are excited to expand our menu to include new consciously-sourced items, build a fully sustainable infrastructure to support educational programing and project fund capacity, and increase awareness and resource generation to continue to fight human trafficking.” Support The Freedom Cafe’s “Building Freedom” Campaign
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During a visit with UNH Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics , "Business for People, Planet, and Profits" class, we asked students to consider, "What barriers keep student from buying consciously sourced products?" Their responses (below) echo the challenges we all face when seeking to be savvy shoppers who support fair wages, sustainability and integrity throughout the supply chain.
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In 2020 – 42 volunteers gave a collective 945 Hours helping The Freedom Café serve over 3000 guests, host 45 Advocacy Training Programs and equip 549 individuals with foundational knowledge and resources to identify, address, and prevent human trafficking.
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The Made By: Freedom Box will introduce you to new high-quality products and brands that fully embrace transparency and sustainability and also give you insight into how to make conscious purchases in the future.
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