Bald Guy Brew and High Country Women's Fund partner in coffee fundraiser

During the cold winter months, everyone needs a warm pick-me-up. The High Country Women's Fund and Bald Guy Brew have teamed up for a coffee offer that will warm body and spirit. Café Chica coffee sales serves as a fundraiser to help women and children, both locally and in Latin America.
 
Boone-based Bald Guy Brew imports fair-trade organic coffee beans from El Café Femenino, a women's cooperative plantation in Latin America. The profits from the sales enable the women to earn a living in a country where it would be difficult to support themselves and their children.
 
Bald Guy Brew roasts the imported beans for sale as “Café Chica: Coffee with a Cause.” The El Café Femenino co-op sells to roasters only if a portion of the sales is distributed to local women and children.
 
Bald Guy Brew donates a portion of the proceeds from the sale of Café Chica to the High Country Women's Fund. Founded in 2006, the HCWF is an initiative of the High Country United Way, specifically for assisting women in Avery and Watauga Counties become self-sufficient.
 
The money raised through the coffee fundraiser will be used in the many areas of support offered by HCWF. The organization helps women with transportation, childcare, education, housing, personal needs and prevention. The prevention aspect involves sponsoring programs that empower women and girls.
 
Café Chica, organic, fair-trade, and locally roasted, retails for $13 per pound. A sample bag is available for $5 and is a great hostess gift. It is sold at Bare Essentials, Black Bear Books, Erick's Cheese and Wine, Kojay's Coffee, Green Mother Goods, and Peabody's Wine and Beer.
The coffee may also be purchased through the HCWF by e-mailing info@highcountrywomensfund.org or calling (828) 264-4007.