Community Giving Program
Mission and Goals
We believe everyone has a role to play in creating a better community for all. Good Earth, as a company, our employees, and our customers can all play a significant role. In our company's guiding principles we express our desire to act in a socially and environmentally responsible manner. At Good Earth, this is not the icing on the cake. This is the cake. Our company is founded on values. Profits are important to us, but they are the result of doing a host of things properly, rather than being the basis of all our decision-making.
Good Earth's Community Giving Program fully supports our values and philosophy. We strive for success in our business by cultivating relationships with our customers and our communities. We believe in the intelligence and curiosity of our customers, and challenge them to join us in becoming more engaged in our communities.
The goals of our Community Giving Program include:
- Supporting like-minded organizations in their efforts to improve our communities
- Cultivating positive relationships throughout our communities
- Upholding our corporate values and philosophy
- Creating opportunities for our staff to become involved in community organizations
Organizations We Support
Our goal is to offer support to like-minded organizations, in three key areas. Organizations we support include those whose efforts focus on:
1) raising awareness of and calling for action on environmental issues, be they local, regional, national, or global issues;
2) raising awareness of and calling for action on humanitarian issues, be they local, regional, national, or global issues; and
3) supporting the well-being of people in our community, with particular interest in children and families.
How to Apply
We gladly accept inquiries about our Community Giving Program. We prefer written contact, via email or fax, on the sponsoring organization's letterhead. Requests for donations or support should include the following information:
Name of Organization; Name of Event or Campaign; Date of Event or Campaign; Type of Donation Requested or Preferred; Contact Person with Phone and Email; and Sponsorship Package (if available)
Please send information and requests to Connie Chan at connie@goodearthcafes.com or fax to 403-294-9329.
New Initiatives
100% Wind Powered Cafes for a Greener Good Earth
As of Earth Day, April 22, 2008, all Good Earth Cafes are 100% bullfrogpowered. We are purchasing clean, renewable power for our 14
cafés from Bullfrog Power™, a leading Canadian provider of 100 per cent green electricity. In doing so, Good Earth is reducing its environmental footprint by over 500 tonnes of CO2 per year. Now your coffee is powered by the wind. And you can make the switch too! Purchase a special travel mug from any Good Earth cafe and you can get your first month of Bullfrog Power, free! By choosing Bullfrog, you are helping to displace power from carbon-intensive sources. You're also doing your part to support Alberta's growing renewable power industry. For more information, visit any Good Earth cafe.
Our commitment to support alternative/sustainable energy has been in action since April 2006. It's one more step toward sustainability for us as a business, for our communities and for our planet. For more information on Bullfrog, click here.
