Omega Espresso Bar

Happy Fall, y’all!

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Anna here. I have just settled back into work life after coming back from vacation. It seems that autumn came while I was away.

I don’t know about you, but fall is one of my favorite seasons! I’ve got my work computer desktop theme changed to fall leaves. The house has been decorated accordingly. Bring on the hot cocoa, the evenings spent by the wood fire stove, and the PSL (pumpkin spice latté), for all you pumpkin lovers.

With this change of season, I start thinking Christmas gifts and year-end giving. I realize that I am a bit of a planner, but I work in finances. Planning ahead is something I think about often and makes sense to me.

For some of you who might wait ’til December 20th to think about year-end giving, you have chance to plan ahead this year!

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Your gift warms our heart and changes lives.

Omega Espresso Bar wants to help you finish the year strong. There are easy ways to give—without spending extra:

  1. Many employers have a corporate matching gift program that matches dollar for dollar what you donate. Ask your employer!
  2. AmazonSmile will donate a percentage of many of your Amazon purchases to Omega Espresso Bar. That’s so easy!

We’ve received nearly $300.00 USD so far this year just because many of you like to shop on Amazon. All you need for donating to Omega Espresso Bar through AmazonSmile is right here.

(We recommend connecting to AmazonSmile on any and all of your devices to make sure no matter how you get to Amazon, you are using AmazonSmile.)

As of August 2019, Amazon has donated $144,958,582.84 USD to charities around the world through Amazon Smile. It is fun to monitor the amount that has been donated to OEB so far. Every dollar helps!

Would you please recommend AmazonSmile to your family, friends, and even your employer? Remember, only purchases at smile.amazon.com will support charity (not amazon.com or the Amazon mobile apps).

Last but not least, we invite you to participate with us in Giving Tuesday (or #GivingTuesday for you social media types). Giving Tuesday is a global giving movement. The official day this year is Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019. We have already started connecting with many of you in regard to Giving Tuesday.

We have a 2019 year-end giving goal of $3,000.00 USD. Would you consider helping OEB reach this goal by Dec 3rd, 2019?

You may connect with us here, or on social media:

OEB on Facebook

OEB on Instagram

OEB on Twitter

Enjoy this autumn season, and thank you for being a part of OEB!

Anna

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Oh, Please Do Join Us!

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We at Omega Espresso Bar are planning all the details of our 2019 Women’s Benefit Luncheon, taking place on May 18th.

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“Be our guest, be our guest…” 😉

There is the menu to choose: Done!

Linens to rent: Done!

Most importantly, guests to invite: Done-ish…

There are, of course, benefits to being at our Benefit Luncheon. We get to share about our mission with you, in person. You are a vital part of it. Move closer in, with us.

We are passionate about our non-profit’s mission and we know you are too!

The Omega Espresso Bar team sets aside this time in the spring to gather our friends around us. We pause to sit around a table with you and your friends. We get to share what’s been going on. We want to give you a taste of the life change taking place right now in our interns.

Each week, Omega Espresso Bar spends time with women who come from fragile situations. We bring them hope through a paid internship. We bridge a gap while they gather courage for their new lives and essential skills for their next jobs.

Also, we’ve broadened our impact. There are exciting updates and new partnerships. At our luncheon, we will tell you all about them.

It’s going to be a sweet time, filled with conversation. There will be delicious food served by some pretty swell guys. And, an inside scoop: there’s going to be chocolate.

We are excited to share this time with you. Wanna join us? (Also, did we mention there will be chocolate?!)

We’ll save you a seat, but you’ve got to let us know you’re coming. Send us an email now:

rsvp@oeb.io

See you on May 18th.

Three Creative Ways to Support Our Cause

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Dippity do and good for you!

Summer gives us longer days, allowing us to slow down our pace a bit and reflect.

You are in those warm reflections. We celebrate you!

Thank you for giving so graciously. Thank you for sacrificing your valuable time and sharing your unique gifting. Because of you, we are able to continue in our mission:

Empowering Women to Achieve Sustainable Life

As we look ahead, we’d also like to nudge you along. While sitting next to a pool with a book sounds lovely this summer, we know many of you are planning back-to-school shopping. As you dangle your toes in that cool water, why not contribute to Omega Espresso Bar—and without spending any additional money?

Here are three ways:

AmazonSmile

By using Amazon Smile you are giving free dollars to Omega Espresso Bar. Its SOOOOOOOOOOO EEEZEEEEE.

AmazonSmile is a website offered by Amazon with the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile, their foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to Omega Espresso Bar.

Get the complete details and sign up right here.
 

eBay for Charity

eBay for Charity also makes it simple for you to support Omega Espresso Bar. It’s already built-into eBay’s regular buying and selling platform. You can donate between 10% and all the way up to 100% of your item’s final sale price.

There are benefits for you too. Items tend to sell more often and at higher prices this way. Your items stand out because of a charity ribbon added to these listings. And, they appear in eBay search results for items that benefit charity.

Here are the complete details.
 

Employer Donation Match

Many of you work with companies that will match your donation to Omega Espresso Bar. Please check with your human resources department. Janna Kainos is the contact here at Omega Espresso Bar. Her email address is: janna@oeb.io.

Please contact us if you have any questions about these donation options.

Thank you for supporting Omega Espresso Bar. Together, we are empowering women to achieve sustainable life!

You’ve Been Beaned!

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You can deliver joy bean by bean. How? Read on, friend!

Coffee can be a wonderful overload to our senses. It starts with the sound of the brewer as it trickles and seeps through the dark coffee grounds. Then, the sweet perfumed aroma sifts through to greet us to another day. Perhaps sipped groggily from a favorite beat-up mug, it fuels us as we shuffle about in the morning.

Coffee can bring bright giggles in a noisy café as you reminisce with an old friend. It can be a warming comfort when you shed tears together with a loved one in a quiet corner. It awakens memories even from childhood, when coffee was what the “grown ups” were drinking.

Throughout your days, your thoughts turn to friends and loved ones you want to be with, right? You want to let them know they are important. You want to reach forward with a touch and ask, “How are you doing?”

Let’s connect those senses, memories, friends, and moments you have. Let’s partner together and spread some fun with a pleasant surprise!

For every $35.00 USD donation you make to Omega Espresso Bar, we will send a care package of our signature coffee blend to your special someone. It’ll arrive with a note inside that says “You’ve been beaned by (your name here)!,” along with a short message from you.

Click here now to make your donation. Meanwhile, we’ll get the beans rolling in the right direction!

Coffee can be fun. And it goes perfectly with relationships—hand in hand. Thank you for allowing us the privilege of sharing both with you and your loved ones.