When Coffee is More than just a "Pick Me Up"

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I started drinking coffee my junior year of college. Late nights, working hard on projects, I would brew a pot of that would keep the midnight oil running for hours. Now I drink in every morning, it’s part of my daily routine.

Just Love Coffee Roasters is a fair trade coffee that helps families fund raise money to adopt orphans from Ethiopia. How brilliant is that? Each bag of 13 oz coffee sells for $12.95, and $5 from every bag sold goes directly to the family trying to raise money for their child.

Right now, we’re drinking African Skies, in support of our friends raising money for their little girl Joleigh.

I LOVE the idea of a coffee fund raiser. It gives me an excuse to drink really tasty coffee, support the Ethiopian people, and helps a friend get closer to the dream of completing a family. I would call this a win-win for everyone!

GET IT! Visit Just Love Coffee Roasters to learn more about their fund raising program, or PLEASE consider helping little Jolie by purchasing from her fundraiser. Remember, from each bag purchased, $5 goes directly to the fund-raising efforts.

WIN IT! Just in time for Valentines Day, we’re giving away a bag of the Valentine’s Blend. To enter, leave us a comment letting us know what you plan on doing this year to show someone you love just how much they mean to you.

Extra Entries: (leave a separate comment for each)

Winner will be randomly selected and notified on February 14th, 2010

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Author: Emily

the social media maven :: emily is a part time freelance writer, wife, and mother to three (soon to be four) unintentionally hilarious children. emily rants and raves about urban life and living in downtown Indianapolis on her personal blog, DesignHER Momma. her voice can also be heard at babble.com, curvygirlguide.com and cafemom.com too.

204 Comments

  1. I plan on winning some coffee for my coffee loving man :)

  2. Follow @justlovecoffee

  3. Follow you

  4. Tweeted

  5. Followed @justlovecoffee

  6. I (@dellgirl1) am nowfollowing you now on Twitter!

  7. I plan on cooking a special Valentine's Day meal for my hubs and kids.

  8. I follow @justlovecoffe

  9. I follow you on Twitter!

  10. heart shaped pancakes for breakfast for sure! I'm not sure what else, just little things throughout the day to tell the men in my life i love them!
    jnieset@yahoo.com

  11. i plan on taking the whole family to the circus for fun!
    heatherbland@hotmail.com

  12. I am going to have a romantic Valentine's dinner with my husband.

    rhoneygtn at yahoo dot com

  13. Twitter follower of justlovecoffee: rhoneygee

  14. Twitter follower of simplereviews: rhoneygee

  15. Facebook Fan of Juse Love Coffee: Rebecca Honey Graham

  16. Facebook Fan of Simple Reviews: Rebecca Honey Graham

  17. we plan to go out for greek food!!

  18. twitter follow them – kgail11

  19. twitter follow u – kgail11

  20. I've bought the chocolates and the stuffed animals for the kids. I plan on cooking Hubby's favorite meal. I wish I could say it was my idea but it was his.

  21. i bought my mom something special thanks for the giveaway minsthins at optonline dot net

  22. a very special dinner……

  23. I plan on cooking a great dinner of all his favorites.

  24. follow justlove coffee on twitter

  25. follow you on twitter

  26. your facebook fan

  27. justlovecoffee facebook fan

  28. I like to do nice things for the people in my life like sending pretty nice ecards for VDAY!!
    I love coffee so I'd probably want to share that too!!
    rachel70802002@yahoo.com

  29. We are having a quiet dinner together and watching a movie!

    ty

    nancyrobster@gmail.com
    (in Canada)

  30. follow justlovecoffee on Twitter

    greeeneyedwhwom

    ty

    nancyrobster@gmail.com
    (in Canada)

  31. Follow you on Twitter

    greeeneyedwhwom

    ty

    nancyrobster@gmail.com
    (in Canada)

  32. Facebook Fan of justlovecoffee

    Anne Taylor or annectaylor1

    ty

    nancyrobster@gmail.com
    (in Canada)

  33. Facebook Fan of Simple

    Anne Taylor or annectaylor1

    ty

    nancyrobster@gmail.com
    (in Canada)

  34. I would love to win the coffee and share it with my Mom. She is the sweetheart in our family.

  35. I am going to make my husbands favorite dinner-steak and baked potato, and i will let him pick out the movie he wants to watch :)

  36. follow @justlovecoffee on twitter @ivansmom60

  37. follow simple on twitter @ivansmom60

  38. FaceBook fan of Simple zzzzzreviews

  39. I plan on taking my husband and youngest son out for pizza, low-budget this year.

    cdziuba@aol.com My email is easily seen in my profile

  40. cdziuba •Follow @JustLoveCoffee on Twitter

  41. cdziuba follow Simple Reviews on twitter

  42. Carol P dziuba fan of Just Love Coffee on Facebook

  43. Carol P Dziuba fan of Simple Reviews on Facebook

  44. We are going to Myrtle Beach SC for a lover's getaway.

  45. I just tell my husband thank you for going to work every day. It's not much but I know sometimes a simple thank you goes a long way.
    weird chick online at gmail dot com

  46. I'm going to prepare my husband's favorite dinner – Shrimp Creole! That will make him happy!
    hi_joan_elliott at hotmail dot com

  47. Well, I am going to win her some coffee. :-)

  48. I follow JustLoveCoffee on Twitter (I'm @prizealert)

  49. I follow Simple Reviews on Twitter (I'm @prizealert)

  50. I going to cook a nice dinner-one we normally don't eat. Steak,potatoes,creamed spinach, cheesecake.

  51. I plan to go on a special vacation with our family.

  52. I just bought the book " How to please and arrouse your mate": My hubby has some surprises headed his way.writer61@yahoo.com

  53. I pal to give him a card and lots of hugs and kisses

  54. I plan to make him a special dinner & dessert at home!

    xmeliss182x (at) yahoo (dot) com

  55. we plan to go out for greek food

  56. I plan to cook a delish meal for my dad on his birthday.

  57. I'm going to be going wine tasting with some of my single girlfriends. I've made everyone a small gift bag of homemade goodies.

  58. We are going to the movies, thanks.

  59. My husband, kids and I are getting away for a much needed 4 day weekend.

  60. I'm not doing anything too special this year. Mostly, I'm taking my wife and son out for dinner to celebrate our love for each other.

    mattschmunk at hotmail dot com

  61. following JustLoveCoffee on twitter. matt0701

    mattschmunk at hotmail dot com

  62. Follow simplereviews on twitter. matt0701

    mattschmunk at hotmail dot com

  63. Breakfast in bed for My Hubby birdson@roadrunner.com

  64. Im a fan of yours on FB/Birdie Skolfield birdson@roadrunner.com

  65. I'm doing something special for my sis – sending her flowers.

  66. Follow @JustLoveCoffee on Twitter
    @JalapenoMama

  67. Following you on Twitter.
    @JalapenoMama

  68. Facebook fan of Just Love Coffee
    Barbara Montag

  69. Facebook fan of yours
    Barbara Montag

  70. I will be making heart shaped pancakes for my kids and hubby

    josiefiorda@yahoo.ca

  71. I follow just love coffee on twitter

    josiefiorda@yahoo.ca

  72. I follow simple reviews on twitter

    josiefiorda@yahoo.ca

  73. facebook fan of just love coffee

    josiefiorda@yahoo.ca

  74. i am taking the kids to see avatar, for us it is an hour drive away to the theater and it is very expensive, but a real outing , so will be alot of fun

  75. i Follow @JustLoveCoffee on Twitter @roswello stacey dempsey
    roswello athotmail dot com

  76. i Follow @SimpleReviews on Twitter @roswello stacey dempsey
    roswello athotmail dot com

  77. i Became a fan of Simple Reviews on Facebook stacey dempsey
    roswello athotmail dot com

  78. I will pick out a nice card for my husband and we will probably go out for dinner.

  79. I follow @JustLoveCoffee on Twitter

  80. I follow @SimpleReviews on Twitter

  81. I'm a facebook fan of Just Love Coffee.

  82. I'm a facebook fan of Simple Reviews

  83. I will construct grammatically correct sentences.

  84. Twitter follower ky2here1.

  85. Following just love coffees on twitter as ky2here1.

  86. It will be my anniversary and I will go winter camping to show my husband how much I love hi.

  87. I plan on taking the family to a rummage sale. We all love rummage sales

    pinkveganmiso(at)yahoo(dot)com

  88. winning some coffee for the coffee lover !!! with baking some goodies

  89. I'm going to have dinner on the table every night by the time my husband gets home because he works hard!

  90. I am making a special meal and dessert for Valentines for my husband and kids lezanac@yahoo.com

  91. Following you on twitter @lezanac

  92. Following @justlovecoffee

  93. FB fan of simple username Lisa Taylor

  94. FB fan of justlovecoffee

  95. May just spend the day doing nothing but being together.
    wendyw329 at aol.com

  96. I'm preparing a special dinner with love.

    bgcchs(at)yahoo(dot)com

  97. every year i have something waiting for my hubby in the morning.. this year i made chocolate covered oreos and decorated them.. and he's getting a special love note. :)

  98. I will send a large bouquet to my mother to let her know how much I appreciate her. Thanks.

    president(dot)peaches(at)hotmail(dot)com

  99. My husband and I are getting a wii and the wii fit pack for the family – because valentines day presents are all about love – and hearts – and excercise is good for the heart and I want to send flowers to my mom!

  100. I'm making my husband a special dinner

  101. following just love coffee (jcbigd)

  102. following you on twitter (jcbigd)

  103. i'm a fan of just love coffee

  104. i'm your facebook fan

  105. I am planning dinner and wine this year. :)
    kirbycolby at gmail dot com

  106. I plan on making heart shaped sugar cookies for my husband and sons!

  107. I am following JustLoveCoffee on Twitter.(terri142)

  108. I am following simplereviews on twitter.(terri142)

  109. I became a facebook fan of Just Love Coffee Roasters.

  110. Every year starts out the same, I try very hard not to nag on my guy. He is so sweet, and very helpful (even if he often seems like Oscar the Grouch) but I do try to reign in my nagging.

    After 22 yrs, I guess it's worked.

    Thanks so much for the coffee giveaway! I'm sure he'll love it.

  111. My husband always does the cooking–so I am going to make us dinner.
    We both LOVE coffee.

  112. Christina – xristya@rock.com – I'd love to win the coffee and share it with my brother, who is out-of-work and feeling down! I was seriously ill last year and that has made me cherish every person I love, and this Valentine's Day I'm going to let them all know that I love them, in every way that I can!

  113. This year we are just gonna cuddle up and watch a movie together!!

  114. I am following @JustLoveCoffee on Twitter {shereck}

  115. I am following @SimpleReviews on Twitter! {shereck}

  116. I got my daughter so cute little gifts and I'll try not to yet at my husband – that will be harder.

  117. Well, this year it isn't what I really want to do but feel I have to do. Our daughter and SIL bought a small repo fot their first house and DH and I are helping get it ready for next Saturday, so I will be painting and cleaning Sunday and he will be installing baseboards. So no special day for us. We do it because we want to help because who else would, but it is tough work!
    spencer1953 at gmail dot com.

  118. Folllow Justlovecoffee On Twitter!~dresdenrain.

  119. Follow you on Twitter!~dresdenrain.

  120. Tweet!~http://twitter.com/dresdenrain/status/9061979900

  121. I am going to be a lot nicer to my husband (well, I'm already nice to him but not as nice as he is to me) because he is so great and I don't always act like I appreciate everything he does. Will start by trying to win him some coffee.

  122. Follow you on Twitter – @susitravl

  123. Follow @justlovecoffee on Twitter – susitravl

  124. My boyfriend has been talking non stop about making youtube videos, so I bought him a camcorder for Valentine's Day! :)
    Amanda Barnes
    amandakbarnes90 @ gmail dot com

  125. I am such an inside person due to social anxieties, but the wife is such an out & out, I've promised, only for her, to do V-day parties tonight and tomorrow with her, time to triple the paxil dose!

  126. twitter follower username sweepstaking

  127. a fan of Simple on Facebook (ron miller)

  128. fan of Just Love Coffee on Facebook

  129. I am going to spend the day with my newly divorced best friend so she isn't alone

  130. Sadly we have a funeral-
    diane Baum
    esldiane@gmail.com

  131. I am making a nice dinner for hubby
    digicat{AT}sbcglobal{DOT}net

  132. I follow Just Love Coffee on Twitter @cezovski
    digicat{at}sbcglobal{dot}net

  133. I follow Simple Reviews on Twitter @cezovski
    digicat{at}sbcglobal{dot}netb

  134. I Fan you on Facebook
    Carol Anderson Ezovski
    digicat{at}sbcglobal{dot}net

  135. I Fan JustLoveCoffee on Facebook
    Carol Anderson Ezovski
    digicat{at}sbcglobal{dot}net

  136. I'm making a nice dinner for my Valentine :)

    stormraven at gmail dot com

  137. I am following Just Love Coffee on Twitter (@psychotichouse)

  138. Just going to be fixing dinner for my daughter and myself, pop in a netflix film

  139. Chocolate hearts for breakfast!

  140. I'll keep giving my grandkids hugs and kisses every time I see them!

    Bshaw75015@aol.com

  141. Cooking a meal at home and taking in a movie later.

  142. giving a massage to hubby intime@myself.com

  143. Well hubby has to work so I will make him a nice dinner for when he gets home and have a cup of coffee waiting when he walks in the door. That is what he likes most.

  144. Follow @JustLoveCoffee

    Tx_Sweetie

  145. Follow @SimpleReviews

    Tx_Sweetie

  146. We don't do anything for Valentines day.

  147. i will be making my family a home cooked meal of lasagna and a heart cake

  148. following you on twitter klp1965

  149. jlc fan on facebook kathylpease

  150. your fan on facebook kathylpease

  151. Making a dessert just for him
    con5459(at)gmail(dot)

  152. I don't have a valentine this year, but I did get my loved ones small gifts this year, to let them know I care.

    clarkmurdock@yahoo.com

  153. I'm making an adorable quilt for my granddaughter's high school graduation.

  154. I get my Hubby Dark chocolate!

  155. Following justlovecoffee on twitter @threedifferent

  156. Quite dinner at home, no special plans.

  157. I helped my 5 year old make handmade valentines and we delivered them to the neighbors. My husband and I will have a nice dinner alone tonight after she gos to bed!

  158. I follow you on Twitter – TriciaInRaleigh

  159. I follow justlovecoffee on Twitter as TriciaInRaleigh

  160. I am a fan of yours on FAcebook: Tricia Gatte Andrews

  161. I am a fan of JustLovecoffee on Facebook- Tricia Gatte Andrews

  162. I made him breakfast and am letting him do whatever he wants today – even if its playing games on the computer!
    Thanks – Sarah Z
    believedreamcourage (at) gmail.com

  163. My husband and I spending a very quite evening at home with dinner and a movie
    pkbailey@charter.net

  164. I follow Just Love Coffee on twitter[pkbailey01]
    pkbailey@charter.net

  165. I follow Simple Reviews on twitter[pkbailey01]
    pkbailey@charter.net

  166. "Whaddya wanna' do today, Honey?"
    I asked and he said, "Let's run!"
    So we ran out and back for 4 long miles,
    and I acted like it was FUN!

    "Whaddya wanna do today, Honey?"
    I asked and he said, Let's go to the gym!"
    So I lifted and sweated for an hour
    just so I could be with HIM!

    "Whaddya wanna do today, Honey?"
    He just asked and I said, "Let's EAT!"
    So he's taking me to Newport Grill,
    for a Valentine's Day dinner TREAT!

    riceburns @ hotmail dot com

  167. Making a favorite meal with a layer heart cake dessert.. lots of hugs and kisses too :)

  168. My husband would love me to win this.

  169. I plan on making a romantic dinner for my husband. garrettsambo@.com

  170. I'm making my husband's favorite dinner.

  171. I'll probably be using the phone to call!
    electricisland(at)gmail.com

  172. I'll probably be using the phone to call!
    electricisland(at)gmail.com

  173. Followin @JustLoveCoffee on Twitter, id electrisiland

  174. We had a nice dinner out on the town.
    msurosey@yahoo.com

  175. Following @SimpleReviews on Twitter, (id- electricisland)

  176. I give coupons for free babysitting, housework or dinners to my friends & family.

  177. Follow @JustLoveCoffee on Twitter
    username: zestywonderland

  178. Follow @SimpleReviews on Twitter

    Username: ZESTYWONDERLAND

    ZESTYWONDERLAND@GMAIL.COM

  179. I plan on fixing dinner for my hubby and rubbing his neck.
    winit6@hotmail.com

  180. I Follow @JustLoveCoffee on Twitter
    @winsome6
    winit6@hotmail.com

  181. I Follow @SimpleReviews on Twitter
    @winsome6
    winit6@hotmail.com

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