FT Month Challenge
I’m obsessed with numbers. I love them when they go up, and I snap into a rut when they fall below standard. Obama has widened his lead over McCain to 8 points. The Dow is down 369.88. The temperature in Fort Bragg, CA is 65 degrees. There are 75 more days until my favorite band comes to town. The average cost of a plane ticket from San Francisco to Uganda is $2,300. World Peace: Priceless.
I love numbers because they are concise while conveying a message. “Obama leads by 8” is a summary of what the next 8 year could be. “The Dow is down” equates to a global emotion of anxiety and fear, and hopefully summons change.
I was checking out the numbers for how many units of Mirembe we’ve sold so far this year (21,342), and thought, “Wow, 21,342 is pretty close to 25,000 and 25,000 is a pretty big positive even integer. I want to sell 25,000 units of Mirembe by the end of this month.” You see, I come up with these crazy ideas and sometimes I can pull them off by myself, and sometimes I need help. I am going to need your help to pull this one off.
In honor of Fair Trade Month, let’s sell the pants off Mirembe and kick some serious numerical butt (OK, images of depanting and kicking tush seem kind of violent, even if I am just talking about numbers. So sorry, let me try again). In honor of Fair Trade Month, let’s gather our allies and introduce strangers to the Mirembe project to disseminate JJ’s message of peace, boost the numbers, and prove to the world that Fair Trade is a sustainable practice. In honor of Fair Trade Month, let’s quench our thirst for tolerance, justice, and fantastic coffee. In honor of Fair Trade Month, I challenge you…
…To buy/sell 3,658 units of Mirembe to make this year’s sales be 25,000. It’s not impossible. It is a big leap. Buying Mirembe probably won’t affect the election, although it will help stimulate the economy. Hopefully it won’t affect the local temperate, or thwart the plans of my favorite band (Girlyman) coming to town. Your purchase will help send me to Uganda this winter to assess the needs of the farmers. World Peace: Priceless.
Who’s up for the challenge?
3,658 units this month = $5,889.38 to the farmers in Fair Trade Prices, plus $3,658 in rebates for a total of $9,547.38 to the farmers of the Peace Kawomera Cooperative in October.
Every afternoon I will update this blog with a sales report. The numbers reflect orders that have cleared our accounting department.
Date____Total This month___This year____Left to match challenge
October 6_____407__________21,342_____________3,658______
October 7_____501__________21,436_____________3,564______
October 8_____733__________21,668_____________3,332______
October 9__________ CLOSED FOR YOM KIPPOR _________________
October 10____745__________21,680_____________3,320______
October 11 Weekend
October 12 Weekend
October 13 I will be out of the office. Will update when I return
October 14 I will be out of the office. Will update when I return
October 15 ___1,223_________22,158_____________2,842______
October 16 ___1,398_________22,333_____________2,667______
October 17 ___1,448_________22,383_____________2,617______
October 18 Weekend
October 19 Weekend
October 20 ___1,567_________22,502_____________2,498______
October 21 ___1,609_________22,544_____________2,456______
October 22 ___2,005_________22,940_____________2,060______
October 23 ___2,026_________22,961_____________2,039______
October 24 ___2,321_________23,256_____________1,744______
October 25 Weekend
October 26 Weekend
October 27 ___2,452_________23,387_____________1,613______
October 28 ___2,687_________23,622_____________1,378______
October 29 ___2,706_________23,641_____________1,359______
October 30 ___2,838_________23,773_____________1,227______
October 31 ___3,320_________24,255_______________________
If 100 accounts each buy 36 units, our challenge is met! For every group that buys coffee this month, your name will be added to this list. For groups that order 36+, a link will be tagged to your name. Together, we can do this!! Thank you for supporting the Mirembe Kawomera project, Fair Trade Month, and my numerical obsession.
Wholesale accounts (min. 20 packages)
Adat Shalom
Community United Methodist Church
Friends of Ruwenzori
National Yiddish Book Center
Olympia Food Coop
Parkside UCC
St. Benedict’s Monastery
Temple Beth Hatfiloh
Unitarian Universalist Congregation
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
Temple Beth El
Bnai Keshet
Congregation Beth Shalom
Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation
Communities of Shalom
Temple Aliyah Sisterhood
Society of Ethnomusicology Conference
Holy Family Bookstore
Temple Brith Achim
University of Wisconsin
Erasmus at the University of San Fransico
J. Bloch Associates
Congregation Hakafa
Taos Jewish Center
Congregation Beth Am
First Unitarian of Baltimore
Tower Cafe
Temple Beth El - San Pedro
Milwaukee Area Jewish Committee/Congregation Beth Israel - Glendale
North Suburban Synagogue Beth El
Temple Adat Shalom
The Greater Green
Sunrise House Orphanage
Duck and Decanter
Tiffereth Israel
El Dorado Peace and Justice
Bethany United Methodist Church
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
St. James Episcopal Church San Francisco
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