ST GEORGE MELBOURNE MARATHON - THE COFFEE CLUB 10KM

PROUD SPONSORS OF WOW BRISBANE BRONCOS

PROUD MAJOR SPONSORS OF BRISBANE ROAR FC

EKKA: THE COFFEE CLUB FASHION PARADES & THE COFFEE CLUB NEW FACES TALENT SEARCH

The Coffee Club2009 saw our 5th year as a sponsor of The Coffee Club Parades, which featured the work of some of Queensland’s best designers who have received acclaim locally, nationally and internationally.

Over the 10 days of Ekka, The Coffee Club Parades has continued to prove itself as a crowd favourite - with the auditorium brimming at each of the hourly shows!

PANIYIRI - GREEK FESTIVAL

As you are probably aware, we are an Australian company founded by three very entrepreneurial Greek men. Emmanuel Drivas, Emmanuel Kokoris and John Lazarou are held in high regard within the Greek community. Every year for the past 10 years we have been sponsors of the Paniyiri Festival. Over 100,000 people enter the gates of Musgrave Park in South Brisbane over 2 days to experience everything Greek, from food to music and dancing.

The Coffee Club has three coffee carts over the duration of the two days. All stock and staff are donated to the Greek community to assist in the success of the event.

All moneys raised during the event are donated to the Greek community.

NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION - PINK RIBBON

Over the past 2 years The Coffee Club has actively participated in raising funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation – NBCF. With merchandising kits being sent around the nation, and countless stores requesting a second and third kit, The Coffee Club successfully helped raise over $13,000 for Breast Cancer Research in 2007. Well done team!

Look out for merchandise kits in store.

NSW GOLD WEEK (CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONS AUSTRALIA)

Nationally The Coffee Club is very strong affiliated with Children's Hospitals.

In New South Wales, the franchisees work extremely closely with the Sydney Children's Hospital Randwick to ensure the success of “Gold Week”. This is an initiative to raise money for resources and care of ill children.

THE KIM WALTERS CHOICES PROGRAM - THINK PINK CAMPAIGN

The Kim Walters Choices Program (Choices) is a unique community service offering individual support and counselling for women, men and their families who have been affected by breast or gynaecological cancer diagnosis.

The service is provided free of charge regardless of where surgery and treatment have been received and offers a drop in facility for women, men, their families and friends to receive information, sharing, friendship and support.

FIRE FIGHTERS CALENDAR - CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BURNS UNIT

For the past 3 years, The Coffee Club has proudly stocked the much sought-after Firefighters Calendar, raising money for Children’s Hospital Burns Units.

Since the Calendar was launched, the Firefighters Calendar has raised over $100,000 for the Children’s Hospital Burns Unit and The Coffee Club is proud to support this great cause.

THE COFFEE CLUB NEW ZEALAND SPONSORING TELETHON 2009 – BIG NIGHT IN.

The Coffee Club is sponsoring the Telethon Big Night in with a coffee cart on site at the Main Live Telecast location, at the Alinghi Base in Auckland.

CHILDREN'S HOSPTIALS AUSTRALIA - THE COFFEE CLUB CHARITY BALL

For many years, The Coffee Club has supported initiatives that generate breakthrough treatments and cures to make a difference in the lives of sick and terminally ill children in Australia. While we’ve made an ongoing commitment to Children’s Hospital Foundations Australia (CHFA), our Brisbane-based Charity Ball focuses on raising funds that help to work wonders for sick kids at the Royal Children’s Hospital.

BLUE SEPTEMBER, NEW ZEALAND

The Coffee ClubFor the first time, The Coffee Club is supporting Blue September this year in an effort to raise $10,000 and increase awareness of Prostate Cancer. During the month of Blue September, five cents (5c) from every cup of coffee sold in all The Coffee Club stores in New Zealand will go towards The Prostate Cancer Foundation.

SPECIAL CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTIES (CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONS AUSTRALIA)

November and December are an extremely busy time of year. Not only is it a time to prepare ourselves for gift buying, planning our Christmas lunch menu and getting our favourite eggnog recipe from Grandma, it is also a time for reflection and sometimes hardship.

Special Children’s Christmas Parties are organized in Brisbane, Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Annually these parties enjoy the presence of over 3,500 terminally ill, under-privileged or special needs children. The day is inspired by happiness, joy and giving.

CHANGING CHILDREN'S LIVES

For many years, The Coffee Club has supported initiatives that generate breakthrough treatments and cures to make a difference in the lives of sick and terminally ill children in Australia. While we’ve made an ongoing commitment to Children’s Hospital Foundations Australia (CHFA), The Coffee Club is also proud to support Changing Children’s Lives – our very own cause-related initiative.

SIDS AND KIDS - RED NOSE DAY

Our Franchisees are a very dedicated bunch of people. Not only do they participate in their own Local Area Marketing Initiatives, they also support all National Campaigns.

For the past two years, Red Nose Day has been eagerly awaited by our teams in store. Customers are now fully aware that we support Sids and Kids and look forward to purchasing their merchandise from our stores to help build funds and keep research ongoing to find the cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Look out for the merchandising kits in our stores during June.

HEARTS & ROSES DAY FOR CYSTIC FIBROSIS QUEENSLAND

During February and March this year, The Coffee Club stores in Queensland supported Hearts & Roses Day to help raise awareness and valuable funds for people living with Cystic Fibrosis (CF).

YOUNG ACHIEVER AWARDS

The Coffee Club prides itself on encouraging young people to achieve the unachievable.

For many years we have supported Young Achievers Awards in Queensland, The Northern Territory and South Australia.

The Coffee Club Arts Awards incorporates young people with creative flare, ability, challenge and aspiration.

QUEENSLAND REGIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND COMMUNITY AWARDS

There can never be enough encouragement and support for those working in rural and regional areas. Awards such as the Regional Achievement and Community Awards create an opportunity to say thank you to businesses, community groups and individuals who work tirelessly in developing their chosen fields of endeavour.

THE COFFEE CLUB FRANCHISEE OF THE YEAR

The Franchisee of the Year award is sort after by many of our Franchisees.

This accolade is well recognised within our company.

The process of assessment can be extremely grueling at times, however, it allows our franchisees to share their successes (and sometimes their secrets) with not only the judging panel, but their peers as well.

THE NATIONAL FRANCHISEE CONVENTION – THE N8

August 2008 was the inaugural launch of our National Franchisee Convention.

This year, we invited delegates from all of our stores in Australia and New Zealand, along with our new partners from Thailand – The Minor International Group.

Three days of networking, excitement and celebration was experienced by all who attended.

THE COFFEE CLUB BARISTA OF THE YEAR

The National Barista of The Year competition is held in the month of September.

Come along and support The Coffee Club's top 9 Baristas as they battle it out to take out the title of 'The Coffee Club's Barista of the Year'. The competition, which involves 6 months of strict assessments and preparation, brings all 9 finalists together to test their coffee making skills in front of an esteemed panel of judges.

THE CULINARY FARE

Once again The Coffee Club will be sponsoring the Culinary Fare 2009 (for the second year running).

This is a 3 day event held at the ASB Showgrounds in Auckland, from Sunday 23 August through to Tuesday 25 August.