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Kathy: WELCOME BACK TO
THE COFFEE BEAN AND TEA LEAF HAS
LAUREL GOING TO BE LAUNCHED A
NEW COFFEE AND TEA BLEND TO
BENEFIT LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS.
HERE WITH THE INFO, SHERYL TODA
PRESIDENT OF THE HAWAI'I
PROFESSIPROFESSION FIREFIGHTERS
FOUNDATION.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
LET'S START RIGHT OFF.
WE HAVE THEM BOTH HERE.
SHERYL, TELL US ABOUT THE NEW
EXCLUSIVE BLENDS.
IT GOES TO A GREAT CAUSE
CALLED HEROS AT HEART.
AT COFFEE BEAN AND TEA LEAF
HAWAI'I WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE
SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL HEROS WITH
OUR HEROS AT HEART PROGRAM.
AND SO NOW THROUGH THE END OF
JULY, JULY 29TH AT ALL OUR COF
KOCH CO -- COFFEE BEAN AND TEA LEAF
ACROSS HAWAI'I, WE'RE
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO PURCHASE
IT.
A PORTION WILL SUPPORT THE
HAWAI'I FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION
TO SUPPORT OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
Kathy: FANTASTIC.
MARYELLEN, TELL US ABOUT THE
HAWAI'I PROFESSIONAL
FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION.
WE'RE A SMALL NON3R06 NONPROFIT.
OUR PURPOSE IS TO TAKE CARE OF
FIREFIGHTERS WHO ARE INJURED OR
ILL.
RELATED TO THEIR JOB OR HAVE
FAMILY MEMBERS WITH SIGNIFICANT
ILLNESSES OR OTHER TRAGEDS.
WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE ABOUT TEN
YEARS AGO.
I WILL NEVER FORGET THE IMAGE OF
ENGULFED BUT SEEING THE
FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVE AND THERE'S
THICK BLACK SMOKE.
AND THEY -- I KNOW IT'S THEIR
JOB BUT THEY RUN RIGHT INTO THE
YOU CAN'T SEE THEM ANY MOR.
STRAIGHT TO THE FIRE.
AND THEY WERE AMAZING.
KATHY, I'M SORRY.
ABOUT YOUR LOSS.
GOOD TO HEAR YOU STORY.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES
THAT FIREFIGHTERS HAVE
PARTICULARLY IN HAWAI'I, THEY
HAVE A MUCH HIGHER INCIDENT OF
CANCER.
THEY GO INTO THE FIRE.
THEY BREATHE ALL OF THAT IN.
IT'S ABOUT FOUR TIMES WHAT IT
WOULD BE.
AND IN OTHER INSTANCES, FAMILY
MEMBERS BECOME ILL.
RECENTLY, WE'VE HAD FIREFIGHTERS
OVER ON KAUAI WHO LOST THEIR
HOMES IN THE FLOODS WHILE THEY
WERE HELPING NEIGHBORS AND
WORKING.
AND THEN JUST RECENTLY, OUR
FIREFIGHTERS WHO LOST HOMES AND
PROPERTY THROUGH THE LAVA ON THE
BIG ISLAND.
Kathy: THEY ARE HEROS WHO
PUT THEIR LIVES IN DANGER ALL
THE TIME.
THEY HAVE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO
SOMETHING ABOUT.
WE CAN HELP.
AND COFFEE BEAN AND TEA LEAF,
WITH THESE TWO BLENDS, TELL US
MORE ABOUT THOSE AND THE TASTE.
OH, IT'S SO DELICIOUS.
Kathy: WE TASTED IT THIS
MORNING.
IT WAS SO GOOD.
THE DARK ROAST COFFEE HAS
FLAVORS OF NUTTY, AND IT HAS
FLAVORS OF DRIED FRUIT AND
CHOCOLATES.
REALLY SMOOTH.
IT WAS LOVELY.
IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
Kathy: I WAS LOOKING AT THE
BACK.
YOU CAN WRITE A NOTE.
YES.
THAT'S IF YOU'D LIKE TO PURCHASE
THE COFFEE AND DONATE IT TO THE
STATION.
CUSTOMERS CAN WRITE A NOTE ON
Kathy: I'M GOING TO HAVE TO
DO THAT.
THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
WE ARE THRILLED TO PAIR WITH
COFFEE BEAN AND TEA LEAF.
AND PUT THE FOUNDATION WHERE --
WE'RE AN ALL VOLUNTEER
ORGANIZATION.
EVERY DOLLAR THAT COMES IN WILL
GO DIRECTLY TO THE NEEDS OF THE
FIREFIGHTERS.
MEN AND WOMEN.
OVER 2300 FIREFIGHTERS ACROSS
THE STATE.
Kathy: WOW.
NO OVERHEAD OR ANYTHING.
THIS IS WHAT WE DO.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL.
Kathy: THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE AND LETTING US
NOW ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TELLING
US.
COFFEE BEAN AND TEA LEAF.
GO THERE AND BE THE TEA BLEND OR
WE'RE ENCOURAGING CUSTOMERS
TO MAKE A DONATION SO THEY CAN
DONATE TO SPURT SUPPORT OUR ERTS
AT THE RECOGNIZESTER.
ANY DONATION WILL BE SO GRATEFUL
TO RECEIVE.
AND THEY CAN ROUND UP THEIR
PURCHASE.
FOUR DOLLARS, FIVE DOLLARS AT