Coffee Shops Building Homes

The Coffee Family Project

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Why Coffee Shops? - Did you know there are an estimated 90,000+ coffee shops in the U.S.A.?

Every day, your coffee shop is more than a place to grab a latte it’s a gathering place, a community hub, a space where stories and values are shared. Now imagine your shop becoming the spark that transforms a family’s life.

Across Honduras, coffee worker families who grow the beans we all enjoy live in fragile homes with mud walls, plastic sheeting, or tin shacks. By sponsoring a home, your shop can directly change that story: from survival to stability, from shelter to dignity.

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Imagine the Impact if we could create a movement among coffee shops to get involved in building homes for coffee worker families.

Your coffee shop, your customers, your community coming together to change the life of a family who grows the beans in your cup. This is coffee with purpose. This is love in action.

 

The Coffee Family Project

This initiative of The Generous Venture Project (GVP) invites coffee shops everywhere to stand with the families behind the beans. Each shop, whether small and local or part of a larger network, can rally customers to help build safe, durable homes for families in coffee-growing communities.

Our pillars:

• Family First - Homes change everything for a family’s health, safety, and future.

• From Bean to Home - Closing the loop between growers and drinkers.

• Simple & Relational - Easy-to-join, rooted in authentic connection.

• Shared Responsibility - Shops, customers, and donors building together.

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What’s In It For Your Coffee Shop?

Sponsoring a home isn’t just an act of generosity it’s a way to elevate your reputation and deepen your connection with customers.

Here’s what participating brings to your shop:

• Be Known for Purpose – Customers increasingly choose businesses that stand for something. Sponsorship sets your shop apart as a café with a cause.

• Strengthen Customer Loyalty – When customers know their coffee helps build homes, they become more engaged, more loyal, and more likely to spread the word.

• Boost Your Reputation – Imagine being known not only for great coffee but also for being a shop that cares about the farmers behind the beans.

• Create a Story Worth Sharing – Sponsorship gives you a powerful story to tell on your walls, on social media, and in local press.

• Unite Your Community – Your shop becomes the rallying point where neighbors, friends, and families come together to make a global impact.

• Public Recognition – Your involvement will be celebrated on our website and social media channels, highlighting your shop as a Partner in the movement.

In short, this is good for families in Honduras and good for your coffee family here at home.

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Ways Your Coffee Shop Can Be Involved

Not every shop can start by sponsoring a full home. That’s why we offer multiple entry points, each one a chance to connect your customers with a meaningful story and invite them to be part of the change.

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Simple In-Shop Engagement

• Inform your customers of your desire to care about coffee worker families.

• Take this opportunity to educate your staff and customers about the realities of life facing coffee worker families.

• Place a donation poster with QR code by your register.

• Hand out business-card sized donation cards with drinks or receipts.

• Share a family’s story card at the counter.

• Place story cards or small flyers in stands on tables.

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Storytelling & Updates

• Consider creating a House Build space with photos and progress stages (Foundation → Walls → Roof → Keys).

• Share updates on your social media pages with ready-made posts we provide.

• Host a coffee talk night to share about coffee worker families and the project.

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Brand Identity & Recognition

• Become known as a “The Coffee Family Project” Partner Shop.

• Display a "Certified Donor" sticker that we provide in a prominent location.

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Deeper Partnership Options

• Full Sponsorship – Fund an entire home ($16,000) for a Honduran coffee worker family.

• Legacy Sponsorship – Multi-year or multi-home commitment, positioning your shop as a long-term changemaker in the coffee world.

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Immersive Engagement

• Send a staff member or customer group on a Mission of Love trip to Honduras to help build a home and meet families.

• Partner with your church or local community group to sponsor builds together.

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👉 Each level comes with custom materials (cards, posters, story packets, and more) so you can engage in a way that fits your shop’s size, culture, and budget.

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How It Works

1. Sponsor a Family’s Home
   Your shop (alone or with others) encourages contributions toward the $16,000 needed to build a concrete-block home for a Honduran coffee worker family. (2 bedrooms, bathroom, living room, kitchen, outdoor laundry area, septic system, connection to power or solar package)

2. Engage Your Customers

   • Expose your staff and clients to the opportunity to participate by placing a poster or table sign with a QR code in your shop.

   • Share the familys' stories and build updates on your shop’s wall or social media.

3. Celebrate the Impact

   • Receive photos and updates as the home is built—foundation, walls, roof, keys.

   • Share the story with your customers: “Together, our shop is building a home!”

   • Become part of a global community of coffee shops caring for coffee families.

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Why Honduras First?

Honduras is one of the world’s leading coffee producers, yet many coffee worker families there live in extreme poverty. By starting here, we make a direct impact where the need is urgent and our coffee connection is strong.

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What You’ll Receive as a Partner Coffee Shop

Promotional Materials - (See images at the bottom of this page.)

• Branded posters or banner, table cards, and business card size donation cards to share the journey with your customers.

• Certified Donor Stickers to display in your coffee shop. 

• A "Certified Donor" badge to put on your website and/or social media.

• Family Story Packet – Meet the family your shop is sponsoring.

• Build Updates – Photos from the foundation to the key ceremony.

• Recognition – Your shop listed among our Coffee Shop Partners.

• A Legacy of Love – The joy of knowing your shop family gave another family a better future.

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Recognition & Visibility

​​We believe your generosity should be celebrated. As a partner coffee shop, your involvement will be recognized publicly in ways that highlight both your shop and your impact:

• Website Spotlight – Your shop listed on our “Partner Shops” page at gvp.world.

• Social Media Features – Posts on our Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn channels featuring your shop’s logo, story, and sponsored family.

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How to Get Started - ​​

 

​Imagine the Impact

Your coffee shop, your customers, your community coming together to change the life of a family who grows the beans in your cup. This is coffee with purpose. This is love in action.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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