449,000 Ounces of Tea & Donations for Haiti
By Charla on Jan 19 Filed In Austin, Texas, Sweet Consumers, Sweet Leaf Tea Company News, Sweet Leaf Tea Sightings, Uncategorized 1 Comment
So how much is 449,000 ounces of tea? Well, enough to fill up an 18-wheeler. And that’s how much we donated to Feed the Children who was looking for food and supplies for Haiti.
Closer to home as Danny mentioned Monday, we were able to set up a table in front of Dominican Joe Coffee Shop along-side the Peace Peddler herself, Jamie Josephs to offer people one of our new 16 oz cans in exchange for a donation of ANY size! The Haiti Disaster Relief Fundraiser was put on by the kind folks at Markarios. Danny and April had the booth set up from before 11AM until around 3:30 and in that amount of time we raised around $350! That’s a lot of cans, I tell you what!
Sweet Leaf Tea 16oz Cans for Haiti Relief Donations
Check out the footage from KXAN (our local NBC affiliate) and Fox 7 News! I think that the people of Austin really came out to show their support and I hope that in 6 months when this issue seems like a distant memory, that we are still sharing much-needed aide with the people of Haiti.
Sweet Leaf Holiday Party…Yeah, we did it. What about it?
By Danny on Dec 17 Filed In Activities, Austin, Texas, Events, Food & Beverage, Intern, Sweet Leaf Tea Company News, Uncategorized 1 Comment
So as most of ya’ll might know already, about 2 weeks ago we moved offices further down South Congress to Penn Field. We are right next to Ruta Maya, Clear Channel Radio, and our good friends over at the GIBSON GUITAR SHOW ROOM! We love it! Tons of room, beautiful space, huge kitchen, etc. So, naturally with the Holidays rolling around, we wanted to show it off. In a big way….
SO WE HAD A HOLIDAY PARTY!!!! <== Click Here!
It was great! 250+ people showed up and had one hell of a time. The nights festiviites included:
- DJ Orion Pumping out the beats till 1am!
- Ping Pong
- Darts
- Old School Nintendo NES == with classic games from Super Mario Bros. to Contra to ExciteBike.
- Photobooth
- specialty drinks (see below)
- Karaoke
- A Crazy Dance party
This wasn’t your ordinary work holiday party. No showing up for 10 minutes to “show face” and jet, hoping your poopy pants boss wouldn’t see you leave. There was so much going on you HAD to stay till the end.
Towards the end of the night Happy, Charla, Elizabeth, Emily and Myself decided to kick off the EXTREME Dancing! Which included break dancing and ended at salsa.
Check out our Flickr! to see all the photos from the party. They are worth gazing at!
Happy Holidays to all. Safe Travels. Check in before NYE for an update on our activities!
Cancer Sucks! Support LAF’s Livestrong Challenge
By April on Oct 30 Filed In Activities, Events, Sweet Leaf Tea Company News 4 Comments
A huge perk working for Sweet Leaf Tea is the free events that employees get to attend or participate in. This past weekend was the Livestrong Challenge and as sponsors of the event we were given entrances to the 5K run and the bike ride. I am all about working out for free and getting a good training ride in, so I was not going to let this opportunity pass me by.
Livestrong Challenge Starting Line
Our new Sr. Mgr. Financial Planner, Brian Hack was my partner for the 45 mile ride through Dripping Springs. If you know anything about the Texas Hill Country, then you know that it’s not flat. There was a lot of up’s and down’s in this ride much like the challenge of living with cancer. It was so inspiring to see the notes and flags pinned to participants jerseys with the name(s) of the person that they were riding for. There were many times during that 45 miles (4.5 hours w/lots of rest stops) where I teared up from reading why folks were doing the ride. I was riding in memory of my father, who lost a short, horrible battle to the Big-C 7 years ago, and for my friend Jim who is trying to kick cancer’s ass currently. It was an absolute honor to ride for the both of them and for everyone else out there living, fighting, surviving, or mourning the loss of someone they loved. I wish I was talented enough to have taken pictures while I was riding, because one of my favorite jerseys said “cancer sucks”. I don’t think it gets much plainer than that.
My wedding day (me, Dylan & my folks) 2/12/02. Dad passed 7/6/02.
What are YOU doing to fight this craptacular disease?
For Jenna (ok, I mean Emma), Forever Ago Jenna Beth’s ACL Pick…
By Jenna Beth on Oct 1 Filed In ACL, Austin, Texas, Live Music, Sweet Leaf Tea Company News Add a Comment
ACL is almost here and this Austinite is oh so ready to take part in 3 days of music bliss. I have plotted out my bands of choice and among them prominently rests Bon Iver. Singer-songwriter Justin Vernon immediately drew me into his music upon first hearing the song Skinny Love from the album, For Emma, Forever Ago. (It just may be the most played song on my iPod.) The album, start to finish, produces a genuine, pure sound. The heartfelt lyrics that comprise the songs are matched well with the mellow strum of the guitar. It lured me in, and I think I’m in love. Bon Iver’s natural sound feels as if it’s meant to be listened to in the great outdoors. Zilker park will lay the perfect setting. Come 5 pm on Saturday, you can find me at the Dell stage ready for Bon Iver to sing to me.
A Journey: The YYY’s Setlist
By Elizabeth on Sep 29 Filed In ACL, Activities, Austin, Texas, Celebrities, Food & Beverage, Intern, Live Music, Lollapalooza, Sweet Consumers, Sweet Leaf Tea Company News, Uncategorized Add a Comment
Close your eyes…I said close ‘em! Now imagine the sound of the Yeah, Yeah, Yeah’s song “Runaway” slowly starting to ooze out of the speakers just 25 yards in front of you. You can feel the thousands upon thousands of fan’s energy surrounding you….all anxiously awaiting the band to walk on stage. And then you see her…Karen O walks out in a full on headdress that makes her look like a bird with wings expanded out wide. She sways back in forth in an Indian like dance as she begins to sing. Suddenly, you have “No sense of time” but you “Want them to stay, Want to keep them inside.” Their sound is “Something like a phenomena, baby” and you want more.
Then, the music gets faster…the bass is pounding louder and louder. “The men cry out, the girls cry, the men cry out, the girls cry out” and you start to “dance, dance, dance till you’re dead.” Out of breath, you stand still just for one second before she moves right into “Pin” and you “go, go, go” back into jumping with the crowd. This is definitely not a “dull life” and you feel “more alive than you’ve ever been.” Your “hands go out of control” as the thousands of festival goers sing along with Karen, “ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh uh ohh”. Just as you say, “I think I am bigger than the sound” it gets soft. There is a calm energy as the slow music of “Skeletons” begins to play. The crowd gets “Hysteric” as a sea of big red Sweet Leaf Tea balloons bounce over the thousands of hands swaying in the sky. You try your hardest to get your hands on one as Karen’s voice “flows sweetly, hangs heavy” over the audience. The words, “suddenly complete you” until you feel “a sharp shock to your soft side.” You realize a jackass trying to crowd surf during a slow song just fell on you. “Turn yourself around, you weren’t invited” you say as the drunk guy stumbles away. You’re then immediately distracted as Karen O belts out “Zeroooo” and you “feel like a mad man on the run”. Little did you know this would “Turn Into” the best live show you have ever seen. As the band walks off stage you say, “WAIT, they don’t love you like I love you….WAIT they don’t love you like I love you”. All the thousands of new friends you made join in, all begging for more.
The familiar guitar chord starts playing and the crowd erupts with cheers. “Y-Control” yourself you ask as everyone gets “out of control, out of control” to the music. Your “Date with the Night” finally does come to an end and you cannot stop smiling. Covered in sweat and out of breath you wonder how any band in the next two days could possibly top that one.
Now open your eyes…HEY wake up! Ok, thanks…now that doesn’t just have to be a daydream, my friend. Make that your reality by being at the AMD stage on Friday night at 8:30pm sharp. Take it from me…I saw both the YYY’s and Kings of Leon at Lollapalooza, and the score: YYY’s 16 points v. KOL “Zero”.
Lollapalooza setlist:
1. Runaway
2. Phenomena (Listed as “Phenom (Beastie Break)” on setlist )
3. Heads Will Roll
4. Pin
5. Dull Life
6. Gold Lion
7. Cheated Hearts
8. Skeletons
9. Hysteric
10. Soft Shock
11. Honeybear
12. Zero
13. Turn Into
14. Maps (acoustic)
15. Y Control
16. Date With the Night
