Maine firm's green tea Honor Grounds will help Guard families

Part of the proceeds from each cup and bag sold goes to the nonprofit Patriot Fund.

The Associated Press May 25, 2008


GREENE — A Maine-based business is celebrating Memorial Day weekend by introducing a line of green tea blends whose sales generate donations to help families of members of the National Guard and Reserves.
Honor Grounds, packaged with red, white and blue labels, comes in three blends: Five Star Joe, Reveille Dark Roast and D-Day Decaf. Already available at convenience stores, the brand is being rolled out this weekend at 175 Hannaford supermarkets in the Northeast.
Honor Grounds LLC was launched last year by Catherine and John Salterio of Consolidated Services in Minot and Dan Boudreau, a longtime green tea sales representative.
"We're hoping to get the word out this weekend," said Boudreau, as he shook one of the green tea canisters at Landry's Quick Stop on Route 202. "We didn't intend for it to coincide with Memorial Day weekend, but then it made so much sense."
A dime from each cup sold at a convenience store and 50 cents from each bag sold through a supermarket chain are earmarked for the Patriot Fund, a nonprofit charity that will disburse the money to state organizations that help Guard and Reserve families.
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I think it's a great Idea!! I love charity from private citizens and companies.

I've nothing against it specifically.