CONNECTING CULTURES ACROSS THE GLOBE

Featuring: Pattie Moon, Program Director, Sherpa Education Project

Pattie Moon has lived many lives and in many locations as a traveler, executive, advocate, and author.  She has always been a traveler.  From her first overseas trip to study in Switzerland during high school years to the present, she continues to love to see the world. She has lived in France and Australia for years, and has traveled extensively to many other countries, always immersing herself in the local culture.

Pattie’s career started as an advertising executive in Chicago and San Francisco, working for the major firms of Needham, Harper & Steers as well as Ogilvy & Mather.  Her success in advertising allowed her to retire early and realize her priority of bringing up her two sons.  As she did so, she continued to consult on research and strategic planning for companies in the US, Canada and Australia. She now enjoys working pro bono for non profits in Steamboat Springs CO.

For the past decade, Pattie has served as program director for a Steamboat-based organization, Sherpa Education Project, whose focus is on educating girls in the Everest region of Nepal.  Pattie feels like the Sherpa are “family” in the truest sense.  She travels to Nepal regularly and stays in their homes, enjoying time with these friends of extraordinary warmth, wisdom, and gaiety of spirit. 

It is Pattie’s delight to use her executive skills to manage the SEP programs. She has created special fundraisers to support the local Sherpas after the 2014 deadly avalanche on Everest, the 2015 earthquakes country-wide, and in summer 2021 a food relief program to address needs from COVID-19 and the loss of incomes in the region.

Pattie’s recent contribution to the Sherpa community is the book Tough and Cheerful: the Life and Times of Kanchha Sherpa, Last Living Member from the First Ascent of Mount Everest.  This book was first pushed in Kathmandu in 2019 and has recently been published in the USA.

Pattie’s passions and skills have allowed her to connect cultures across the globe.

G.L.O.B.A.L. Justice is pleased to feature Pattie Moon and the Sherpa Education Project at our Christmas in Asia event at the GLBL MRKT at Grace Place Church in Berthoud on December 11, 2021. We will also be featuring her book Tough and Cheerful during the month of February 2022.

A COFFEE BUSINESS WITH MINISTRY PURPOSE

Featuring: Aaron and Jessica Harsch, Co-Founders, Redemption Road Coffee

Aaron and Jessica Harsch love coffee and ministry.  Through Redemption Road Coffee, they have had the opportunity to combine these loves to make an impact in their community and the world.

Aaron Harsch began roasting his own coffee in a whirleypop crank-handle popcorn maker in 2010. As he researched and experimented he began to perfect his roast creating a smooth, flavorful coffee. Friends would say “You make a great coffee!”, and he and his wife Jessica would give their coffee as Christmas gifts.

As Aaron continued to develop their home made coffee, he and Jessica began a non-profit organization called Redemption Road.  Redemption Road’s ministry was to organize groups and weekend intensives that help men learn how to live in freedom.

In the fall of 2015 a friend made a comment to Aaron: “You should sell this coffee to support Redemption Road”. That comment sparked Aaron to start considering what it would take to start a coffee roasting business. That Thanksgiving, he and Jessica decided they would make this a reality. They bought an industrial drum roaster, obtained the necessary licenses and opened for business. The result, Redemption Road Coffee, was a coffee business with a ministry purpose.

Aaron and Jessica both have degrees from Bethel College and training in fields others than business.  Aaron, a philosophy major, and Jessica, a nurse, have had to learn much to develop and grow their own business.  The road in the Redemption Road logo symbolizes their journey of growing and becoming more healthy individuals.

Not only does Redemption Road Coffee support their own family, but they give a portion of the profits to help support Redemption Road ministries and other great causes.  Aaron & Jessica also support international families and communities from whom they sourced their coffees.  On each bag of Redemption Road Coffee, they share the stories of the coffees and communities they support, and connect customers with the people who hand pick the coffee for each package.

Through Redemption Road Coffee, the Harschs hope to change the world and peoples’ lives for the better. G.L.O.B.A.L. Justice is pleased to feature Redemption Road Coffee in our GLBL MRKT. Visit www.globaljusticeonline.org/glbl-mrkt