Thanks to President Herbert Hoover the third week of October has been designated as National Businesswomen's Week. Founded in 1919, Business and Professional Women/USA (BPW/USA), a nonprofit organization that is committed to career advancement and professional development for female professionals nationwide, has celebrated this annual awareness-raising event ever since.
Fact: In 1999, 255,000 women in their 70s, 80s and 90s were employed or actively seeking employment in the United States, an 80 percent increase since 1985. The U.S. Security Administration project that more than 7 million people aged 65 and over will fill the labor force by 2020, and 3 million of them will be women.
VCC is lucky to have 5 wonderful businesswomen working for them...
Without their hard work, VCC wouldn't be the company it is today! So if you work with and/or know any women in the business world, show your appreciation for them this week by buying our Fairly traded, organic Cafe Femenino coffee which supports women on all ends of the coffee process. From women farmers, sellers, buyers, and roasters...
We thank you for your support and give appreciation to all of those hardworking businesswomen!
If you are ever out in Crossville, Tennessee stop into Hill's Fresh Produce and Specialties. Not only are the owners delightful, the store is very well laid out with delectable goodies for all ages. Everywhere you look you will find homemade candies. They also supply homemade spices, specialty cooking items, produce, bulk bins of flaxseed, granola, lentils, etc. Even better, they have a marvelous display of Vienna Coffee! If you are looking for some great specialty craft roasted coffee and want to check out someplace new, Hills is definitely a place to go. We give them two scoops up... two scoops of coffee that is.
