Jenna Vathauer,  School Nurse

JAVA HAVE IT!

Teacher, advisor, coach, and play director Lynette Steele-Coon said, “When covid had us on lockdown, due to necessity, I shopped more online. I discovered a coffee from Honduras that was shipped, roasted, and distributed from Mountridge, Kansas.” Mrs. Coon is starting a fundraiser that benefits different Valley Heights clubs such as the junior high drama play, journalism, forensics and the all-school play. 

This fundraiser benefits a local business but also supports hundreds of special projects in Honduras including Christian mission work that brings nurses and doctors to their community and even a library to mention a few. The company goes by the name of “Legacy Farms.” When coffee cherries are ripe, men and women from the mountain community hand pick each berry (cherry) and then the cherries are weighed in for payment. After that, the natural processing begins and the product is sent to their location in Kansas.

“I have had coffee in many places in this world that claimed to be the “best, but honestly, this coffee is superior to most that I have ever tasted,"  says Valley Heights Principal,  Michele Palmgren. 

Different clubs will start selling coffee to the Valley Heights community and beyond.  Sales will start Friday, September 23 to Friday, October 22.  You may contact the high school at 785 363-2508 if you would like to order coffee and have not been contacted by one of the students from these organizations.

Article by: Michelle Sandoval