Christmas is one of the favorite holidays in the Priebe house (founders of Cultivate Coffee). Every year we pull out the Christmas tree the weekend of Thanksgiving. We break out Trader Joe’s hot apple cider and gluten free peppermint JoJo’s while cranking up the Christmas tunes. It’s the official start to a season of family traditions and great parties with friends. However, all the wonderful memory making is not why we love the holiday so much.
For us, it’s why we are celebrating. You don’t have to go very far or any length of time before you hear about or experience for yourself the brokenness of this world and the people who inhabit it. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. It wasn’t how God set things into motion when He first came down to create our world and form man from the dirt with His breath. Yet, a rebellion occurred; sin was set loose and life became fragile, but even in the rebellion against Him, God made a promise to restore His creation. Over 2000 years ago, God Himself, Creator of heaven and earth left His thrown and glory to enter into the chaos and hurt of this world. He came to give a gift of salvation and the hope that this broken world would one day be set whole again. That hope came not through might and power, but a humble miraculous birth in a dirty manger. 
It’s because of God’s great gift to us that we can now give gifts to others. One of the gifts we try to give at Cultivate is the gift of dignity in work. For the past several months we have provided avenues of paid work experience to fifteen youth who are either refugees in our country or foster kids who are approaching aging out of care. We want each of these teens to know that they are valued, loved, and that they too can have hope. Hope in their future and their potential. This holiday season we want to create more opportunities for these youth to work alongside us. One of the opportunities is through our gift packages. We will need help assembling the boxes and disturbing the gifts to paid customers.
We invite you to join us in our mission by giving the gift of a Cultivate Coffee gift box this holiday season. The contents will not only smell and taste amazing, but you’ll know that you’ve also participated in helping young people achieve dignity as they uncover more of their potential through honest work.
