On the 4th August 763 cafes and 50 Coffee Roasters teamed up with their customers to raise over $200,000. HOW GOOD IS THAT! It was a massive community effort resulting in an increase in donations of 25% (on 2016 results) so we are all pretty chuffed!
A huge thanks and a hearty slap on the back to everyone who participated and chipped into the CafeSmart pot, all those micro donations really add up. We are now busy working to distribute these funds to support local homeless services and will announce recipients in late November. CafeSmart is all about the $1 micro donation and how we can all take action and chip in to make a difference. We love and appreciate all our CafeSmart supporters and participants, and it is certainly the case that the sum is more than the parts, however, we also like to acknowledge our top contributors…
Roaster Awards
The drivers of CafeSmart are our Roaster Partners. They help us connect with the industry and cafes across the country. Coffee Roasters are the engine room of CafeSmart. Our 2017 Roaster Champs were the awesome crew at Single O who recruited and supported 64 of their wholesale customers. A close second and runners up were long-time supporters Five Senses. Our Top Five Coffee Roasters were…
- Single O
- Five Senses
- Campos Coffee
- Allpress
- Axil Coffee Roasters
The Single O team take out the Top Roaster Award
2017 Café Fundraising Awards
This year we had 30% more cafes involved across Australia with a big jump in NSW and QLD. This means that more homeless projects in those States will be funded and more people helped. Every café who gets involved has an impact on their community, and in some cases cafes go beyond the call of duty. Hats off to our top fundraisers…
The team at Yellow Bernard in Hobart were once again our National Fundraising Champions raising a staggeringly huge $1,686, and Two Chaps in Marrickville were our Runners Up raising an equally amazing $1,541. Single O CBD in Sydney were our ‘Beat Your Best’ Champs increasing their Year on Year tally by the most, and the ‘Best New Café’ went to The Grounds in the City in Sydney. This year we also introduced the ‘Collection Box Challenge’ which was won by On The Go Espresso in Marcoola, Sunshine Coast, who collected $822.50 from their very generous customers. We also acknowledge cafes and people who shone as our Community Champions – putting in a huge effort to make CafeSmart such a success.
David and team at Yellow Bernard, Hobart, Top Fundraisers Award
The Full List of Awards…
| Fundraising Awards | Café Name |
|---|---|
| National Fundraising Champions | Yellow Bernard |
| National Top Fundraiser Runners Up | Two Chaps Cafe |
| Top 10 National Fundraisers - No. 3 | The Grounds of Alexandria |
| Top 10 National Fundraisers - No. 4 | Kwik Koffee Busselton |
| Top 10 National Fundraisers - No.5 | Higher Ground |
| Top 10 National Fundraisers - No.6 | The Grounds of the City |
| Top 10 National Fundraisers - No. 7 | Yelo |
| Top 10 National Fundraisers - No.8 | Single O - Surry Hills |
| Top 10 National Fundraisers - No.9 | Axil Coffee Roasters - HQ |
| Top 10 National Fundraisers - No. 10 | Top Paddock |
| Beat Your Best Champs | Single O - CBD CAFÉ |
| Beat Your best runners up | On The Go Espresso |
| Beat Your Best - No.3 | Kwik Koffee Busselton |
| Beat Your Best - No.4 | Flock Espresso & Eats |
| Beat Your Best - No.5 | The Cog |
| National Best New Café | The Grounds of the City |
| Best New Café runners up | Axil Coffee Roasters - Chadstone |
| Best New Café - No.3 | Le Grove Cafe |
| Best New Café - No.4 | Padre Coffee Sth Melb Mkt |
| Best New Café - No.5 | Milky Joe's |
| State Champs | |
| ACT | Stand By Me |
| NSW | Two Chaps Café |
| NT | Laneway Specialty Coffee |
| QLD | On The Go Espresso |
| SA | Taste the Yorke |
| TAS | Yellow Bernard |
| VIC | Higher Ground |
| WA | Kwik Koffee Busselton |
| Collection Box Challenge - Winner | On The Go Espresso |
| Collection Box Challenge- Runner up | Yellow Bernard |
| Collection Box Challenge - 3rd | Taste the Yorke |
| Collection Box Challenge - 4th | Kwik Koffee Busselton |
| Collection Box Challenge - 5th | Single O - Surry Hills |
| Community Champions Awards | Alowishus Delicious |
| Danni Mann - Besser Kitchen | |
| Dave Humphrys - On the Go Espresso | |
| Mrs P's | |
| Pioneer Coffee Roasters | |
| Stand By Me Café | |
| Two Chaps Café | |
| Vertue of the Coffee Drink | |
| Yellow Bernard |
We couldn’t raise these funds without the support of our event sponsors so a huge shout out and thanks to SKIP (our Principal Sponsors), Broadsheet, La Marzocco and Ordermate for their financial support and commitment to the event and cause, and for the help from supporters Cargo Crew and Beanscene.
Photo Competition
We had over 1250+ photos posted to social media – check out the winners here.
And a selection from the event in our Facebook Photo Album
Finally – thanks to everyone who drank a brew or two on the day and chipped in to help us support people across our communities doing it tough.
