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Yuppies To The Rescue

Yuppies To The Rescue

Beginning this week, Odwalla plans to donate 10 cents from every purchase of Mango Tango Smoothies to the Haiti relief effort. The money is intended to promote training and better market access for Haiti’s mango farmers.

“With the one-year anniversary of the earthquake upon us, we wanted to renew our commitment to the important reconstruction efforts continuing to take place in Haiti,” said Alison Lewis, President, Odwalla. “As one of our most popular flavors, it made sense to make Mango Tango part of the Haiti Hope Project in an effort to keep this important cause top-of-mind among consumers who share our commitment to sustainable living and doing good things for the community.”

Fabulous! More chances for yuppies to feel great about themselves as they head to Whole Foods in their Tods shoes with their reusable “Feed the World” bags. Just kidding. It seems like a great idea, and as a fan of anything relating to mangoes, I wholly approve.

 

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Keena Seyfarth

Keena Seyfarth is a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, getting a combination Masters degree in International Health and Humanitarian Assistance at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and International Development and International Economics at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. She has lived much of her life in rural Africa, and traveled extensively through southern and eastern Africa. She recently returned from six months in Ethiopia, where she worked for the public hospital system.