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January 16th – January 22nd, 2012

Published on January 15, 2012 in Coffee, Events, Park and Staff. 0 Comments

AT THE PERK

CLOSE EARLY, 6pm, for Staff Meeting: Tuesday, January 17th at 6pm. As always, we apologize for any inconvenience.

WRITERS MEETUP: Wednesday, January 18th 7-9pm in the Living Room. Led by the generously published Kelli Jae Baeli.

We say goodbye and good luck to MK SAGARIA, who has been our interim manager at Wash Perk. She generously stayed a few weeks beyond her initial commitment. This week we welcome SHARON HEALY to her new responsibilities as manager. You already know her as a barista, and she will keep one shift a week back bar. As many of you know, Sharon is an accomplished large canvas artist. Her beautiful works can barely fit on our walls! We also welcome RYAN JEFFERS, as he begins his training as a barista this week. Ryan is a multi-lingual student, specializing in grammar and linguistics. He will help us with shifts given up by Sharon and KRISTEN BAIR. Kristen will be going to New Zealand in February for her semester abroad.

AROUND THE PERK

POLAR BEAR 5K: Sunday, January 22nd 10am at Washington Park.

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December 26th – January 1st, 2012!!!

Published on December 26, 2011 in Community, Events, Music and Staff. 0 Comments

HAPPY LAST WEEK OF 2011!!!!

Our Crew: Jon,Teri,Mekenzie,Sharon,Amber,Andrea,Helen,Debbi,Jason,Kelly,Leah,Kristen,Chelsea and Kate!

Wow! Hard to believe it’s the final week of 2011. We enjoyed a festive gathering at the shop last week, with past and present staff and spouses. Both Debbi and I feel so fortunate to work with such amazing peeps, and it was fun to celebrate them as we close out the year. Happy New Year to each of you! THANK YOU for bringing Wash Perk in to another year of business!

AT THE PERK:

ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS: Tuesday, December 27th 7-9pm in Living Room.

LIVE MUSIC: Howard Ostrow and Paul Mimlitsch: Friday, December 30th, 4:30-6:30pm. This will be their first performance at the Perk and they will have cds available for purchase. Please warmly welcome these talented men. Check out Howard’s work online at AloneTone.

NEW YEAR’S DAY HOURS: Sunday, January 1st OPEN 7am-1pm because Kate, Kelly and Mekenzie want to bring in the new year with a great cup of coffee, and lots of you nice peeps Thanks, ladies!

Now carrying THE GATHERING PLACE handmade, one of a kind cards. Women who participate create handmade note cards and receive $1.50 for each of their cards that is sold. It’s a wonderful, empowering organization and Wash Perk feels proud to carry their unique cards.

COMING UP: Our barista, KATE HATCH belongs to a dance group called the Dream Project and their next performance is at The Lakewood Cultural Center on JANUARY 14th, 6pm and 8:30 pm. A portion of ticket sales will go to Two Angels Foundation. Most of us from the shop are going!

SO LONG again to KELLY O’LAUGHLIN. Kelly will be returning to Italy for another Theater Camp tour of duty….She leaves January 5th, and her last day at shop is January 3rd.

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December 12th – December 18th, 2011

Published on December 11, 2011 in Community, Events, Promotions and Staff. 0 Comments

Mekenzie, Andrea, Amber and Leah

AT THE PERK:

20% OFF ALL RETAIL THIS WEEK, including TRAVEL MUGS, CERAMIC MUGS, WRAP n MATS, BAMBOO CUTLERY, TEES, BIBS and HATS. (excludes greeting cards, gift cards, beans and all non-profit merchandise)

ORGANIZING FOR AMERICA: Tuesday, 6-8pm at the Big Table. OFA representatives hoping to field questions and give information about campaign and plans for future.

Please welcome Jess Engman, our newest barista in training the next few weeks. We will be training her in preparation for Kelly’s return to Italy. She heads back January 5th, and we are thrilled for her. See Jessica’s bio on our staff page. We also welcome back barista Kristen Bair, who is on break until late January. She is in between a semester at sea and a semester abroad…. poor baby

Kristen and Kelly

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November 7th – November 13th, 2011

Published on November 6, 2011 in Community, Events, Promotions, Staff and Uncategorized. 0 Comments

AT THE PERK:

STUDY NIGHT: Monday, November 7th 5-8pm. Our baristas will play music conducive to studying with hourly stretch/dance breaks.

LESBIAN BOOK CLUB: Thursday, November 10th 7-9pm in Living Room. Contact:Cynthia McDonald cmcd1070@yahoo.com for more information

AROUND THE PERK:

The Race for Fetal Hope: Sunday, November 13th 10 am at Washington Park.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

FREE MOVIE NIGHT: Friday, November 18th 6-7:30pm in Living Room of Wash Perk. We will be showing RATATOUILLE!!!!!!! $3 cookie/drink for kiddos. This night we will also have popcorn available for donation only to help with our monthly donation to The Fugees Family School Fund.

BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU: Friday, November 18th 7:30-10:30pm at Grant Avenue Community Center. See Merchant’s Association website for more information. A night of wine and celebration, to support the neighborhood Merchant’s Association.

Trophies and gift bags for our Perk Pups

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October 17th – October 23rd, 2011

Published on October 16, 2011 in Community, Events, Perk Pups and Staff. 0 Comments

2011 PERK PUPS SOCCER TEAM

AT THE PERK

STUDY NIGHT: Monday, October 17th 5-8pm. baristas play low key music with hourly stretch breaks.

CLOSE EARLY: Tuesday, October 18th at 6pm for STAFF MEETING. As always, we appreciate your understanding.

LOCAL BIZ COFFEE MEETING and FLAVOR GUIDE RELEASE PARTY: Wednesday, October 19th 8:30-10am in Wash Perk Living Room. Mile High Business Alliance will roll out our very first West Washington Park Local Flavor Guide!

MOVIE NIGHT: Friday, October 21st 6-7:30pm. MONSTER HOUSE viewing in Living Room. $3 for cookie/kid’s drink.

AROUND THE PERK

SCREAM SCRAM: Friday, October 21st 6pm at Washington Park. The Annual 5K in costume to benefit the Boys and Girls Club.

SPECIAL THANKS to the generous individuals and groups that planted and cared for our outdoor planters:

GROW and Kristen Adams. Kristen has been a major supporter of Wash Perk in several ways: she had organized the running group, helped with landscaping (her love) and this year contributed the entire planter.

INFINITE FUTURE and Craig Williams. I met Craig at a class and he offered to volunteer his time and expertise to help refine Wash Perk’s sustainable practices. He has been an amazingly generous contributor to so much behind the scenes at our shop.

REVISION INTERNATIONAL and Eric Kornacki. Eric is a former barista and founder of ReVision, a non-profit that is doing amazing work in Denver. Early on he helped Wash Perk decrease waste behind our bar and he participated in developing our initial sustainability policies.

THE KRAZY LAWN GAL and Esther and Micki. This is their first year in business and they have been so generous to Wash Perk and our patrons. They organized a seedling event early in the season, they maintain our landscaping and remove our snow.

They each donated, planted, cared for and shared all of the beauty, abundance and produce with us. Please support them in any way you can. THANK YOU ALL!!!