Humphreys Street Coffee

Make a change LOCALLY: Humphreys Street Coffee Company is a non-profit business providing jobs for the young men in the MIMIC(Men in Mentoring in Community) mentoring program of Harvest HandsCommunity Development Corporation.* We offer students an alternativeto juvenile crime in our community and an opportunity to connect withpositive mentors. We empower students to develop job skills, learn thevalue of service, and earn money in their own neighborhood. The profitsfrom sales of Humphreys Street Coffee are reinvested into the students, theMIMIC mentoring program and into a college scholarship fund.

Make a change GLOBALLY: We offer a unique selection of fairly traded andorganic coffees from around the globe. We believe the farmers who growcoffee as well as the earth from which the coffee grows, deserves respect,meaning fair wages for farmers and organic growing practices for the earth.

Make a change in QUALITY: We are an artisan micro roaster located inSouth Nashville. We offer the highest quality coffees roasted in smallbatches to ensure the freshest, best tasting coffee available. We roastcoffees to the level that brings out their optimal flavors.* Harvest Hands CDC is a non-profit community development organizationin Nashville, Tennessee. Harvest Hands exists to be a catalyst of wholisticcommunity development, focusing on healthy living, education, spiritualformation, and economic development. The organization works alongsideits neighbors, empowering them to bring about positive change withinthemselves, their families and the community.

WOW! Soap

WOW! Soap is the micro-business that is part of the WOW! mentoring program of Harvest Hands, pairing young ladies with adult female mentors who encourage them spiritually, academically and relationally. As a WOW! student, each young lady will learn the art of making, marketing, and selling all-natural, handmade soap. WOW! Soap is handmade by both teenage and adult ladies in South Nashville. Profits from soap sales provide jobs for the teens & ladies, a college scholarship fund and an investment back into Harvest Hands.

1 Bar of Soap =$5 5 Bars of Soap = $20

Why should you use WOW! handmade soap?

•	Handmade soaps retain all of the glycerin produced during the soap making process due to the low temperatures of manufacture. Glycerin is a natural emollient and humectant, which means it promotes moisture retention on the skin
•	Many commercial soaps are actually comprised of detergents and chemicals that can irritate or dry out the skin
•	Our handmade soaps are crafted out of the finest of oils and are made of only plant materials

Fragrances:

•	Oatmeal, Milk & Honey
•	Almond
•	Bonsai (a very clean scent for a man or woman)
•	Arabian Spice (nice spicy scent for a man or woman)
•	Sleeping Angels (powder fresh)

Essential Line:

•	Lavender (relaxing)
•	Peppermint (awakening)
•	Honey Almond (very pleasant & soothing)
•	Tea Tree Peppermint (healing)
•	Sleeping Angels (powder fresh)

Seasonal Lines:

•	Spring & Summer:
•	Coconut

Fall & Winter:

•	Pumpkin Spice
•	Chai Tea
•	Orange Spice
•	Feliz Navidad (warm cider with hints of cinnamon)

Affordable Housing Ministry

The purpose of the Harvest Hands Affordable Housing Initiative is to create more opportunities for indigenous neighbors to have safe, affordable, quality housing and to preserve the integrity of the neighborhood through collaboration and resident participation. In our service area, Harvest Hands will concentrate on purchasing vacant lots, abandoned housing, and problem properties. 

To promote stability and create affordable home ownership opportunities for our neighbors, we intend to continue purchasing land in our neighborhood and slowly begin developing houses at lower costs. The development will honor the integrity of the neighborhood by reflecting local architecture and incorporating neighborhood feedback. The goal is for Harvest Hands families to benefit from this development by the opportunity for homeownership and increased neighborhood stability. Through an ongoing partnership with each family, Harvest Hands will work to support them educationally as a homeowner. We also will place a deed restriction on those properties to ensure multigenerational affordability.

We are currently partnering with a number of nonprofit organizations to support us in our first development, but will eventually evolve into a self-sustaining affordable housing program.

If you are interested in learning more about our Affordable Housing program, please contact our Affordable Housing Coordinator, Lindsey Kurtz at 615.499.4963.

Support

BECOME AN ADVOCATE!
If you would like to support Harvest Hands through a tax-deductible financial gift, please mail checks to:
Harvest Hands CDC
424 Humphreys Street
Nashville, TN 37203
Or donate online by clicking here