SWEET LEAF® TEA Gifts Generous In-Kind Donation To Austin Education Nonprofit GIRLSTART

AUSTIN, Texas - Aug. 1, 2013 - PRLog -- AUSTIN, TX (August 1, 2013) –Sweet Leaf® Tea,a brand known for its authentic, organic and/or all-natural teas and beverages, commits another “sweet act” by providing a generous in-kind donation of much needed office and technology supplies to Girlstart, an Austin-based nonprofit benefiting young girls. The donation will benefit Girlstart’s comprehensive science, technology, engineering and math educational (STEM) programs.

With a mission to empower girls in science, technology, engineering and math, the Girlstart program was in need of back to school supplies for the upcoming school year. Sweet Leaf® Tea’s recently launched Be Sweet Out There™ campaign, a nationwide push to encourage random acts of sweetness, was the perfect excuse for the premium beverage brand to give back to its home market. To jumpstart the Back To School STEM supplies drive, Sweet Leaf® Tea is donating computers, keyboards, monitors, speakers, office supplies and more to benefit over 1,000 students at 44 schools across Texas through the Girlstart program.

“We are thrilled to be the kick-off donor for Girlstart’s Back To School STEM supplies campaign,” says Meghan Conboy, Marketing Manager of Sweet Leaf® Tea. “We’re so excited to support such an important cause in our hometown and hope others will join us in our vision to make the STEM supplies drive a success.”

Girlstart’s mission is to increase girls’ interest and engagement in STEM areas through innovative, nationally-recognized programs. By empowering more girls to continue STEM studies, Girlstart hopes to address the nation’s STEM workforce inequities and impact innovation and economic development in America and across the globe.

“We appreciate Sweet Leaf® Tea’s generous donation of school supplies to our fast-growing Girlstart after school programs,” says Julie Shannan, deputy director of Girlstart. “Their gift will help us bring free STEM education and inspiration to students in Texas, and will help us in our ongoing goal to inspire more girls to pursue STEM degrees and STEM careers, in order to take on the world’s greatest challenges.”

For additional information about Sweet Leaf® Tea, please visit www.sweetleaftea.com.

For additional information about Girlstart, please visit www.girlstart.org.

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About Sweet Leaf® Tea

Founded in 1998, Sweet Leaf® Tea is  based on its founder’s grandmother’s recipe and technique, and is available nationwide. Sweet Leaf® Tea is now a part of the Nestlé Waters North America family of companies, joining the number three non-alcoholic beverage company by volume in the US. For more information please visit, http://www.sweetleaftea.com

About Girlstart

Girlstart’s mission is to increase girls’ interest and engagement in STEM through innovative, nationally-recognized, informal STEM education programs. By empowering more girls to continue STEM studies, we can help address our nation’s STEM workforce inequities and impact innovation and economic development in America and across the globe.

Founded in Austin, Texas, in 1997, Girlstart is the only community-based informal STEM education nonprofit in the nation specifically dedicated to empowering and equipping girls in STEM through year-round STEM educational programming. To accomplish its mission, Girlstart develops and implements a range of innovative, research-and-standards-based education and mentorship programs designed to promote girls’ early engagement and academic success in STEM, encouraging girls’ aspirations and persistence in STEM education and careers, and incubate a talented and diverse STEM workforce.