Three Tropical Smoothie Cafes in Broward support Habitat for Humanity of Broward

March 7, 2012 - PRLog -- Tropical Smoothie Café Stores:
Fort Lauderdale: Harbor Shops, 1922 Cordova Rd, Ft Lauderdale, Tel: 954 523 2268
Davie:  5780 S. University Drive, Davie.  Tel: 954 880 0840
Aventura: 1880 NE 29th Avenue, #9, Aventura.  Tel: 786 666 5951

Broward County, FL, March 6th, 2012 – Tropical Smoothie Café (3 Broward Stores:  Fort Lauderdale, Aventura and Davie) is pleased to announce that it will be supporting Habitat For Humanity of Broward by providing 200+ lunches for the volunteer students who will be helping to build affordable housing during their spring break between March 4-23.

Regional Manager of Tropical Smoothie Café, Greg Marcotte, commented, “We are very excited to support such a worthy cause as Habitat For Humanity of Broward.  We are always looking at ways to give back to the local community. Our three local stores will be supplying boxed lunches and smoothies for all the students”.
The students are participating in Habitat’s national alternative break program, Collegiate Challenge.  Collegiate Challenge provides the students with an opportunity to help build affordable housing in the area. The work they’ll do during their spring break will have a lasting impact in our community.  The students will be working on 10 homes in our Fort Lauderdale Community, our only “green” build site.  The tasks they will be completing are: trussing (literally raising a roof onto a home), drying in roofs, adding shingling to roofs, painting and landscaping.  The students are trained by Habitat Team leaders who also volunteer their time to lead the students on the construction site.
“Thanks to the loyal support from our sponsors, such as Tropical Smoothie Cafe, we are able to provide lunch to our student volunteers, whose impact on the construction site is immeasurable.” Stated Eliot Imhoff, Habitat for Humanity of Broward, Volunteer Coordinator.  

The students are visiting from nine schools in various states.  They will work on 4-5 houses during the 3 week period and perform tasks such as wall furring, trussing, and painting.
For the past 23 years, more than 194,000 students have spent their school breaks volunteering across the country through this Habitat for Humanity program.  Habitat Broward plans to help more than 30 families this year.
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Media Contact Information
Sharon Phillips
FMI-Marketing
Tel: 954 540 1896
Email: sharon@fmi-marketing.com

Tropical Smoothie Café
Greg Marcotte
Area Developer South Florida
Tropical Smoothie Cafe
Tel: 954 443 8076
Cell: 321 543 6606
Email: gtsmooth1e@aol.com


About Tropical Smoothie Café
Established in Destin, Fla., in 1997, Tropical Smoothie Café has taken the smoothie concept to the next level by offering diners a healthy alternative to typical fast food. The concept, which introduced food in 1999, provides consumers with a variety of high-quality real-fruit smoothies, specialty wraps, grilled flatbreads and gourmet sandwiches and salads. The company also caters. Tropical Smoothie Café includes menu options for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Ranked 127 out of 500 and rated one of the fastest growing franchises by Entrepreneur Magazine, the concept currently has more than 285 locations in 34 states. Plans call for over 300 locations by the end of 2011. For more information, visit www.tropicalsmoothiecafe.com or call 888-292-2522.

About Habitat for Humanity of Broward
Celebrating almost 30 years of building houses and hope in Broward County, Habitat for Humanity of Broward is a non-profit, non-denominational Christian housing ministry that has successfully built more than 300 homes. Dedicated to eradicating substandard housing by building simple, decent, affordable homes in partnership with low- to very low-income families in need, Habitat for Humanity is a catalyst for individual and community transformation. Visit our website at: www.habitatbroward.org

Contact for Habitat for Humanity of Broward
Eliot Imhoff
Volunteer Coordinator
Habitat for Humanity of Broward
3564 North Ocean Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308
T: 954.396.3030 x. 210
F: 954.396.3050
eliot@habitatbroward.org
www.habitatbroward.org

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Tropical Smoothie Café has taken the smoothie concept to the next level by offering diners a healthy alternative to typical fast food with a variety of high-quality fruit smoothies, specialty wraps, grilled flatbread and gourmet sandwiches and salads.