Coffee Bags On The Runway
For many years the St Paul Reindeer Coffee has been donating our used coffee bags to non-profit groups as requested. Little did we know the good this was doing! We recently were notified that Baglady Bags - a St. Paul non-profit helping the developmentally disabled - has raised $25,000 from the sale of handbags made from recycled Reindeer Coffee burlap bags.
BagLady Bags were recently featured on Project Runway by local designer Christopher Straub in the Reuse Ravishly challenge. Tim Gunn, one of the show's hosts remarked "that is a heck of a bag, Christopher. Now work work work." It was revealed later that Gunn called Baglady Bags that night and ordered 24 bags for his staff as holiday gifts.
Reindeer is proud to be part of this good work and we now feel quite stylish whenever we unload new bags of coffee from the truck.
The St Paul Stitchers Knitting Club (SPSKC) has selected St Paul Reindeer as their preferred coffee provider. 
The St Paul Reindeer was recently presented the "Best Start-up
Incubator" award presented by the St Paul Entrepreneur Society. The
award was presented to Reindeer "for providing the best support to
start-up businesses in 2009." Cited in the decision making process was
the St Paul Reindeer's wonderful, sound-proof conference room space for
meetings, workshops, group meetings and more. Featuring a
first-come-first-served reservation policy, free wi-fi and meeting
supplies, the Society noted the space makes it easy for start-ups to
have a critical meeting space without the need to expend precious
resources. 
