Tea Party Summer Camp coming to Temple Terrace

 

TEMPLE TERRACE, Florida -- The Tea Party has been making political waves over the past couple of years and now a local group with ties to the movement is taking aim at a younger demographic.

The Tampa912 project is planning to bring the party's same message to Bay-Area children through its Tampa Liberty School summer camp.

While other kids are tending to more traditional summer activities at camps around the region,Tampa912 is offering parents a more politically conservative - option.

Tim Curtis, a co-founder of the Tampa912 Project, is offering 8-12 year-olds a weeks worth of lessons about what the group calls 'our nation's founding principals'.

Principals, which Curtis believes have been eroding.

"These are concepts that even 8 and 12 year olds can understand. Absolutely," says Curtis.

The camp will take place at a room donated by the Paideia Christian School in temple terrace during the second week of July.

The Monday through Friday camp is three hours a day, 9:00 am to 12 noon, and costs just $15.

And that brings up one of the principals they'll be discussing, financial responsibility.

One of the group's principals describes money by saying: "I work hard for what I have and I will share it with whom I want to."

Money, they'll tell the children, is to be used as they see fit to help people, "And not something to be imposed by a state local or federal government."

Curtis says it's not all that different from other specialized summer camps, when you think about it. Like music camp, or golf camp. It's just stuff kids don't always have enough time to learn in school, he says.

For some parents the subject matter may seem a bit heavy for summer camp.

Mary Nodden, a parent from Tampa says when she sends her son to camp it won't be for political doctrine.

"I want to send him to have fun," says Nodden.

Others didn't rule it out completely.

Eliza Hunter, whose daughter is 8, says the camp might not be for her, but can she can see how it might appeal to others.

"If there's someone teaching about values and economics - if they start teaching there, I think it'd be interesting," says Hunter.

If you're interested, organizers said as of early Tuesday they still had about ten slots open for the summer camp.

You can learn more by visiting their Meetup website: Tampa912 Meetup.

Eric Glasser

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Tea Championship Names "Blue-Ribbon" Iced Teas, Just In Time For Summer

Press Release Source: World Tea Expo On Wednesday June 1, 2011, 12:42 pm EDT

LAS VEGAS, June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Specialty iced teas are gathering steam in popularity and quality, according to organizers of the North American Tea Championship (www.teachampionship.com), which named 14 first-place winners in various categories in the annual Iced Tea Class evaluation. The event took place May 24 in Montebello, Calif. The Championship is the only independent competition, judged by professional cuppers, to distinguish the highest quality and best tasting teas that are commercially available in the North American marketplace.

Tea experts who judged the North American Tea Championship include: Michael Cardenas, owner, Innovative Dining Group; David De Candia, senior manager and tea master/tea blender, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf; and Patrick Main, quality manager, Peet's Coffee & Tea.

A total of 43 tea companies showcased an assortment of more than 130 premium iced teas – nearly double the entries than 2010. Competitors ranged from small, boutique tea manufacturers to mid-size tea companies and mass manufacturers, and there were winners to represent each.

Wilbur Curtis (www.wilburcurtis.com) a leading manufacturer of tea brewers and accessories, was the host and equipment supplier of the competition. Cirqua Customized Water (www.cirqua.com) provided 300 gallons of water for the Championship. ?

Winners include:

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Snapple Green Tea (www.drpeppersnapplegroup.com); Ready-to-Drink-Flavored Green TeaITO EN, LTD, TEA'S TEA Low Calorie-Mango Oolong ?(www.ITOEN.com); Ready-to-Drink-Flavored Oolong TeaMilo's Tea Company, Milo's No Calorie Tea Gallon (www.milostea.com); Ready-to-Drink-Sweetened Black Tea Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee, Classic Southern Iced Tea Concentrate, Sweetened (www.motherparkers.com); Foodservice-BIB Unflavored / Sweetened Black Tea Numi Organic Tea, Earl Grey Pu-erh Tea (www.numitea.com); Ready-to-Drink-Flavored Black TeaQTrade Teas & Herbs, Summer Classic, Organic & Fair Trade (www.qtradeteas.com); Foodservice-Unflavored Black Tea QTrade Teas & Herbs, Imperial Green, Organic (www.qtradeteas.com); Foodservice-Unflavored Green Tea Rare Tea Cellar, Lemon Berry Meritage-Organic (www.rareteacellar.com); Foodservice-Flavored Herbal The Republic of Tea, Calorie-Free Sweet Green Tea (www.republicoftea.com); Ready-to-Drink-Sweetened Green Tea Revolution Tea, LLC, Revolution Iced, Classic (www.revolutiontea.com); Foodservice-BIB Unflavored / Unsweetened Black Tea Rooibee Red Tea, Herbal RRT Watermelon Mint (www.rooibeeredtea.com); Ready-to-Drink-Flavored / Sweetened Teas Etc., Meyer Lemon Black (www.teasetc.com); Foodservice-Flavored Black Tea Tejava, Tejava (www.tejava.com); Ready-to-Drink-Unflavored Black TeaWalters Bay Bogawantalawa Estates, Tropical Green Iced Tea (www.waltersbay.com); Foodservice-Flavored Green Tea

A complete list of first, second and third-place winners, and details on the Championship, is available at www.teachampionship.com.

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