Our friend and Olympic Medalist, J.R. Celski, has been nominated for the Seattle P.I.’s Sports Star of the Year along, with others in 3 categories.

J.R. grew up in Federal Way, skating at Pattison’s West skating rink. At age three he followed his older brothers as an inline skater, and by age eight won his first national championship. Before he moved from inline skating to short track ice at age 13, he amassed four inline national championships and two national records. Starting at age 14, he skated on the ice under a renowned coach who took him to the World Junior Championships a mere 18 months later where he earned his first bronze medal, one of the youngest ever in the world to medal at world junior level.

By age 18, he was rated second in the senior world of short track speedskating by winning the silver medal at the 2009 World Championships in Vienna, Austria. At the U.S. Olympic Trials in September 2009, J.R. suffered a near fatal injury by cutting his left leg with his right skate blade, exactly five months to the day before his first event in the Olympics. Through a recovery described as a miracle, and with great determination, J.R. bounced back to earn two medals in the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, B.C. He followed that performance up with three more medals at the World Championships held in Bulgaria in March 2010.

Vote for J.R. here: http://www.seattlesports.org/site484.php Voting is open once per person, every 24 hours. Please share this link with your friends and family to help our friend, J.R!

Thank you!

Team Forza

Love Coffee? Looking at buying a place of your own? Get your questions answered.

What’s Brewin’ With South Sound Real Estate?

It’s obvious that with todays’ real estate market there are deals to be had with homes that cost half of what they did just a few years ago.

The problem is that most people just don’t know how to start or where to turn.

Gary Hawkinson, Mortgage Loan Professional

Forza Coffee Company and TheREsource.tv have joined together to provide a solution to those coffee lovers looking to branch out and find a place of their own.

Join us, during this 1 hour long community gathering to get to the bottom of your tough questions & concerns. All the while showing you what to expect during the home buying process and providing you with solid real estate guidance.

Co-Host of TheREsource.tv, a leading real estate industry broadcast, Gary Hawkinson & Local Expert Realtors Don & Suzie Karstedt of Millenium Real Estate are here to answer YOUR questions about the current home buying environment and how to make your money go the furthest.

We want you to know this is not a sales pitch event, no products will be offered for sale. This is simply a community outreach to help those looking for expert guidance.

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Date and Time: Saturday, December 11, 2010 from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (PT)

Location: Forza Coffee
2700 Bridgeport Way W.
Suite G
University Place, WA 98466

What’s new at Forza Coffee Company? Come by our Pearl Street and 27th Street stores on 12/8 and see for yourself!

Have you ever found yourself needing to print a document, image, directions, or an important contract? We know it can be a pain to leave and go find a place to print – so we are happy to introduce printing services at our Pearl Street and 27th Street stores!

Further, as A Gift To The People, for the month of December, we are giving it away for free!

That’s right – stop into our Pearl Street or 27th Street Forza locations and print for free print securely from your smartphone, iPad, laptop, from anywhere!

What about other stores? If you frequent another Forza and would like to see a printer there, just let the employees know.

Tacoma, Wash., December 9, 2010 – Forza Coffee Company today announced that it will offer mobile printing capabilities to its customers at its Tacoma, Wash., store, located at 2209 North Pearl Street. Customers using laptops, tablets or smartphones (such as a BlackBerry® smartphone, Apple® iPhone® and iPad®, DROID or any Internet-enabled device) will now be able to print at Forza using Ricoh HotSpot technology without the need for a device-specific driver or special software.

Ricoh recently surveyed consumers on their attitudes toward mobile printing, and of those that own a laptop, tablet or smartphone and go to a local coffee shop to do work, a third of survey respondents said they would be likely to consider printing documents at a coffee shop. In addition, a third of overall respondents felt that it would be valuable for their local coffee shop to provide them with printing capabilities.*

“At Forza, we are continually looking for new ways to enhance our customers’ experience,” said Shaun Nestor, communication director for Forza. “We believe offering mobile printing to our customers, many of whom already spend time in our stores doing work on their laptops, tablets or smartphones, is a beneficial service and a natural extension to our menu.”

Forza Coffee Company is offering free printing to all customers between December 8th and January 8th. To use Ricoh HotSpot at Forza, customers simply have to email the document, with or without an attachment, to the printer at ForzaPearl@printspots.com or upload the document to www.printeron.net/Forza/Pearl. Customers will then receive a secure release code to enter at the printer to release their prints.

“Ricoh HotSpot offers customers fast and convenient printing options, all in a secure environment,” said Matt Sakauchi, vice president of the Office Printing Business Group, Ricoh US. “As mobile devices continue to gain popularity, coffee shops, like Forza, are increasingly popular places for people to do work. Installing Ricoh HotSpot technology provides an added, desired service to these customers.”

Mobile printing solutions for Ricoh HotSpot are powered by PrinterOn®. Ricoh Americas Corporation is a leading provider of digital office equipment and advanced document management solutions and services. Further information on Ricoh HotSpot along with other Ricoh document management products and solutions can be found at www.ricoh-usa.com.

*These results are based on a national probability sample of 1,011 telephone interviews among adults 18 years and older living in private households in the continental United States, conducted from November 11-14, 2010. The survey was conducted by CARAVAN®, an omnibus service of Infogroup | ORC for Ricoh Americas Corporation.