The Karma - Conscious Café to make first donation to Saskatoon Food Bank on August 4

SASKATOON, August 4, 2016 — Saskatoon’s first conscious cafe opened on April 15th with much enthusiasm and community support. Inspiring community supported acts of doing good, the Karma Conscious Café & Eatery supports a charitable organization with 3% of its earnings
over a three month period. Now, three months after opening, The Karma will be announcing its donation to the Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre this evening at a special event at 6pm at the cafe. In addition, the next selected charity will be announced for the next three month
period.

The driving principle behind the Karma is the importance of doing good deeds (karma). The
community behind the Karma believe what goes around comes around. The owners and
employees bring this belief into The Karma everyday. Since they have an opportunity to nourish
people, they want to take it a step further by giving back in form of charity and donations from
everything they sell.

“From a young age our parents always mentioned importance of doing good deeds “karma” and that is what we have tried to practice, and bring to the Karma everyday. Community driven businesses such as the Karma is a radical idea in Saskatoon, and we are here to champion this model”, says owner Vivek Patawari.

“We are very excited to see new models of businesses supporting the charities through
purchases and direct donation that bring people together to build community. We are fortunate
to have been selected by the Karma Community as the first charity to partner in building
community”, said Laurie O’Connor, Executive Director of the Saskatoon Food Bank.

Join us along with our community partners at our announcement tonight at 6pm at The Karma
Cafe.

Media Contact:
Vivek Patawari (306) 251-1130