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The Ugly Mug’s Coffee for a Cause module donates a apportionment of coffee and tea purchases to a internal charity. Video by Geoffrey Wilson/Poughkeepsie Journal
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Even before he non-stop The Ugly Mug, owners Ori Brachfeld pronounced it was critical for a internal business to give behind to a community.
That thought done a Poughkeepsie coffee shop’s new program, Coffee for a Cause. On certain Saturdays, business can sequence a coffee or tea and know that some of their income is going to a internal charity.
“You can’t be a internal business and not give behind to a village we serve,” Brachfeld said.
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The module started in late-October. Coffee for a Cause donates 50 percent of deduction from coffee and tea purchases as good as 100 percent of tips. As is, a module runs any other Saturday, though Brachfeld hopes to run it any Saturday.
“All of a baristas agreed, and we all trust this is partial of a goal here,” Brachfeld said.
So far, Coffee for a Cause has benefited organizations including Grace Smith House, Sparrow’s Nest and Rebuilding Together Dutchess County. Brachfeld hopes to connect with 10 gift organizations and underline any gift 4 times per year.
The subsequent Coffee for a Cause eventuality will take place Dec. 16 and advantage United Way of a Dutchess-Orange Region.
“Ori stopped into our offices before to opening,” Rachel Johnson, clamp boss of apparatus growth for United Way of a Dutchess-Orange Region, said, “and he done a pledge that when he non-stop his doors, we would do a partnership.”
As partial of a event, a initial 25 people to tip will accept a giveaway transport mop from United Way.
“We’re so vehement to be selected as a target of Coffee for a Cause, and we’re happy that The Ugly Mug recognizes a purpose of non-profits in creation a village stronger,” Johnson said.
Coffee for a Cause usually requires dual things: a gift contingency be internal and they should share a eventuality on amicable media.
“The usually thing we unequivocally get out of it is exposure, though if it means that some-more people stop in to lift money, it works out for a best,” Brachfeld said.
And Brachfeld pronounced he’d be happy if other internal businesses take a ideal.
“That only means these charities make some-more money,” he said.
Geoffrey Wilson: gwilson@poughkeepsiejournal.com, 845-437-4882, Twitter: Geoff_LW