Dutch Luv Day Highlights:
*Thursday, February 14, Dutch Bros will giveback giveback $1 from every drink sold to local non-profits fighting hunger in our communities
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*In 2018, Dutch Bros customers helped provide 945,000 meals
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*This year, the goal is to provide more than 1 million meals
A single coffee purchase will be part of a larger movement Thursday, February 14. Dutch Bros customers in seven states will join together to help end hunger in their communities.
“We believe in having basic fundamental needs met as it is every human’s right,” said Kendra Lellis, Director of Dutch Bros’ Love Abounds Foundation. “Everyone needs to have access to nutritious meals. Taking care of the our communities is a core value for both Dutch Bros and our customers, which is why we created Dutch Luv Day.”
Each year, Dutch Bros and its customers celebrate Valentine’s Day by showing the community some Dutch Luv. On February 14, all Dutch Bros locations will donate $1 from each drink sold to a local non-profit working to feed the hungry.
In 2018, Dutch Bros customers helped provide 945,000 meals. Of those, nearly 60,000 were served in Jackson County, Oregon alone.
“Food insecurity in our region is a serious matter, touching close to 30,000 families in Jackson County alone,” said Kellie Battaglia, development director at ACCESS, one of the organizations supported by Dutch Luv Day. “Many of the families ACCESS helps are in a situation where their monthly income is just not enough to pay all of the household bills and put healthy food on the table. It’s because of dedicated partners like Dutch Bros and its customers that we are able to feed those struggling with hunger in our community.”
This year, Dutch Bros is hoping customers will continue their generosity and help provide more than one million meals. It’s a goal Dutch Bros leaders are confident coffee fans will meet and even exceed.
“Hunger impacts all of us. Even if you’ve never been hungry, or worried about where your next meal is coming from, I’m sure you know and love someone who has,” said Lellis. “I have a close friend whose favorite Christmas gift as a child was the box of food her grandparents would get her family. I know working families who can’t afford rent, daycare and food, so they have to choose. We see a future where hunger is non-existent and are doing our part to attain that outcome. Until our society finds a solution, Dutch Bros will pitch in to support the organizations giving to our communities.”
Organizations Supported in your Area
Arizona
Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona
Meals on Wheels
St. Vincent de Paul
United Food Bank
Yavapai County Food Bank
California
California Emergency Foodlink
Community Action Partnership
Elk Grove Food Bank
Emergency Food Bank
FISH of Santa Rosa
FISH of Sonoma
Food Bank of Contra Costa & Solano
Food for All
Food for People
Good News Rescue Mission
Granite Falls Community Coalition
Help 4 People
Lodi Community Center
NVCSS
Orland Pantry
Oroville Hope Center
Poverello House
Sunrise Food Closet
Yolo Food Bank
Yuba Sutter Food Bank
Colorado
Community Food Share
Food Bank for Larimer County
Jeff Co Eats
Ronald McDonald House
Weld Food Bank
Idaho
Asotin County Food Bank
Boise Rescue Mission
Community Action Partnership
Meridian Food Bank
Moscow Food Bank
Post Falls Food Bank
South Central Community Action Partnership
The Community Food Basket
Western Idaho Community Action Partnership
Nevada
Food Bank of Northern Nevada
Food for Thought
Three Square Food Bank
Oregon
ACCESS
Agape House
Brookings Harbor Community Helpers
Clackamas Service Center
Clatsop Community Action
Columbia Pacific Food Bank
Dallas Food Bank
Doug Hoskins Research Center
FISH of Hood River
FISH of Newberg
Florence Food Share
Food for Lane County
Francis Center
Hillsboro Salvation Army
Josephine County Food Bank
Klamath and Lake Counties Food Bank
La Grande Neighbors Together of Union County
Lebanon Soup Kitchen
Lincoln County Food Share
Linn Benton Food Share
Marion Polk Food Share
NeighborImpact
Oregon Coast Community Action
Oregon Food Bank
Our Daily Bread Ministries
SnowCap Rockwood
South County Community Food Bank
Sweet Home Emergency Ministries
Temporary Emergency Shelter
The Dalles Community Meals
Tualatin School House Pantry
UCAN of Douglas County
WOU Food Pantry
Yamhill Community Action Partnership
Washington
Auburn Interfaith Food Closet
Blue Mountain Action Council
Clark County Food Bank
Food Lifeline
Jubilee Ministry Food Bank
Multi-Service Center
Northwest Harvest
Placer Food Bank
Rochester Friends and Neighbors
Second Harvest Food Bank
St. Joseph’s Food Bank
Sunrise Outreach Center of Yakima
Valley Christian Center
The Belly Brigade
The Pantry Project
Thurston County Food Bank
