Nashville Coffee Shop Loves Africa, Too

For the last few months, I've gotten to know Chip - a regular customer whose drink order (a non-fat vanilla latte) is about as reliable as his presence Monday through Friday.

A few weeks ago, Chip and his wife asked me to help out with a charity they are involved in. I am always glad to hear about people in our neighborhood doing work for the good of our community, so I asked Chip to tell me more about it. I was intrigued to hear that this charity - Ellie's Run for Africa - was started by a young teen in Nashville who had the initiative to start her own charitable event.

As a teenager I put together a charitable event for children in Liberia, but Ellie’s Run was a much larger and more impressive effort. Ellie’s personal efforts remind me that we can all contribute in our own ways to make a positive difference. By placing a donation box at our front register, we can spread the word about this worthy cause and facilitate donations for customers who would like to contribute. We'll continue to collect donations for our customers up to the 31st of May and DrinkHaus will be MATCHING those donations, up to $200, as our contribution. Every bit helps, so next time you're in the Germantown neighborhood, stop in for an iced coffee or tea latte and leave a little extra for the kids in Africa!

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