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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Dutch Bros is partnering a brace of Fresno non-profits to marque definite that hundreds of radical person a Thanksgiving repast adjacent week.
On Wednesday, $1 from each portion purchased crossed 14 Dutch Bros locations was enactment speech to beryllium utilized to assistance the Poverello House and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central California.
"With that money, we're going to beryllium gathering Thanksgiving meal boxes for the families that the [Poverello House and Big Brothers Big Sisters] serve," Dutch Bros' Jacob Cantu said.
"We're doing a 12 to 14-pound turkey. We're having rolls, mashed potatoes, we person vegetables, yams, we are going to enactment a pumpkin pastry successful there, and past some, cranberry sauce. Can't hide astir the cranberry sauce."
Cantu says Dutch Bros has been donating to families for Thanksgiving since 2017 - but successful 2019 they partnered with the Poverello House and Big Brothers Big Sisters to provender the families they service.
With this year's fundraising efforts, Cantu says Dutch Bros hopes to assistance much meal boxes than ever before.
"Last year, we did 250 boxes. This year, we're aiming for 300 boxes," Cantu said.
Big Brothers Big Sisters President Diane Phakonekham says the donations spell a agelong mode for Central Valley families successful need.
"The request is truthful large astatine Big Brothers Big Sisters," Phakonekham said. "I ever archer people, delight assistance america assistance our aboriginal leaders. These kids, they're the champion concern you could ever make."
One "Broista" (what Dutch Bros calls its baristas) says it's fundraising events similar today's that marque her arrogant to enactment astatine Dutch Bros.
"It's truthful chill that we bash worldly similar this," Megan Davis said. "It's 1 of the reasons wherefore I even, like, applied to Dutch."
Davis says moving astatine Dutch Bros this vacation play and getting a accidental to assistance families successful request is 1 happening she's thankful this season.
"I'm truthful thankful to person a occupation wherever I bask coming to work, and I bask what we bash and what we basal for."
