Throughout the tri-cities there are
many different coffee shops. They all have their differences, for example,
types of drinks, prices, style, and they all do things for our community. Dutch
Brothers, mostly known as Dutch Bros, is very well known throughout the
Tri-cities. Many people enjoy drinks from Dutch Bros Coffee. Dutch Bros
originally started up in the state of Oregon. They began as a very small
business and that was not well known by many people. Today Dutch Bros is popular
and has branched out to locations such as Oregon, Washington, California,
Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, and Arizona, Tri-cities alone has six shops. Dutch
Bros does more than just sell coffee; they give back to our community. They
participate in fund raisers, animal shelters and help families who have lost
loved ones.
On Monday March 21st patrol officer; Nathan Taylor was struck by a car
on the highway in Sacramento California. That same day Dutch Bros donated one
dollar from every drink sold to Nathan Taylor’s family. They also had on site
donation buckets for those who wished to donate more. Another example of how
Dutch Bros helps their communities is in Phoenix, Arizona on February 4th all
fourteen locations raised 11,000 dollars for friends for life animal rescue.
Friends for life are a local nonprofit animal shelter that serves Phoenix,
Arizona and its surrounding area. A third example is in Treasure Valley, Idaho
on March 11th they raised 46,966 dollars for their local American society relay
for life. Relay for life is an overnight fund raiser that joins the fight to
end cancer. The last example is more of a personal one with an agreement
between the employees at one of the shops here in Kennewick and me. If I show
them my attendance and I can prove that I went to every class for the whole
week the employees pay for my drink. This has improved my attendance greatly
because it motivates me to go to every class for the week. Dutch Bros employees
are very caring and they know that I skip one class at least every day so that
is why they made this deal with me. Therefore I believe people should buy
drinks from Dutch Bros because they help out their communities. When you buy a
drink from Dutch Bros you are supporting them which is also supporting your
community because they give back.
