Unfortunately, like many others, my family has been plagued by cancer my whole life. I've had family fight and overcome cancer and I've had family lose their fight. It never gets easier to hear or deal with. Over the past 2 decades I've worked for, managed and owned different online businesses. I also owned a coffee shop back in 2008. Then at the end of 2020 I decided it was time for me to start a
new business, but this time it would be different. I wanted to make a difference, to help people and fill a need. I wanted to use all of my existing skills I've learned during my career to start a business that would do good for others. In January of 2021 my husband was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. It was then that I knew my new business idea was the one that I needed to make happen. See, I had already decided I wanted to raise money to help St. Jude Children's Research Hospital via an online coffee business. The thought was that they are the most fragile and in need cancer patients. These poor babies are the ones I feel are the biggest victims of this disease, most of them probably don't even understand what's going on. It breaks my heart. I felt like this was my calling, raise money to help find a cure for children's cancer by selling coffee something I know and love and something I know others need and appreciate. But after my husband's diagnosis I decided that donating to help St. Jude just wasn't enough. I wanted to help find a cure for all kinds of different cancers. That's when I decided that Grubstakers would also donate to the cancer that was being highlighted for awareness every month. So we do, we split the money 50/50. We're very happy and proud to be able to donate as much as we can, and we have our customers to thank for that. The more delicious coffee and merchandise we sell to our amazing customers, the more money we can donate to all these wonderful charities. Here at Grubstakers Coffee we have two goals, provide delicious coffee to our customers and help find a cure for cancer, one cup at a time.