Dutch Bros Donates $300K To Several Local Food Pantries

Dutch Bros' will donate more than $300,000 to support local food banks and partner organizations working to end food insecurity in seven states thanks to all the customers who participated in the coffee company's Dutch Luv Day event Feb. 14.

Held annually on Valentine's Day, Dutch Luv Day sees the Dutch Bros company donate $1 from every drink sold at participating Dutch Bros coffee stands. Raising $310,273, Dutch Bros beat its 2017 fundraiser by more than $58,000.

“We’re blown away, once again, by the support of our communities,” Dutch Bros Coffee co-founder Travis Boersma said in a statement. “The willingness of people to support each other is unbelievable and what Dutch love is all about.”

Raising nearly 40 percent of the total amount, Oregon's Dutch Bros coffee drinkers contributed $123,444 alone. The rest came from Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, and Washington.

These are the organizations in Oregon that benefitted:

Albany/Lebanon/Sweet Home

• $3,307 — Linn Benton Food Share (Albany)
• $1,513 — Lebanon Soup Kitchen (Lebanon)
• $542 — Sweet Home Emergency Ministries (Sweet Home)

Ashland/Central Point/Medford/Phoenix/White City

• $14,868 — ACCESS

Beaverton

• $2,828 — Sunshine Pantry (Aloha, Raleigh Hills, Beaverton)
• $861 — Mountainside High School Food & Clothing Pantry (Scholls/Barrows)

Bend/Redmond/Sisters

• $7,008 — Family Kitchen

Brookings

• $1,181 — Brookings-Harbor Community Helpers, Inc. (Brookings; Harbor)

Canby/Oregon City

• $3,768 — Oregon Food Bank

Cave Junction

• $731 — Doug Hoskins Resource Center

Clackamas

• $1,032 — Clackamas Service Center

Coos Bay/North Bend

• $1,781 — Oregon Coast Community Action

Corvallis

• $4,624 — Linn Benton Food Share

Cottage Grove/Junction City/Springfield

• $5,697 — Food for Lane County
• $732 — Junction City Local Aid

Dallas

• $1,301 — Dallas Food Bank

Eugene

• $6,557 — Food For Lane County

Florence

• $655 — Florence Food Share

Forest Grove

• $904 — St. Vincent Food Bank

Grants Pass/Merlin

• $7,201 — Josephine County Food Bank

Gresham

• $2,272 — SnowCap Community Charities (North Gresham)
• $2,839 — Oregon Food Bank (South Gresham)

Hermiston

• $1,174 — Agape House

Hillsboro/Cornelius

• $2,339 — Evergreen Christian Center Food Bank
• $2,339 — The Salvation Army

Hood River/The Dalles

• $790 — Fish Food Bank (Hood River)
• $809 — The Dalles Community Meal (The Dalles)

Klamath Falls

• $4,089 — Klamath and Lake Counties Food Bank

La Grande

• $705 — Neighbors Together of Union County

Lincoln City/Newport

• $1,529 — Lincoln County Food Share

McMinnville

• $3,417 — Yamhill Community Action Partnership

Milton-Freewater

• $712 — The Breadbasket

Monmouth

• $1,213 — WOU Food Pantry

Newberg

• $1,809 — FISH Emergency Service

Ontario

• $1,500 — Oregon Food Bank

Portland

• $3,393 — Oregon Food Bank
• $900 — Southeast Community Church (Foster)
• $595 — St Vincent de Paul (Holgate)

Roseburg/Sutherlin

• $5,000 — UCAN Douglas Co. Food Bank

Salem/Keizer

• $9,674 — Marion-Polk Food Share

Seaside/Astoria

• $1,127 — Clatsop Community Action

Sherwood

• $1,001 — Helping Hands Food Pantry

Silverton/Woodburn

• $3,330 — Marion-Polk Food Share

St. Helens/Scappoose

• $1,746 — Columbia Pacific Food Bank (Columbia County)

Tigard

• $825 — St. Anthony's Catholic Church

Tualatin

• $1,226 — Tualatin Schoolhouse Pantry

(Click here to see how much your local Dutch Bros Coffee stand raised on Dutch Luv Day)

Each $1 donation reportedly buys roughly 7 pounds of food, which means the amount raised by nearly 300 Dutch Bros stands could buy more than 2 million pounds of food.

“Providing opportunities like Dutch Luv Day for neighbors, friends and family to be wildly generous is what gives us hope in a better future,” Dutch Bros COO Brian Maxwell said. “This is the fuel that inspires us to keep growing and create more platforms for good.”

Dutch Bros annually donates more than $2 million to local nonprofits, company spokeswoman Angi Veek said, building on the Dutch Bros mantra to “make a difference, one cup at a time.”

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