Each year we work with a handful of amazing groups to help them raise money for their cause.  Today I reviewed our current list of customers. Wow! These are great projects.

I started Stone Creek Coffee 15 years ago for a couple of simple reasons; I loved coffee and I wanted to make a difference in lives of my employees and my community.  Well, it turns out we are actually realizing this vision.  Each day when I hear the story of another group working with us it reinforces my belief that through hard work and a shared purpose we can impact our communities.  Whether the group is a few people working to fight cancer or a few hundred looking to buy new band instruments or soccer uniforms I smile with quiet satisfaction knowing, together, we can make the world a bit better.  Coffee most certainly wakes us up in the morning but it also has the power to wake our spirit.  Get out there...make a difference.

Last week Milwaukee news anchor Shelby Croft from WISN TV Channel 12 visited our Bay View store to interview Chris Hallberg and myself about Chris' invention - The SMUG. Our segment aired on Sunday night - it was very exciting to have Shelby visit us and to see the SMUG coming to life.  Chris did a little demo of the SMUG on camera and I talked to Shelby about Stone Creek's involvement in the process.  There are also some great action shots of our Bay View Manager, Ben Bowman and barista, Justin.  

You can check out the replay of the segment on Channel 12's Website.

Congrats, Chris on this great accomplishment!