Alumni couple, Jacob ’09 and Rachel ’09 McDonald, were featured on NBC 12 News for their community coffee shop, Adopted Coffee.
The couple was also featured in the “Downtown Devil” in May for their creative way to raise money for adopting a child. An excerpt from the article:
Earlier this year, Jake and Rachel McDonald started giving out coffee from their home and accepting donations to help the couple pay the fees associated with adopting a child. The open coffee houses began every other week, but now the McDonalds host “Adopted Coffee” every Saturday.
“Adopted Coffee basically spawned out of our family’s need to tangibly fundraise for our own adoption,” said Jake McDonald, director of sales and development for a string of coffee shops. “Originally we had an idea to have a community coffee morning that was centered around friends and family, and then the idea just sort of spawned further because of the traction we were getting on social media.”
Soon after their first open coffee house on March 14, people from all over the community started showing up to buy coffee at their residence in the Roosevelt neighborhood. The events got so big that McDonald said the vision shifted away from just their own adoption, to how they could also help others.
Check out last night’s 12 News story, or read the full article on Downtown Devil.