The owner of a Southeast Portland coffee shop said Tuesday the shop had raised over $86,000 to help feed people losing food benefits as the government shutdown continues.
Heretic Coffee, 5120 S.E. 28th Ave., is a volunteer-run, nonprofit coffee shop that trains people to become baristas and coffee roasters.
The coffee shop has been soliciting donations for less than a week to pay for breakfast for people losing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP benefits, from the federal government.
In an Instagram post on Tuesday, the shop wrote that as of 10 a.m. that day, they had received $72,159.66 in donations. Later, during an interview, that number was up to $86,000.
“Over two thousand of you have given toward this cause,” wrote owner Josh White in the post.
“We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: when the system fails us, it’s on everyday people to take care of each other. This, right here, is the proof.”
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