Stay-at-home-barista Joy Chalk has made a number of new friends with Cup of Joe For Joe, a program that puts coffee in the hands of American soldiers for $2 a cup. Her son is currently serving a tour of duty in Afghanistan and learned about the program on Facebook. From the Loudon Times:
Chalk said even a gift as small as a cup of hot coffee can be very meaningful to a soldier overseas.
โWhen you give something very small and very personal like a cup of coffee and a note, you just have a vested interest,โ Chalk said. โThereโs that tie, thereโs that bond, thereโs that interest in their well-being.โ
Chalk has heard back from some soldiers, and has established pen-pal relationships with a few of them. Sometimes theyโve tried to say โthank youโ for the coffee, but Chalk says she tells them that she wants to thank them for how theyโre serving their country.
Loudoun Times – Cups of coffee warm hearts of soliders overseas