THE COFFEE BEAN & TEA LEAF® RAISES $5,000 DURING ANNUAL
‘SUPPORT AT HOME’ FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT OPERATION HOMEFRONT
AND ACTIVE-DUTY MILITARY MEMBERS, VETERANS, AND THEIR FAMILIES
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® Las Vegas stores raise funds for Operation Homefront. (Pictured from left to right are: Greg Fleming, OH AmeriCorps Vista Volunteer; Heidi Woodring, OH Hearts of Valor Leader; Annie Baca, OH Nevada Executive Director; Ronald Evans, OH Advisory Board Member; Phil Patent, President/CEO of Las Vegas Coffee Investors; Kiely Patent, Field Marketing Manager for Lev Brands; and Jenny Gidge, Director of Operations, Las Vegas Coffee Investors.)
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® Las Vegas raised $5,000 to support active troops, veterans and their families during its annual ‘Support At Home’ campaign to benefit Operation Homefront, which ran from May 23 to July 10, 2016.
“The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® is a proven friend to military families and a generous corporate partner of Operation Homefront,” Operation Homefront Nevada Executive Director Annie Baca said. “We humbly accept this donation from the Support at Home program, and we thank The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® for its key role in helping Operation Homefront to build strong, stable, and secure military families.”
Patrons of the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf made monetary contributions throughout the multi-month promotion. “We are pleased to do our part to support the men and women who protect our freedom every day,” said Phil Patent, president and COO of Las Vegas Coffee Investors, LLC, which owns and operates 20 The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf locations in Las Vegas.
About The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®, Las Vegas
Brewing locally since 2001 The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf®, Las Vegas has expanded to 20 franchise operated locations and was voted readers’ choice by Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Best of Las Vegas in 2015. Las Vegas Coffee Investors, LLC, founded by local Las Vegas entrepreneur Jeffrey Fine, maintains the rights to all 20 of The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf®, Las Vegas locations. Please visit coffeebeanlv.com/ for more information.
About The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®
Born and brewed in Southern California since 1963, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® is the oldest and largest privately-held specialty coffee and tea retailer in the United States. Embodying a passion for connecting loyal customers to one another with carefully handcrafted products, the company is known for sourcing and providing the finest ingredients and flavors from around the world. For 50 years, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® has demonstrated a passion for product innovation epitomized by The Original Ice Blended® beverage. The company has grown to be an international icon and currently has nearly more than 900 stores in 28 countries. In 2010, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® launched the CBTL™ Single Serve Beverage System that allows consumers to make their favorite espresso, brewed coffee, tea and specialty beverages at home with the touch of a button. Please visit CoffeeBean.com or CBTL.com for more information.
About Operation Homefront
A national nonprofit, Operation Homefront builds strong, stable, and secure military families so that they can thrive in the communities they have worked so hard to protect. With more than 3,200 volunteers nationwide, Operation Homefront has provided assistance to tens of thousands of military families since its inception shortly after 9/11. Recognized for superior performance by leading independent charity oversight groups, 92 percent of Operation Homefront’s expenditures go directly to programs that provide support to our military families. For more information, go to www.OperationHomefront.net.