By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
An annual event at a local coffee shop helped raise a record amount of money for those suffering from breast cancer.
The seventh annual Coffee for a Cure was held back in October at The Human Bean. Through the shops sales and tips $10, 525.94 was raised.
Morgan Spencer, an employee at The Human Bean, says during October there is massive support for the annual drive.
"We get just crazy good responses from everybody, and they're like oh we'll be here, we'll be here, we'll be here," Spencer tells reporters. "And it's just really amazing to see different faces and then see them come back to us after the whole event is over with."
The annual event took place on October 22nd last year. All funds raised were also matched by the Mosaic Life Care Auxiliary.
President of the Auxiliary Rocky Massin says it means a lot to see the community support, whether it be from Coffee for a Cure, or other community members raising money.
"And be able to receive money from those entities to be able to give to people who just really need it," Massin says. "So, it's really gratifying."
With the Auxiliary's match $21,051. 88 went to the Breast Cancer Patient Assistance fund. The 2021 event generated $20,146.
Spencer says the support for the event is amazing. But she says what's even more amazing is the people they see that survived breast cancer.
"They come and support us and then they'll show us like they're little tattoos saying they're a survivor and it just warms our hearts," Spencer says. "We're very close and we're very emotional girls, and just seeing our impact on somebody that we actually see in person is just an amazing feeling."
The Human Bean presented a check to the Mosaic Life Care Auxiliary for the money raised. Massin says the money raised means a lot.
"It means a lot to the people that are in need of the money to go towards things that they don't get from insurance, like travel, or hair, or other things that again, insurance just doesn't cover," Massin explains.