{"id":193440,"date":"2026-04-11T15:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T15:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/193440\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T15:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T15:40:18","slug":"news-12-connecticut-university-of-bridgeport-donates-student-curated-coffee-to-ct-nonprofit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/193440\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Connecticut | University Of Bridgeport Donates Student Curated Coffee To Ct Nonprofit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The University of Bridgeport stepped in to provide a generous gift on Friday in response to a coffee shortage at a local nonprofit.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">University officials donated several cases of Purple Knights Coffee to <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/homesforthebrave.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Homes for the Brave.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">For over 20 years, Homes for the Brave has helped veterans who are experiencing homelessness, hunger and mental health challenges. They provide housing, meals, case management, clinical and vocational services.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The nonprofit says they rely on donations of coffee, creamer and sugar, so residents are able to enjoy a cup or two as part of their daily routine. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">When their inventory was running very low for the first time in several years, staff put out a call to the community for donations.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Representatives from the school saw the nonprofit&#8217;s social media posts and wanted to help. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\"><a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/ubcoffee.store\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purple Knights Coffee<\/a> was launched by UB&#8217;s School of Business. According to its website, the student-run organization sources and distributes coffee and &#8220;assist farmers impacted by the economic crisis by making purchases at fair-trade prices. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Its goal is to empower students through practical learning opportunities and hands-on experience.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Bridgeport stepped in to provide a generous gift on Friday in response to a coffee&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-193440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}