Disney hotel gives 2 tons of coffee to troops

The folks at the Walt Disney Dolphin resort recently changed the company that provides guests with little packets of coffee in each room.

So they're donating the unused packages to the military members stationed overseas.

That will amount to about two tons of coffee, all donated to the Wesley Chapel nonprofit group Support Our Troops, which sends packages to American military personnel overseas nearly every week.

Bob Williams, the group's founder, said today that the donation comes on the heels of $8,000 worth of toiletries recently donated by management at the Dolphin because of a similar change in vendors.

Aside from postage, coffee in recent weeks has proved to be one of the more difficult things to find for troops, Williams said.

Starbucks delivers 7 tons of coffee at a time to the group, but those donations come irregularly, Williams said.

"We usually have coffee coming out of our ears," he said.

Anyone who wants to make a donation to Support Our Troops can contact Williams at (813) 991-9400.

- William R. Levesque, Times staff writer

Comments

[Elayne Franklin]

Very nice that Disney is doing this. But whatreally happened to the billion dollars spent on the war Wake up America we have donate coffee for our Great troops Wake up and smell the real coffee

[BOB]

Alterior Motives here i bet now they get to deduct donation off taxes so
changing vendors is always a good thing lol wonder if the Toilet paper is two ply send the troops single ply save the trees lol

Shut your mouth, BOB (4:27p.m.). Instead, reach DEEP into your wallet and make a donation. Those soldiers are putting THEIR life on the line and are fighting for YOUR freedom, so that YOU can make some more dumb remarks in freedom.