Austin Coffee Shops Launch Fundraiser To Help Immigrants

EAST AUSTIN, TX — A local coffee shop chain this weekend will donate proceeds from each cup of coffee sold to benefit an organization that helps detained migrants with resources.

Dubbed Coffee For Families: A Nationwide Fundraiser For Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP), the drive by Houndstooth Coffee is in response to the Trump Administration's "zero tolerance" policy toward undocumented immigrants, which is marked by the separation of children from their migrant parents.

In the fundraiser organized by Sprudge, all six Houndstook coffee shops across Austin and Dallas will donate $1 from every drink sold to ASAP. Houndstooth will also be collecting additional donations made by guests in the shops. Houndstooth will be matching the grand total raised as part of this campaign up to $5,000, for a goal of donating $10,000 overall, organizers said.

Among the Houndstooth coffee shops participating in the fundraiser is the East Austin site at 2823 E. MLK Jr Blvd., Suite 105.

ASAP’s project work includes providing resources and accurate information to detained individuals, working to reunite mothers with their children post-detainment, and filing lawsuits in federal court against ICE on behalf of individual clients. Sprudge has Coffee For Families launch partners across the nation, including several in Texas.

The map and growing list can be found here.

The other Houndstooth locations in Austin are located at 401 Congress Ave STE 100C and 4200 N Lamar Blvd., Suite 120.

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