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Coffee Run

Dan Dewey is a 64 year old man who helps out his community at the St Joseph Mercy Oakland,  Michigan Cancer Institute. It all started when his father went to this hospital as a patient and he offered to get his dad a coffee, but he also asked if he could get coffee for the others and his dad told him "Yea go ahead" which made him start 'Dan's coffee run.' Every Thursday morning Dewey asks the patients what drink they would like to get and writes it down on a notepad, at about 10:30 am Dewey arrives at the Starbucks at Square lake and Woodwork and purchases 14-20 drinks with the money out of his own pocket, usually costing somewhere between  $40 and $75. At the MCI Dan Dewey is considered an official volunteer caregiver. He swears to the patients that he will continue showing his care and support to them until his last breath, and his last dollar. Dan Dewey is a great example to kids who need to learn that it is showing you care by giving is more important than receiving gifts and getting everything in the world without lifting a finger. By buying coffee for the patients at Michigan Cancer institute, he is giving from his own care, using his own money, and sharing happiness and love to the patients who need it most, he is recognized by many as 'The man always in shorts, even in the winter.' The institute cured his father of cancer at the age of 81, but later when his father was slowly dying, his last dying wish was; 'Keep doing the coffee run.' Dan Dewey, who limps into the hospital to get the orders, limps back to his car, into the Starbucks, and returns to the hospital with his coffees, ignoring his own pain, to help others feel loved and cared for. Dewey has donated an aquarium to this institute, and does not plan at anytime to stop bringing coffee to the patients and employees. He has set up a facebook fan page where you can learn about his coffee runs, and you can also donate money to his charge card to help him pay for all the coffee he is delivering to the patients who need the most love.

-MaKayla Marie