Benton teachers enjoy free coffee Wednesday morning

Ashley Luthans, St. Joseph News-Press, Mo.
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Sep. 4—Benton High School teachers and staff started their Wednesday with a free coffee from Hazel's Coffee truck thanks to the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce and Missouri Western State University.

The Chamber has partnered with businesses and organizations throughout the area in order to provide coffee and break room supplies to educators this fall.

Benton's principal, Katie Reid, expressed gratitude for the coffee and supplies given to the school.

"To know that we have so many different organizations and companies supporting us here in education, in the city, it just makes you feel like what you're doing matters to everyone," Reid said. "And that's what teachers are here to do, is to make a difference. So, it's great when people see that."

Benton is the eighth school to be visited by a coffee truck thanks to multiple sponsors from around St. Joseph.

Along with Benton, Missouri Western sponsored coffee for educators at St. Joseph Christian, Lafayette, DeKalb, Mid Buchanan and Central.

Every school in Buchanan County will be visited by Oct. 28.

* Sept. 9: Carden Park (sponsored by Scott Gann Construction), Coleman (Tolly and Associates Inc.), Edison (Gray Manufacturing Co.), Lake Early Learning Center (Top Property Realty), Mark Twain Early Learning (Top Property Realty)

* Sept. 16: Bessie Ellison (Commerce Bank), Eugene Field (Boehringer), Hosea (John Joe Insurance)

* Sept. 23: Hyde (Lifeline), Lindbergh (Hillyard), Oak Grove (Nodaway Bank), Webster Learning (Mosaic Life Care)

* Sept. 30: Parkway (John Joe Insurance), Pershing (Nodaway Bank)

* Oct. 2: St. Francis (Tony Claycomb)

* Oct. 7: Skaith (Altec), Bode (Gray Manufacturing Co.), Robidoux (Gray Manufacturing Co.)

* Oct. 14: Spring Garden (Nor-Am), Truman (Blackstone Construction)

* Oct. 21: St. Paul Lutheran (Commerce Bank), Cathedral (Hillyard)

* Oct. 28: Hillyard Tech. (Fly Tech), St. James (Altec)

The Chamber is sponsoring and delivering to the Administration Building, TMC, Maintenance/Warehouse and Helen Davis.