Steve Schnitzler is not your average Joe. For seven years, the CEO of Port City Java, a Wilmington, North Carolina-based coffeehouse, has been bringing together Southern hospitality, patriotism, and a bountiful feast in the form of a program known as Marines for Thanksgiving. Last month, on Thanksgiving morning, three busloads of Marines—approximately 150 of them—from Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, N.C.,...
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Port City Java Recognized by Salute Magazine for Marinesgiving
By Steve Schnitzler
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Franchise coffeehouse warms hearts, fills bellies and changes lives with Thanksgiving program for Marines Wilmington, N.C. (December 4, 2017) - Port City Java , the southeast’s leading roaster and purveyor of fine coffee, turned Thanksgiving into a “Marinesgiving” for more than 70 families and more than 150 U.S. Marines from Camp Lejeune , NC, and Salute Magazine wants...
Marines for Thanksgiving Tugs at Heartstrings of Marines and Media
By Steve Schnitzler
The 7th annual Marines for Thanksgiving event, created and hosted by Port City Java CEO Steve Schnitzler , is touching hearts across the southeast thanks to widespread media coverage of the event. This year, Schnitzler chartered three buses to bring more than 150 Marines from Camp Lejeune to three Wilmington-area high schools where more than 70 families were waiting to take the Marines in for the day...
Giving Back is the New Black this Holiday Season
By Steve Schnitzler
Port City Java has a lot of hot gift ideas for the people on your list this holiday season but none quite as unique as the distinctive black coffee sleeve you can buy to feed hungry children. Port City Java is teaming up with the socially-conscious fashion line HALF UNITED in the Giving Back is the New Black campaign beginning November 26th. Here’s How It Works For every hot beverage you buy you...
The “Giving Back is the New Black” holiday campaign will help feed children in New Hanover County. Port City Java is partnering with a local non-profit this holiday season to feed children in New Hanover Port City Java is partnering with a local non-profit this holiday season to feed children in New Hanover County. The Wilmington-based cafe is partnering with Half United, the clothing and accessory brand...