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...
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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...
Brewing Up Success in Your Hometown
By Steve Schnitzler
At Port City Java , we opened our first café in historic downtown Wilmington, North Carolina, back in 1995. Our goal was to bring great, fresh-roasted coffee to our neighbors and friends. That first coffeehouse quickly became part of the community. Our guests never feel they’re being rushed out of the door because we want them to feel like they’re home. We achieve that because we are part...
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Marines from Camp Geiger came to Hoggard High School after volunteering for a very special Thanksgiving celebration: Marinesgiving. “They told us after, that we were going to go out and have thanksgiving with families who wanted to have a service member with them. And what’s crazy is, I’m one of those,” PFC Joseph Couillard said. This is the seventh year Port...