Hi, I’m Cindie. I’m a job coach volunteer at Hugs Cafe. This is the coolest volunteer position I’ve had the privilege to be involved in, and I’ve done some pretty cool things to date. I love these people, starting with Ruth, our founder. But really, spending time with the ‘Teammates’ is an experience that will …
We’re now two weeks into our online crowdfunding campaign and boy has it been a wild ride! Â We’re over 1/3 of the way there and have just two weeks left to finish raising the money we need to open our first Hugs Cafe! Â Just in case you missed it, here are a few people who …
Wow…just, wow… There are no words for how we feel right now. This past week has been an absolute whirlwind, highlighted by an overwhelming feeling of love. Â Love from our friends and family. Â Love from the community. Â Love from people all over the world who support our cause. That’s the only way to describe it, …
For those of you that couldn’t make out to our Hugs Cafe Rocks the square event, this give you a pretty good taste of what you missed. No, seriously, it was THAT good. Thanks again to the Tyler Rogers Band and The Rhythm & Beards for their support and their face-melting rock! Â Buy their music …
That’s right everyone, we’re in the home stretch and it’s time to finish this thing! Starting today, we’re beginning our online crowdfunding campaign to raise the final $50,000 needed to open our first location of Hugs Cafe! Some of you may be asking yourself, what is crowdfunding? Â Essentially we’re creating an online fundraising campaign to …
That’s right folks, our very own Ruth Thompson was just named to the list of the Top 25 Women in Business by the McKinney Chamber of Commerce! Â What an incredible achievement! Â Ruth and 24 other incredible women will be featured in McKinney Magazine which “honors remarkable women whose professional accomplishments and contributions to the community …
What an incredible evening of food, fun and friends at our second Pop-Up Restaurant. For those of you that were unable to join us, you missed a wonderful evening at our second Pop-Up Restaurant with Chef Trevor Ball! Â You may not be familiar with Trevor, but he has been a long-time friend of Hugs Cafe …
Here at Hugs Cafe we’re all about finding new and interesting ways to simplify in the kitchen. Â That’s why, when we found this little gem from our friends across the pond, we had to share it with you. Â Enjoy! If you’d like to find a printable version of this cheat sheet, visit the Kitchen Cheat …
Excited to try the food of Hugs Cafe?  Us too! Join us on February 22nd for a night of food and fun at Elke’s Market Cafe in Allen.  The cuisine for the evening will be cooked by none other than our Hugs Cafe teammates and will include a savory Chicken Tortilla Soup, Braised Pork Tacos with Chimichurri …
We’re ready for our first on-site training at The Capital Grille! Rewind to last week. In a recent meeting, the staff at The Capital Grille in Uptown were brainstorming on ways to give back to the community. Â For those of you that don’t know, we have a wonderful relationship with none other than their Executive …
