{"id":806980,"date":"2020-04-30T17:13:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T23:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=382530"},"modified":"2020-04-30T17:13:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T23:13:53","slug":"summit-county-businesses-pay-it-forward-for-frontline-workers-and-community-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-county-businesses-pay-it-forward-for-frontline-workers-and-community-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit County businesses \u2018pay it forward\u2019 for frontline workers and community members"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Clint’s Bakery & Coffee House is pictured in Breckenridge on Thursday, April 30, after recently reopening its doors.<\/strong>
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DILLON \u2014 Businesses around Summit County are helping to band the community together through various \u201cpay it forward\u201d programs. Despite their own financial woes, businesses are finding ways to give back by donating goods or services to health care workers, donating a portion of proceeds to a local nonprofit, or setting up programs for the community to make donations.<\/p>\n

Clint\u2019s Bakery & Coffeehouse in Breckenridge has pledged to donate a baked good to a first responder for every baked good purchased. Bakery owner Laura Komefhian said she was running the promotion for the shop\u2019s first week after reopening and has brought an average of two dozen to three dozen baked goods per day to first responders at Breckenridge fire stations and St. Anthony Summit Medical Center. Komefhian said the bakery won\u2019t be able to keep up with that volume of donated goods but will continue to donate any day-old baked goods to first responders. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just trying to give back \u2014 that\u2019s all \u2014 like everyone else,\u201d Komefhian said. \u201cWe\u2019re just doing what we can. We\u2019re definitely not profiting right now being open. We\u2019re just open for the community and for the staff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carla Pettit, owner of Garden of Eden, has been donating flower arrangements to first responders and frontline workers. She set up a donation page<\/a><\/i> for people to donate funds, which she uses to purchase flowers from wholesalers and get them to about 25 local first responders and frontline workers at their places of work, such as the hospital, grocery stores, police department, food pantries, banks and liquor stores. Pettit said the flowers were able to be placed at different departments throughout the hospital for people to enjoy.<\/p>\n

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