Support the staff at Nexus & Peet’s that feed us!
Donation protected
In light of COVID19 and shelter-in-place, the employees at Nexus Dining and Peet’s Coffee remain at home without work. Starting April 1st, they will indefinitely no longer be paid.
As students who frequent these places, we want to help. We seek to do this by providing support for 24 employees for the next 5 weeks while they are unable to work. To do so and account for the 2.9% + $0.30 transaction fee collected by GoFundMe, this is a total of $125K or $25K/week. Even raising $25K will allow us to immediately provide at least 1 week of financial assistance to all employees.
Why donate ?
Nexus Dining & Peet’s Coffee staff have tirelessly worked to support us during our deadlines and times-of-need. Since they cannot work on campus during the coming month, now is the time for us to do our part and help support them in part through this fundraiser.
How much should I donate ?
The staff at Nexus Dining and Peet’s Coffee serve over 2000 of us each day! Consider how much of an impact we could make if we each donated what we typically spend on lunch or coffee in a month -- like $40 for 8 lattes or $100 for 10 meals.
How will you distribute the funds ?
We have contacted all employees and asked them to provide their preferred payment method (Venmo, Paypal, or check). Each week, we will withdraw what has been fundraised and distribute the money evenly among all employees via their preferred method.
[Added on April 9, 2020 for clarity] Specifically, Mira Moufarrej will be responsible for withdrawing the funds to her personal account and then distributing them among all employees as specified above. Upon withdrawal/distribution, we will post a timely update specifying the total withdrawn and amount distributed to each staff member.
What will you do with additional funds ?
Any additional funds raised will go first to employees of other dining facilities on campus that are also in need of financial support. Any money after that will be donated to Meals on Wheels SF .
What else can I do ?
Comment below with your favorite memory interacting with the staff at Nexus or Peet’s.
We will provide updates as this evolves about relief provided and what is still needed. Please do not hesitate to reach out to clark_cov19_fundraiser at list dot stanford dot edu if you have any further questions or concerns.
Update - Below, you can find a list of the comments emailed to us with your favorite memories from Nexus + Peet's.
Karen Geiselhart: Peet's: Thank you for always knowing that oat milk and cinnamon make a latte better! And thanks Nexus, for making our Friday Omelet Gang amazing breakfasts!
Diane Bush: The folks in Peet’s and in Nexus are like my extended family and I miss them. I’ve know Guity since she started and she never forgets what her customers want!
[Added on April 16, 2020] Photos from the team at Nexus and Peet's saying thank you!
As students who frequent these places, we want to help. We seek to do this by providing support for 24 employees for the next 5 weeks while they are unable to work. To do so and account for the 2.9% + $0.30 transaction fee collected by GoFundMe, this is a total of $125K or $25K/week. Even raising $25K will allow us to immediately provide at least 1 week of financial assistance to all employees.
Why donate ?
Nexus Dining & Peet’s Coffee staff have tirelessly worked to support us during our deadlines and times-of-need. Since they cannot work on campus during the coming month, now is the time for us to do our part and help support them in part through this fundraiser.
How much should I donate ?
The staff at Nexus Dining and Peet’s Coffee serve over 2000 of us each day! Consider how much of an impact we could make if we each donated what we typically spend on lunch or coffee in a month -- like $40 for 8 lattes or $100 for 10 meals.
How will you distribute the funds ?
We have contacted all employees and asked them to provide their preferred payment method (Venmo, Paypal, or check). Each week, we will withdraw what has been fundraised and distribute the money evenly among all employees via their preferred method.
[Added on April 9, 2020 for clarity] Specifically, Mira Moufarrej will be responsible for withdrawing the funds to her personal account and then distributing them among all employees as specified above. Upon withdrawal/distribution, we will post a timely update specifying the total withdrawn and amount distributed to each staff member.
What will you do with additional funds ?
Any additional funds raised will go first to employees of other dining facilities on campus that are also in need of financial support. Any money after that will be donated to Meals on Wheels SF .
What else can I do ?
Comment below with your favorite memory interacting with the staff at Nexus or Peet’s.
We will provide updates as this evolves about relief provided and what is still needed. Please do not hesitate to reach out to clark_cov19_fundraiser at list dot stanford dot edu if you have any further questions or concerns.
Update - Below, you can find a list of the comments emailed to us with your favorite memories from Nexus + Peet's.
Karen Geiselhart: Peet's: Thank you for always knowing that oat milk and cinnamon make a latte better! And thanks Nexus, for making our Friday Omelet Gang amazing breakfasts!
Diane Bush: The folks in Peet’s and in Nexus are like my extended family and I miss them. I’ve know Guity since she started and she never forgets what her customers want!
[Added on April 16, 2020] Photos from the team at Nexus and Peet's saying thank you!
Fundraising team (2)
Mira Moufarrej
Organizer
Palo Alto, CA
Sevahn Vorperian
Team member
