Community flocks to Clutch Coffee to benefit Sheldon's K9s
Cars were lined up more than 10 deep in a drive-thru lined with “thin blue line” flags as customers flocked to Clutch Coffee Bar to show support for fallen officer Jordan Sheldon’s foundation, Sheldon’s K9s, on Thursday morning.
“The amazing outpouring of love from the community is a really empowering thing to see,” Taylor DeLorenzo, assistant manager of the Clutch location on West Plaza Drive, said. “It’s the best feeling in the world.”
On what would have been Officer Sheldon’s 34th birthday, Clutch Coffee committed to donate 100% of their proceeds from both Mooresville locations on Thursday to Sheldon’s K9s, a nonprofit organization that helps support the Mooresville Police Department’s K-9 units.
A group of MPD squad cars added to the festivities early in the morning, pulling up to the store with lights flashing around 7 a.m.
“This community has always supported the police department,” MPD Chief Ron Campurciani said. “They came out in mass when Jordon Sheldon was killed, but when you see the response today from so many people, almost two years later, you realize what a special place Mooresville is. When this community says it will never forget, it means it!”
According to the managers of both locations, by 10 a.m. they anticipated to have collected more than $2,000 for Sheldon’s K9s in their first five hours of business.