Contractor Tom Barry stopped at the Cup of Joy Cafe in Wasco on his way to a job site on a rainy Thursday afternoon and bought a small latte.<\/p>\n
Barry chatted with owner Chris Fisher for a few minutes, then stepped to a set of boxes mounted on a wall and stuffed his receipt into a box that benefits King’s Garden Orphanage in Haiti. The orphanage got a 21-cent donation, and Fisher got a warm glow in his heart that he says comes from tithing the gross sales of his cafe to an array of faith-based and secular charities.<\/p>\n
“Tithing feels good,” said the Wasco entrepreneur, who tithes the personal income he gets from his newsletter publishing business to his church and doesn’t depend on the cafe’s profits to support himself.<\/p>\n
“It really feels nice to do something for someone besides myself,” Fisher said. “I can’t tell you the peace it gives me to know what matters in life.”<\/p>\n