Customer appreciation for vendor JT

My name is Scott Howard and my 8 year old daughter’s name is London Howard.

We’ve had a morning routine at least 3 days each week where we drop London’s younger sister off at preschool and walk to Starbucks together for a little father-daughter time before school, to say hi to Jimmie and grab a hot chocolate (or croissant - London’s choice) and we sit and browse through StreetWise and look at the upcoming events, talk about some of the issues that are covered and what they mean (ie I explained Women’s suffrage this morning) and then we head to school.

Jimmie’s a great guy. Always smiling, always saying hello to everyone, and so many people stop and chat with him. We always spend a good 5 minutes or so each day catching up with him on his day/ weekend/family and use Jimmie as an example of what it means to show up each day rain/shine/snow. London even made it a point to bring Jimmie homemade cookies that she made for the Holidays. He’s someone that has become part of our daily life and when he’s not there, she’ll ask “I wonder what Jimmie’s up to today.”

We’ve enjoyed getting to know and support Jimmie.

Thanks for the opportunity to share our story about him.