GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (KSNB) - October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and Grand Island businesses are stepping up to support Willow Rising, a local nonprofit dedicated to helping survivors.

Daily Dose Coffee has joined the cause with a special fundraising campaign running through Oct. 19. The coffee shop is offering two signature drinks, a honey vanilla latte with lavender cold foam and a prickly pear lemonade, with all proceeds going directly to Willow Rising.

The Chocolate Bar is also participating by donating money from cake sales to the nonprofit.

But the support extends far beyond the food industry, according to Willow Rising Executive Director Teshawna Sawyer.

“We have all the libraries in all four communities doing awareness displays. We have Melissa Reed doing an empowermen

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