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A longtime volunteer and customer favorite, Max brings a friendly, welcoming spirit to SimplyBe and has become an important part of what makes the coffee shop such a special place.<\/p>\n<p>Max\u2019s easy-going personality and genuine care for others help create the warm, welcoming atmosphere that SimplyBe Coffee is known for. We are grateful for the time, energy, and joy he brings to the shop and for the many ways volunteers like Max help SimplyBe live out its mission.<\/p>\n<h3>About SimplyBe Coffee<\/h3>\n<p><strong>SimplyBe Coffee is a Gospel Enterprise of Tree of Life Ministries<\/strong>, providing quality coffee and a welcoming community while creating meaningful work opportunities for adults and individuals with disabilities. With locations in <strong>Leesburg and Purcellville<\/strong>, SimplyBe is more than a coffee shop\u2014it is a place where people can connect, build relationships, develop skills, and experience the love of Jesus through community and meaningful work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrating a Special Volunteer at SimplyBe Coffee At Tree of Life Ministries\u2019 annual Volunteer Dinner, we were honored to recognize Max Miller as the SimplyBe Coffee Volunteer of the Year. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tolministries.org\/simplybe-coffee\/2026\/10\/08\/volunteer-award-2026\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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