Local Weymouth Business Collects Change And Donates It Every Month

I live in Weymouth, and one thing I love about the town is the community of people who live in it. Why? One of the man reasons is because they're nice and supportive. And the town does a lot of events to bring the community together. It's like there's something every week to get excited about whether it be the Weymouth Farmer's Market, the Weymouth Irish Heritage Parade, the craft fairs, road races, or various fundraisers.

Speaking of fundraisers, the local Weymouth businesses make great efforts to raise money for causes. Curtis Liquors is one of those businesses.

I received an email from Michelle, an employee at Curtis Liquors. She told me about an incredible initiative that their local liquor store does to raise money for the Weymouth Food Pantry. This is what they do:

Every month, customers of Curtis Liquors put their odd change or bills into the cups on the counters. Instead of counting that change as "tips" for the employees, they take that change at the end of each month. Curtis Liquors employee, Mary Curtain, gathers the change, counts it up, lugs all the change to the bank and finally, they write a check and mail it out to the Weymouth Food Pantry.

Last month in September alone, Curtis Liquors sent over a donation of $1,380!

If that number didn't make you feel incredible, there's more! Curtis Liquors has been collecting change and donating it to the Weymouth Food Pantry for the last ten years. During the months of December, whatever Curtis Liquors collects from its customers, the owner of the liquor store matches! In the past four Decembers alone since 2019, they've raised $156,526.70 and given it to the food pantry. That is incredible! (And a lot of liquor sales!)

When local businesses raise money for local charities it not only makes consumers want to shop at their stores, but it also allows for a stronger bond between the businesses and their customers. For example, if I know I need a bottle of tequila to make margaritas this weekend, I will more likely shop at a place like Curtis Liquors because they make multiple large donations to the Weymouth Food Pantry. It makes me feel better to show at a place that helps their community.

So, hats off to the local businesses who step up in various ways to help their communities!

Massachusetts has some pretty dang good local donut shops. In the South Shore the donut shop that currently reigns supreme is Donut King in Weymouth. It opened in 1987 when Sin and Denise Ty immigrated from Cambodia to the United States and wanted to open a business they could build and pass on to their kids. They have now built that business and the whole family is now involved - and the entire South Shore loves their delicious donuts (and full breakfasts too).

My family took on the daunting task (that's sarcasm) of tasting the Donut King's 13 top-selling donuts and rating them from good to best (they're all really good). My family has varying tastes so I'm hoping this will be a fair ranking. We each scored each donut on a scale of 1-10. I averaged the scores and voila! Here they are - Donut King in Weymouth's 13 Best-Selling Donuts Ranked:

Filled like a donut-bun vanilla cream sandwich, if you love cream-filled this may be your jam. We liked it but preferred a different cream-filled staple a little further up the list.

I love jelly donuts. The only reason this is so low on the list is because of how great all of Donut King's donuts are. I wish they all could be in the Top 5. Yummy jelly donuts for sure! We were guessing a raspberry jelly (maybe strawberry?) but obviously we weren't sure.

A delicious twist of vanilla and chocolate - a creative twist on the usual cruller - covered in sweet glaze.

Chocolate cake donut with delicious crispiness dipped in sugary glaze. Classic and delish.

I'm from Vermont. I bleed maple. The maple frosting on these donuts is soooooooo good. If it were just a maple donut this would be top 3 for me. BUT - truth be told - my family isn't huge on the bacon on sweet things fad. I know, we're in the minority on that. So if you like the maple bacon combo - I think you'll love this. The bacon was crisp and crumbled perfectly.

We thought this was the prettiest donut, look at that thing!! Delicious too, though it was so pretty I considered lacquering it and hanging it on the wall.

Crunchy, glaze, cake... all things yum! You can't go wrong with a good butter crunch donut and this one won't let you down!

Now we're splitting hairs because this could just as easily be #1. I love the color of Donut King's red velvet donuts. It pops! And it's an awesome surprise when you bite in. It's moist on the inside and had me coming back to sneak another bite a few times when nobody was looking.

Donut King's Boston Cream could easily be #1 as well. If you're a Boston Cream fan you have to try the Donut King's. The cream is delicious and I love how the chocolate on the outside isn't too sweet. We live in Massachusetts where if we don't eat our quota of Boston Cream things we have to leave the state so... you know.... go get one.

This is my wife's favorite. It's squishy and fresh like a honey dip with the added flakiness from coconut on the exterior. If you like coconut, this is a must try.

Speaking of must try, this donut made me imagine what would happen if a coffee cake and a donut had a baby. It would be this. Like cinnamon? Love this.

I misspoke before. THIS was actually my wife's favorite donut. Take that awesome butter crunch donut and mix in some coconut on the exterior. It works perfectly and will have you sneaking back to Donut King for another.

It's classic. It's light. It's fluffy. And it's perfectly done. Sometimes simple wins when simple is done as flawlessly as this. And don't get me wrong - I know it's not as simple as it seems. I've been back there in the Donut King kitchen while they're making these and there's a LOT that goes into it! And it's all worthwhile because daaaammmmnnnn that's a good donut!

Take a peek behind the scenes: