New shop, Chin Up Donuts, opens during pandemic, hopes to spread happiness
Chin Up shop in Glendale chosen for Vans Foot the Bill campaign.
and last updated 2021-05-18 22:18:36-04
SCOTTSDALE, AZ â We all love donuts, right? But not everyone has found a way to turn donuts into a new career. Alex McEntire was working a corporate job in Seattle, but her office job didnât make her as happy as making donuts made her.
At the end of 2019, McEntire packed up to leave Washington to return to her home state of Arizona with the goal of opening her own donut shop. But nearly a month and a half later, we would enter into a pandemic from COVID-19.
Vans Partners With a Scottsdale Doughnut Shop
Chin Up Donuts, the female-owned doughnut and coffee shop located at The Promenade (7325 East Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard, #103, Scottsdale), opened in November … and it’s already teaming up with Vans, guys. Owner Alex McEntire applied for Vans’ “Foot the Bill” initiative, a program launched by the skate shoe company to help out small businesses during the pandy. Chin Up Donuts was selected, and together they created a shoe and shirt. The net proceeds will go toward new Chin Up Donuts packaging and a mural by a local artist to go up in the shop. The gear is available till May 11 and can be found on the Vans website.