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A heart warming story regarding the fires in Javea and a certain café and lady


by Fiona Jennison


Debbie owns and works her fingers to the bone (but her nails somehow look good) in Cafe Cortado's in Javea. Methinks Karma, re the nails.


She took Cafe Cortado's over in 2014, arriving in Spain with a mission to work and do nice things for a community. She has done so in spades - more spades than all the kids in the Arenal have flicked sand in our eyes with. Debbie runs charity events in her café and quizzes every Wednesday night raising money for the Red Cross, the Childrens Home, Cancer Care etc.


On the Sunday night that the fires broke out Debbie was sitting at home in Toscal, perusing Facebook. See the photo taken from her garden.


She realised that things were serious, so she messaged her friends who looked closest to the fire.


“Hey Cris and Jason, are you leaving your house?”


They messaged back perhaps slightly bemused “No, we have just resigned a contract. They are going to repaint…..”


Hilarious. But when the centimo dropped, they all went to Cafe Cortado's and opened it up in the middle of the night, to help those who were evacuated or frightened.


Cris and Jason run the social media business PR Costa Blanca so they made sure people who were evacuated knew to head there by posting on Javea Connect, who also did such a great job that night.


A mum with children arrived. Scared. Then more people….. then more… then people walked to the café to offer their spare rooms…. Debbie and her team homed 25 people that night.


I got the last group. At 3 in the morning. Pff. They were a lovely family though.


Heart warming stuff. Not just the fire fighters were heroes that night.


The next fundraiser Debbie is doing is on the 13th November, a lunch time Paella in aid of Todos Juntos. Only 6.50€ but still raising money for the needy in Javea. It’s a no brainer…..


Cafe Cortado's is situated on Calle 6 Joan de Fuster in Javea port.


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