Outside the Walls Ministries / Gwynn Martin

In 2020 and 2021 OTWM DBA TOVA Coffeehouse continued to minister and provide resources during the pandemic shutdown. We remained open as an essential business with the intent to continue to provide jobs and generate revenue to put back into our local community. We were able to continue our Cause Drink Initiative and donated profits from that to at least 10 different local organizations. We have provided jobs and opportunities for 3 different employees either aging out of the foster care system or identifying as an adult with special needs. We currently serve our coffee inside Lubbocks U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Out Patient Clinic and minister to the veterans and employees therein. OTWM DBA TOVA aims to continue to be a hub for providing resources and information about local Foster Care and Adoption as well as being a bridge between the individual, local and corporate businesses to the impoverished side of town and the agencies within. We hope to open more locations and possibly a roastery to provide more sustainable jobs for people to escape chronic homelessness and the cycle of poverty. We aim to bring our information and recourses beyond the walls of our cafe and would like to educate through catering at corporate events and local festivals. OTWM DBA TOVA aims to see a Lubbock without poverty or the need for a Foster Care System