This story is part of our August 2020 Big Fix issue. 
The co-owner of Sacramento doughnut shop Sweet Dozen, Nuny
Cabanting, makes batches of black-frosted heart-shaped doughnuts
on National Doughnut Day to support the Black Youth Leadership
Project.
Jeremy Khamphay, co-owner of Sweet Dozen and Cabanting’s brother,
cuts dough into heart-shaped doughnuts.
Lorreen Pryor, left, president of the Black Youth Leadership
Project, visits the shop to thank Cabanting and Khamphay.
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