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INTRODUCES US TO THEM IN HER STORY NEW TONIGHT AT 6. <NATS / > IF YOU'RE LIKE DAVE AND JENNY ROOKE... <NATS / > THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN DO, WHEN THE PANDEMIC FORCES YOU TO PRESS PAUSE ON YOUR BUSINESS. <WE'RE JUST WAITING LIKE EVERYONE ELSE > <NATS / > DAVE IS DOING HIS BEST TO KEEP ROOKIE'S ROOT BEER ALIVE, FILLING CAN AFTER CAN WITH THE COUPLE'S WELL KNOWN BEVERAGE, WHICH IS NORMALLY SERVED ON DRAFT IN AREA RESTAURANTS. <WE'RE COMPLETELY CLOSED AS FAR AS OUR WHOLESALE BUSINESS GOES. SO WERE JUST FEEDING OURSELVES ON EVERYONE'S GENEROUS CAN ORDERS > THE COUPLE WAS SET ON ONLY DOING THINGS THE OLD FASHIONED WAY... WITH CURBSIDE PICKUP AT THEIR DOORSTEP... < NATS / > UNTIL JENNY... GOT A PACKAGE IN THE MAIL... <12:30 WHEN I OPENED IT UP I WAS LIKE, 'OH MY GOODNESS. THIS IS IN THE SPARK JOY CATEGORY.' > <NATS / > THIS GIFT... SPARKED SOMETHING, THAT'S FOR SURE.... AN IDEA...THAT'S BRINGING THE COMMUNITY OUT OF ITS SHELL. <NATS / > JENNY IS DOING ROOT BEER DELIVERY IN A DINOSAUR COSTUME... <IVE BEEN DUBBED THE CORONSASAURUS REX AND TH QUARANT-REX SO FAR > BRINGING THE PREHISTORIC PARTY... TO FRONT LAWNS AND DRIVEWAYS...ALL AROUND CHITTENDEN COUNTY. AND MAKING SOME DINO- LOVING FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY. < THIS IS MY FAVORITE COSTUME AND MY DAD FIXED IT> THESE TWINS, MAX AND MILES, AREN'T TOO SURE WHAT TO THINK OF THESE áááDANCING DELIVERY DINO'S... WHO STOPPED BY TO WISH THEM A HAPPY SIXTH BIRTHDAY. <NATS / IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY > THEIR NEIGHBORS SAY... THIS RAPTOR RAVE...IS TAKING THEM BACK...TO SIMPLER TIMES. <IT'S AWESOME. MOST EXCITEMENT WE'VE HAD ON THIS STREET IN QUITE A WHILE > <WE CAN STILL FIND A WAY TO SMILE AND FIND HAPPINESS AND JUST MAKE IT THROUGH THIS TIME TOGETHER> < NATS / > <RIGHT NOW WE STILL HAVE REQUESTS THROUGH MAY 13T

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Dave and Jenny Rooke knew there was only so much they could do when the coronavirus pandemic forced them to press pause on their business: Rookie's Root Beer."We're just waiting like everyone else," said Dave Rooke.Dave is doing his best to keep the business afloat, filling can after can with the couple's well-known beverage, which is normally served on tap in area restaurants."We're completely closed as far as our wholesale business goes, so we're just feeding ourselves on everyone's generous can orders," said Dave Rooke.The couple was set on just doing things the old fashioned way, with curbside pickup at their doorstep, until Jenny Rooke received a package in the mail."When I opened it up I was like, 'Oh my goodness. This is in the spark joy category,'" said Jenny Rooke.Her friend gifted her an inflatable dinosaur costume to cheer her up since the root beer business was on hold. The costume sparked an idea that's bringing the community out of its shell. Jenny Rooke is doing root beer deliveries in the dinosaur costume, complete with her portable speaker that blasts an upbeat playlist of recent hits. "I've been dubbed the Coronsasaurus Rex and the QuaranT-Rex so far," she said. She's been bringing the prehistoric party to front lawns and driveways around Chittenden County since early April, which has helped boost root beer can sales and bring smiles to people's faces. BRINGING THE PREHISTORIC PARTY... TO FRONT LAWNS AND DRIVEWAYS...ALL AROUND CHITTENDEN COUNTY. "Every single time that I see somebody smile or that I hear spontaneous laughter in the background, I know that I'm doing a little bit of my part for my community to bring happiness to other people," said Jenny Rooke. She said she has plans to deliver root beer in her costume until mid-May.Click here to learn more about Rookie's Root Beer.