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PRESS RELEASE
Submitted by:
Alicia Richards
Associate Director of Marketing
951.697.4720
April 8, 2003
For
Immediate Release
STARBUCKS
MAKES A MARK WITH A DAY OF CARING FOR UNITED WAY
April 8, 2003 (Banning,
CA) Starbucks Coffee employees and customers joined to raise $1,000 for
United Way of the Inland Valleys.
Starbucks
Coffee hosted Make Your Mark with a Day of Caring for United Way
of the Inland Valleys
on Saturday, March 22.
More than 60 Starbucks Coffee
partners (employees), their families, and customers donated
over 180 volunteer hours to raise $1,000 for United
Way.
City of Banning employees also participated in the
day of cleanup, coffee, and community building.
After a high-octane
breakfast of Starbucks coffee and pastries the volunteers picked up two tons
of trash and 23 pounds of recyclable materials.
Triesta Ford,
Starbucks Store
Manager, said, Its great working for a company that encourages
and rewards its employees for making positive contributions
to their community.
Starbucks
Make Your Mark furthers United Way of the Inland
Valleys efforts to foster the spirit of volunteerism and reinforces
the organizations support of community building. United Way of the Inland Valleys
is committed to building community resources to improve life
in Riverside County. For more information about United Way of the
Inland Valleys, please
visit our Web site at www.uwiv.org or call 951.697.4700.
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