Comments on: Charitable Customer Donations at the Register at Starbucks

By: elly

elly — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:45:15 +0000

i have a hard time doing donations at the register, unless i pay with my (red) starbucks card. i can never remember to pull out cash, and they can’t do it on a debit (as far as i know).

i do try to buy items like the ethos water and the (red) items, though, as they’re what i’m usually looking for when i seek out a starbucks these days.

and, like i said, that (red) card sees a lot of use

By: Melody

Melody — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:40:10 +0000

Andy – I’m always glad to see you post comments here! It reminds me to go look at your blog. I think you may be the only regular participant on this site that I have, who is in Africa (as far as I know).

Your blog is like reading about a different world. So when I go to it, it’s always a surprise. I commented on your termite post. I hope that you weren’t really eating termites. Your blog freaked me out a bit with that.

I sent you some Starbucks coffee. I know Seattle to South Africa is a long flight for some French Roast and Christmas Blend, so maybe you haven’t gotten it yet.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

http://mozbak.blogspot.com/

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:19:43 +0000

I think the ethos water donations it is a great idea, but i also like the fact that the cup donations go towards starbucks staff ‘helping their own’, something the US government should surely be doing adequately enough but I know this isn’t always the case!

By: Connie @MurrayNewlands.com

Connie @MurrayNewlands.com — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:28:59 +0000

Any efforts to help Haiti at this time is needed. If Starbucks is making it easy for customers to make donations that is the way for them to go – i.e. bring it their attention and enable them to donate while enjoying themselves.

By: Venti_Bold

Venti_Bold — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:59:31 +0000

I was glad to read about the Haiti relief efforts this morning.

By: Melody

Melody — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:01:08 +0000

Hi Willie! Glad you like the blog. I don’t usually approve one word comments, or those don’t actually say something about the blog topic.

By: Willie

Willie — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:54:51 +0000

Awesome blog=]

By: Katherine

Katherine — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:44:40 +0000

I think that it is great that everyone is trying to help the people in Haiti. The world is a global community and if we all do our part, humanity will be better off.

Workinghard

By: Melody

Melody — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:18:23 +0000

(Reply to Matt) – I HAD NO IDEA. I really didn’t know this was prohibited! I don’t really understand why. I think I got this idea eons ago from reading barista comments in MSI threads with what to do with small card balances.

It seems odd that there would be such an easy mechanism for customers to donate if it is prohibited (a button at the register near with other buttons intended for customer donation???) but you could be right.

I remember in the past an action at V2V trying to drive more partners to either make a one time donation or a donation out of their paychecks. And I’d inquired about it (though I didn’t make a donation then) and never heard “no”.

Though perhaps the problem with the CUP Fund is that it is not a non-profit, as far as I can see (I don’t really know!). Perhaps customers cannot make donations directly to Starbucks?

I have way more questions than answers and I hope I can get some answers from someone in the SSC. I may try to put out my feelers next week.

I apologize for causing a problem – right off the bat I want to make it clear I have NO intention of suggesting that partners do something at the register that it is prohibited!!!

By: Barista Akoni

Barista Akoni — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:17:54 +0000

Hey just an update about the donations to Haiti. You can Donate to the Red Cross now at ANY starbucks location. The button is on the POS menu. Any baristas reading this check the portal.