October 2011
The Central Business District (CBD) stores in Singapore got together in lending their hands in support of Raising a Smart Kid, a book written by a banker who’s also a mum dispensing tips on raising financially sensible and responsible children.
This book was first introduced to one of the CBD store managers, from a regular customer working just at her building. And this is the result of what we do best at Starbucks – connecting and inspiring our community to do good! Raising a Smart Kid was retailed at $24.50 per book and full proceeds went to buying library books for less privileged children in eastern Indonesia.
The author shared these pictures of what’s happening as a direct result – They’re in the process of setting up libraries in 40 primary schools in Nusa Tenggara Timur (West Timor and Flores islands), and their aim is to complete 100 libraries by the end of this year, which includes buying children fiction and non-fiction books and teachers' training materials.
17th September 2011
The International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) is an annual event conducted in 70 to 100 countries, coordinated by the US-based agency, The Ocean Conservancy, a non-profit organization. The programme aims to remove and collect data on the debris from the shorelines, waterways and beaches of the world's lakes, rivers and oceans. This information serves to educate the public on marine debris issues and to encourage positive change by submissions to governmental and international organizations that will reduce debris in waterways and enhance aquatic environments.
Since its inception in Singapore (1992), the ICCS has had an average annual participation of 1,500 volunteers and average collection of 60,000 pieces of litter, making it one of Singapore’s largest environmental conservation programmes.
Starbucks Singapore joined in this year’s event with nearly 200 partners volunteering for the ICCS. Over more than three hours, we collectively picked up a total of 886kg worth of debris, collected data and covered approximately 200m of the shoreline at Ketam Beach in Pulau Ubin. Debris collected included mainly common everyday items such as plastic bags, beverage bottles, food wrappers and containers, cigarette butts and more. It is heart wrenching to know so many of us take so little care of our environment and that the litter we unknowingly leave behind leaves a permanent impact to the mangrove ecosystem, causing suffocation of marine animals and also preventing the regeneration of mangroves. Till the next ICCS, let’s be mindful to take care of the environment in our own small ways!
24th July 2011
24th July, Saturday, saw our partners from Starbucks Thomson Plaza wake up bright and early. With Starbucks® signature brew as refreshment for the crowd, it was a perfect day for a very special walk.
The theme of this years event was ‘There’s a Hero in Me’, and true to its name, many participants arrived in a myriad of colorful costumes. They certainly caused a stir as the participants walked from Pathlight School, to Bishan Park and back.
The day was filled with performances and laughter as everyone chipped in to raise funds for the youth and adults with autism, to help them lead fulfilling and meaningful lives.
24th July 2011
The event, organized by Singapore Children’s Society, is to help the underprivileged youth of Singapore. The theme of the year was ‘Sweet Dreams’ and the event was attended by Senior Minister of State, Grace Fu.
Starbucks partners woke up bright and early to take part in the event’s carnival. We set up a Starbuck Coffee booth and sold iced coffee and tea to refresh the walkers. All proceeds were donated to Singapore Children’s Society. We also greatly enjoyed ourselves as we walked down the Marina Barrage, and bonded together as the Starbucks family.
