Giving Back :)

[coconut]

Today while submitting to my Iced Tea addiction at the local starbucks I noticed a pile of cards saying
"Let's get to work.
Together.
What if you gave 5 hours to help your community? What if we all did?
Your small commitment could add up to something big.
WEAR THIS STICKER AS YOUR PLEDGE
And we'll salute you with a complimentary tall brewed coffee.
January 21 through January 25. YOU IN?"

Then there is a sticker you can wear that says "I'm in! I pledged 5"

There is also a website pledge5.starbucks.com/# to see the difference we are making together.

I checked out the website and it's not ready yet but it will allow you to leave your email address to remind you to pledge on the 21st. "Starting January 21, Starbucks will salute everyone who pledges 5 volunteer hours with a free Tall brewed cup of coffee (Click for Details). Working together, we hope to inspire 1 million hours of community service.

Don’t know where to volunteer? On the 21st, we’ll be able to connect you to some great local opportunities. So come back then and tell us “I’m In!”"

So I'll go back on Wednesday and see what the deal is but I'm thinking that ALL OF US who volunteer our time for SAFE in any capacity should log in and pledge your 5 hours. Hey, it could be worth a cup of coffee and if you were already going to go in and get one, this one will be on them. What I'm hoping is that they'll have us log in and tell where we're volunteering our time and maybe that will get SAFE some more exposure!

I'm sure you can pick up a Pledge Sticker at any Starbucks if you'd like to wear it just to make people ask you what you're pledging...


Many of you put in 5 hours or more to help rescue...it's time you got rewarded! The muckers, foster homes, groomers, admin, etc... even you Board of Directors...5 hours? are you kidding...5 million hours maybe

Just something else to show how much you care...

[coconut]

I checked back on the starbucks pledge site today & it appears that it's up and running. There doesn't seem to be a place to give details but you can download your badge I guess you can pin on your collar like the note home to mommy in 1st grade but it's all there and as of 10:30am Tuesday 1/20 there are more than 80k hours pledged. It's a nice idea, I just wish it was more specific.

There are a few links to more sites that it might be possible to network on but I haven't had time to check them out thoroughly. I have a business to run, a horse in training and volunteers to coordinate I know it probably seems like I have all the extra time in the world...ha ha ha !!!!

Meanwhile, I hope ya'll get out there and enjoy a cup of coffee on Starbucks starting tomorrow....make mine Decaf, please!

[jbirashk]

Jet, so i am a coffee addict ;D and get e-mails from starbucks. I got the e-mail about the volunteer promotion that they are doing. It links to two websites for people who want to get involved: www.v2v.net which is a starbucks community for volunteering, and www.1-800-volunteer.org, which you get to through www.handsonnetwork.org. I checked on the 1-800-volunteer site, and didn't see SAFE there. Maybe an opportunity to find more volunteers since hopefully starbucks will get more people who want to help but don't know where to surf on over to that site?