FREE tall brewed coffee @ Starbucks on Jan 21-25!! Available NOW!

[bloake]

All you need is to pledge to volunteer 5 hours of your time.

Details:
From January 21, 2009 through January 25, 2009, when you pledge 5 hours of volunteer time, Starbucks will salute you with a free Tall brewed cup of coffee in participating U.S. Starbucks stores. Not valid at airports or Barnes & Noble locations.

YOU IN?
Visit http://pledge5.starbucks.com to learn more.

Not sure what to do with your 5 hours? You could:
- support a local food bank
- provide skills to a nonprofit
- clean up your community
- walk or run for a cause
- mentor a child or teen
- help a local family in need

[grammapeocs]

Starbucks: “Are You In” Obama’s Civilian National Security Force?

Starbucks wants to make it easy to join Obama’s proposed paramilitary brown shirt volunteers. “Starbucks will honor each person who pledges with a free tall brewed coffee beginning Wednesday, Jan. 21 through Sunday, Jan. 25. The goal of the effort is to raise pledges in excess of one million hours of service from all over the country,” a Starbucks press releases states.
Starbucks wants to “make it easy to participate in the President-elect’s call for national service.” Back in September, the Christian Science Monitor reported that Obama plans to “leverage volunteerism in communities across the country” and make government “cool again.”

Fortunately, a lot of people are beginning to realize government is never cool, as the founders warned a couple hundred years ago.

[HDEBOW]

For those who cant take the elderly or kids, try volunteering at an animal shelter :)
They always need help cleaning or playing with the dogs
I recently attended the Hotel For Dogs event and it was rather fun

[winegrapes]

This posting encouraged me to sign up to SD. Another volunteer activity - participate in a beach or highway cleanup. Just go for a walk, with trash bag in hand. If you're walking along a street, be sure to wear bright orange or neon green, so that motorists can see you. Or organize a group outing, and then go out for some Starbucks!

[bloake]

Great ideas, guys!! :-D

[bloomlate]

Great post! good idea! repped!

[polkadotstripes]

great idea!

[canonikon]

5 HOURS...for a cup of coffee?
I make $75 in 5 hours...i can buy 15 cups of coffee...

[marybeth09]

I've got two rescue dogs, so that's a good idea to volunteer at a shelter. I love Starbucks coffee, too. I'm just not doing it in the name of Obama...

[firepuppy13]

5 HOURS...for a cup of coffee?
I make $75 in 5 hours...i can buy 15 cups of coffee...


Honestly? The cup of coffee isn't the end goal-it's helping people who really need and appreciate your help. Like the good Samaritan...

[OtterKim]

I volunteered hundreds of hours in 2008 to our church, my daughter's school, my son's school, our YMCA, girl scout troop, and at a retirement home...give til it hurts! A free coffee is just a nice thank you perk acknowledgement, the helping, sharing and caring is what it's all about!

[hello.monkey]

thanks

[bebeefree]

Repped, nice opportunity to do some community works and volunteer

[Snail]

I think mine is easier, though it's expiring on the 20th. ^_^

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=13935&t=1130799&highlight=starbucks

[bloake]

5 HOURS...for a cup of coffee?
I make $75 in 5 hours...i can buy 15 cups of coffee...

Work 5 hours then volunteer for another 5 hours. You have a free cup of coffee and $75 bucks to spend on anything you like! :-D Plus you get that heart-warming feeling too :heart: :lol:

[bs3488]

sweet, im going to milk this thing for 5 days straight. of and of course volunteer for 25 hours, muh hahahaha

[Shopper77]

not bad, thanks!

[Bunky211]

Free tall cup of brewed coffee from Starbucks just for pledging 5 hours of community service!

http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/pressdesc.asp?id=974


"How to Participate at Your Local Starbucks
Visit Starbucks:
You can join the “I’m In” campaign, part of the Starbucks™ Shared Planet™ commitment to community involvement, when visiting a local participating Starbucks beginning Wednesday, Jan. 21 (and continuing through Sunday, Jan. 25). Stop by the “I’m In” display featuring community pledge cards, pick up the card, and fill it out with your five-hour commitment to volunteer.
Pledge Five:
Place the “I’m In” sticker from the pledge card on your lapel, signifying your pledge, and take the card with you as a reminder to keep the effort going. As a thank you, each customer who pledges five hours of their own time will receive a complimentary tall cup of brewed coffee.
Track Success:
Customers can log on to pledge5.starbucks.com to record pledge hours, find local volunteer opportunities via the HandsOn Network, track hours pledged-to-date, and receive updates on the campaign. "

[Bunky211]

Free tall cup of brewed coffee from Starbucks just for pledging 5 hours of community service!

http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/...asp?id=974


"How to Participate at Your Local Starbucks
Visit Starbucks:
You can join the “I’m In” campaign, part of the Starbucks™ Shared Planet™ commitment to community involvement, when visiting a local participating Starbucks beginning Wednesday, Jan. 21 (and continuing through Sunday, Jan. 25). Stop by the “I’m In” display featuring community pledge cards, pick up the card, and fill it out with your five-hour commitment to volunteer.
Pledge Five:
Place the “I’m In” sticker from the pledge card on your lapel, signifying your pledge, and take the card with you as a reminder to keep the effort going. As a thank you, each customer who pledges five hours of their own time will receive a complimentary tall cup of brewed coffee.
Track Success:
Customers can log on to pledge5.starbucks.com to record pledge hours, find local volunteer opportunities via the HandsOn Network, track hours pledged-to-date, and receive updates on the campaign. "

[Angellique]

http://pledge5.starbucks.com/
Free tall brewed coffee at Starbucks for five hours of volunteer work

[peacebritt]

whattt how do they know u did the hours?

[bloake]

whattt how do they know u did the hours?

I think they're going by the honor system...they really can't make sure you do the 5 hours. As long as you promise that you'd do it, it's good enough.

[Mhase630]

Alright so I used their zip code locator and found nothing near me...and I volunteer three days a week to do taxes for free, called VITA. Which btw if you make under 40,000 you will probably qualify, will do your state and federal taxes for free, file it and all. Just got to the IRS website

[Deals_junky]

5 HOURS...for a cup of coffee?
I make $75 in 5 hours...i can buy 15 cups of coffee...

That is (Math):
$15/hour => $600/(40 hours) week => $31,200/year before taxes :omg:


Anyway, everyone should do voluntee work at least once in his / her life time. The rewards and memory you get is priceless.

[LiteSalt]

Great idea to encourage volunteerism. I get very irritated when I see people acting as if asking people to give up time to help others is a slight to capitalism and the alimighty dollar.

Thank you President Obama and Starbucks for recognizing that helping others is one of the best ways to help our country.

[bloake]

Today is the day! Pledge and get your free caffeine boost! :-D

[msyaya]

I've got two rescue dogs, so that's a good idea to volunteer at a shelter. I love Starbucks coffee, too. I'm just not doing it in the name of Obama...
Burns you then that hes President of these UNITED STATES ... ha ha ha ha .. YAY for OBAMA!!!!!

NAY for hillbilly MARY :(

[adreamtonight]

5 HOURS...for a cup of coffee?
I make $75 in 5 hours...i can buy 15 cups of coffee...

i believe you missed the entire point :vomit:

[bloake]

I just got my free cup an hour ago :) mmm, coffee just tastes better when it's free :)

[ADAFOO]

how do you get it? you just walk in and say "I'm In?"

[bloake]

how do you get it? you just walk in and say "I'm In?"

Yeah, as simple as that.
For me, I walked in and said "Are you guys really giving free coffee to people who volunteer?" Then they usually would just hand it to you and sometimes the baristas would strike up a conversation maybe asking what you do, etc.

[SirCom]

Very well, then.

[rodknee]

SORRY FOR REPOSTING

i searched wrong sub forum and im a noob
be gentle