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Starbucks and the National Literacy Trust have been proud partners since 2001. Over that time Starbucks has dedicated funds and partner (employee) time to positively affect the lives of over 10,000 children and their families. Starbucks' customers and partners have also donated almost half a million books to the Starbucks Bookdrive and these have been distributed to primary schools in need of a reading boost.
Literacy has a huge impact on happiness and success. We know that supporting young people through literacy in local communities will empower them to achieve their full potential. We are delighted that Starbucks have committed to a renewed five year partnership with the National Literacy Trust. Starbucks will be providing funding and partner time to support our Reading is Fundamental, UK (RIF) programme and over the next five years it will help over 23,000 young people to develop a natural love of reading.
Bookdrive
Each November, Starbucks encourages its
customers to donate books for local children through the Starbucks
Bookdrive, and the number of books donated has gone up each
year. Customers collected over 200,000 new books over the 2007
festive period for local primary school children. Customers and partners
are asked to donate new or nearly new books, which are collected
in a special box in-store before being passed on to a local
school. Look out for the Bookdrive collection box in a store near you.
For more information about the NLT's partnership with Starbucks Coffee Company UK, please email jenner.fabian@literacytrust.org.uk
For more information about Reading Is Fundamental, UK visit the RIF website: www.rif.org.uk.
For more information about Starbucks Coffee Company UK, visit www.starbucks.co.uk
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