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: Blogger David Radulski gets to the bottom of an Internet rumor, started from a military man’s email, that Starbucks refused to give coffee to G.I.’s in Iraq. Starbucks, wisely, tracked down the Marine who wrote the email, explained how the company can donate only to official charities but how many employees send coffee; the Marine sent an email taking back the accusation; and here are the emails.
I’d like to add that after 9/11 when I read that volunteers at the crash site in PA were in need of coffee and food, I emailed Starbucks in a fit of…I don’t know, impotence and longing to help. Please, I begged, get out there with some tall Daily Specials!
They wrote back a few days later describing the many coffee and donut runs that their employees made from their stores–the nearest being about 35 miles, one way. Kudos, S-bucks!