WEEK THREE [3]:

DAY 3 [WEEK 3]: 10.01.08

Starbucks.com has this link that asks you to submit ideas. I submitted the following two:

(VOTE for these ideas HERE!!!)

[1]

Cozie Ads for Education/Infrastructure: Sell ad space on Starbucks coffee cozies with advertising proceeds going to: 

- A scholarship fund for children of coffee plantation workers.

- Infrastructure within coffee plantation workers' communities (i.e. school buildings, community buildings, water/sewer systems...)

*NOTE: The cozies would have an allotted space for advertisements and the Starbucks logo would maintain its domain on the cozies. The advertisements would be on a bi- monthly rotation, so people don't get tired of seeing the same ad over an extended period of time. Eventually, maybe the cozies (or other display avenues) could feature life stories about the successes in education and infrastructure obtained, in part, by the advertisement sales.

[2]

CO-OP: Community + Culture + Coffee = Coffee Cup Co-Op: Create a Starbucks co-op with developing countries where local ceramic artisans create coffee cups for in-store use AND for customer product purchase. Not only would this create stable jobs in areas where jobs are hard to come by, it would add cultural and artistic flair to the Starbucks in-store beverage experience. Each cup is a one-of-a-kind piece of art! Proceeds from cup sales can help buy ceramic supplies, food subsidies, etc. for the artisans in developing countries.

Community + Culture + Coffee = Coffee Cup Co-Op

(Starbucks plans to make ceramic the global standard in all its stores anyway...so why not pay creative artisans in developing countries to make the cups!)

Don't forget to VOTE for these ideas HERE!!!

1. Go to this site (*You need to have a Starbucks Account to VOTE)

2. Click on the "vote" icon (a hovering green check-mark)

3. On the left hand column, you'll see a search box below an orange "SIGN IN" button. In the search box, type the following:

- For the first idea, just type "Cozie Ads" into the search box.

- For the second idea, type "coffee cup co-op" and keep it in quotes.

THANKS!