One long day last June, Renee Fenker started work at 6:30 a.m. as a Starbucks store manager in Santa Cruz, Calif. Later that afternoon, on her way home, her emergency pager went off: car crash nearby. She raced straight to the Felton Fire Station, where she assumed her other role as a volunteer firefighter and fire engine driver.

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Within minutes, she was driving a crew of first responders to the scene, eventually taking care of a passenger who’d been injured in the head-on collision, looking after bystanders and cleaning up spilled fuel on the road.

“I just really love to help people,” says Fenker, who started at Starbucks as a 17-year-old barista. &nbsp;

“That’s why I ended up at Starbucks, we really care about who’s on the other side (of the counter). Being a firefighter, being an EMT, it’s being able to get out there and help out someone when they’re having their worst day. We have that ability to create that kindness within our homes, our communities.”

For the last six years, she’s juggled working at Starbucks and volunteering as a firefighter, sometimes doing back-to-back shifts. Her husband, Nathan, is also a Felton volunteer firefighter. Experiences from both jobs have fit together well. She's used the communication and conflict management skills she’s learned at Starbucks to help de-escalate tense situations while responding to 911 calls. During COVID-19, her department has been supporting local shelters and a mental-health facility, helping people in the area prepare their properties for wildfire season and continuing to train new recruits.&nbsp;

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Inspired by Fenker’s efforts and passion, The Starbucks Foundation is supporting the Felton Fire Protection District with a $2,500 grant, which will go towards helping the all-volunteer department continue supporting their community.

Hers is just one story, part of $1 million in Neighborhood Grants ranging from $2,500 to $7,500, which will be distributed to 400 organizations across the United States and Canada. The Starbucks Foundation grants are designed to help build sustained local impact and inspire increased partner volunteerism with nonprofits that work in our communities. The organizations are the third round of recipients to be awarded Neighborhood Grants, which were first announced in the fall of 2019. This round has a focus on COVID-19 community response.

"As we were looking to further support communities impacted by COVID-19, The Starbucks Foundation turned to partners to share the challenges facing their communities,” says Aldrinana Leung, manager, The Starbucks Foundation. “We heard from nearly 3,000 partners&nbsp;who provided insight into the needs&nbsp;in their communities and local organizations working to support their neighbors. These Neighborhood Grants represent thousands of connections and the positive impact our partners make in their communities every day."

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Justice Jones, a Starbucks store manager, nominated this organization for helping her leave an abusive relationship. The organization supported her as she was getting a restraining order in court, offered therapy afterwards and helped her build a support system of women who had been through similar experiences.

“They gave me a lot of ease throughout the worst time of my life,” Jones says. “I am incredibly grateful for them.”

The growing economic and emotional toll of the pandemic is likely exacerbating abusive relationships, Justice says, with families increasingly stressed due to unemployment and victims of abuse trapped in close quarters due to quarantine measures.

“The nation as a whole is currently in a much worse place to provide support for victims in these kinds of circumstances,” she says. “So it is more important now than ever to know the resources available and be able and willing to reach out to one another.”

<a href="http://www.batshaw.qc.ca/en">Batshaw Youth and Family Centres Foundation in Montreal</a>

Cassidy Vanderveen, Starbucks store manager, nominated Batshaw, thinking back to her own experience as a homeless teenager, when she slept in parks or on friends’ couches, and showed up at school early to shower and get ready.

“If I had an organization like Batshaw to go to, I strongly believe a lot of things in my life wouldn’t have been so traumatizing,” Vanderveen says. “Everything I did in life had to be the hard way, and it’s exhausting. When you’re a homeless child (on your own), it’s a lot different than being a homeless adult, because these are the years when a parent is supposed to guide you. You’re supposed to be learning life skills, not thrown in to sink or swim.”

Vanderveen, who encounters people who are homeless regularly on the job at Starbucks, is concerned about how COVID-19 is affecting “our most vulnerable humans.”

“When we take care of our most vulnerable, we take care of our society as a whole,” she says. “A team is only as strong as its weakest link, and if COVID has taught us anything, it’s that we need to be coming together as a team to get through this.”

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Ilisa McLachlan manages the Starbucks store located across the street from the nonprofit soup kitchen and women’s shelter. She’s seen firsthand the positive impact it has had on her community and “the level of love and care that they show for everyone that is in need.”

McLachlan remembers the first day her Starbucks opened about two years ago when the executive director and director of food services from CHiPS walked into the store, introduced themselves and immediately offered their support. During the COVID-19 crisis, CHiPS has created a community pop-up food distribution center.

“They are in it for the right reasons,” McLachlan says. “They center everything around making people feel welcome, and talk to all people with respect, even the roughest of the rough. I’ve witnessed how this makes a big difference. That’s why I chose them.”

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Four hundred organizations across the U.S. and Canada, nominated by Starbucks partners who work in their communities, will receive Neighborhood Grants designed to help build sustained local impact.

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From aiding <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2020/the-starbucks-foundation-donates-more-than-3m-to-global-covid-19-relief-efforts/">global community response efforts</a> to <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2020/as-food-bank-need-spikes-starbucks-and-feeding-america-fight-hunger-together/">providing hunger relief</a> to <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2020/starbucks-and-operation-gratitude-partner-to-support-front-line-responders/">supporting our front-line responders</a>, The Starbucks Foundation is committed to strengthening humanity by uplifting communities. To date, The Starbucks Foundation has contributed more than $9 million in response to COVID-19, investing in initiatives that extend emergency assistance to those in need while also helping build a path towards recovery and resilience.

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About The Starbucks Foundation

The Starbucks Foundation strengthens humanity by transforming lives across the world, with a focus on enabling community resiliency and prosperity and uplifting communities affected by disaster. Established in 1997, The Starbucks Foundation is a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization under U.S. law. Learn more at <a href="https://www.starbucks.com/responsibility/community/starbucks-foundation">https://www.starbucks.com/responsibility/community/starbucks-foundation</a>.

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To date, The Starbucks Foundation has contributed more than $8.5 million in response to COVID-19.

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SEATTLE – As part of ongoing efforts to support communities around the world amid the unprecedented impact of COVID-19, today The Starbucks Foundation announced it is donating more than $3 million to support community response efforts globally.

“As the world grapples with an issue of enormous scale and human impact, we are dedicated to serving communities through the lens of Our Mission and Values: to inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time,” said John Kelly, board member of The Starbucks Foundation. “We believe that together we can make a difference and, together, we will overcome this unprecedented challenge.”

On a global scale, The Starbucks Foundation will contribute $1 million to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund in support of the World Health Organization (WHO), powered by the United Nations. The fund strengthens WHO’s efforts to track and understand the spread of the virus, help patients get the care they need and workers get essential supplies and information, and accelerates the development of vaccines, tests and treatments<a>. </a>

“Diseases don’t respect borders, and I am so grateful to The Starbucks Foundation, one of my home state’s great innovators, for helping fight this pandemic both locally and globally,” said Elizabeth Cousens, President and CEO of the UN Foundation. “This historic fund marks the first time everyone can help the World Health Organization’s lifesaving work supporting all countries to prevent, detect and respond to COVID-19, especially where needs are greatest.”

In China, where early signs of recovery from COVID-19 are showing, The Starbucks Foundation will contribute $1 million to Give2Asia to fund a project focused on supporting front-line medical workers, and strengthening grassroots capabilities to safeguard the future of local communities. The donation will help provide training to doctors in less developed areas on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of coronavirus and other respiratory diseases; educate local communities on disease prevention; and offer free counseling to healthcare workers psychologically impacted by COVID-19.

The donation follows&nbsp;Starbucks China RMB&nbsp;3 million donation to the China Red Cross Foundation. This donation was issued in the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak in China to help provide essential supplies and to protect and support the medical personnel working tirelessly at the front line in Hubei province.

Supporting Vulnerable Communities in the U.S. and Canada 

Beginning with local nonprofit partners in Starbucks home of Seattle, The Starbucks Foundation has donated $250,000 – with a focus on helping unsheltered families and vulnerable populations in shelters prepare and stay safe. These donations to Mary’s Place, Wellspring Family Services, United Way of King County, Catholic Community Services and FareStart<a> </a>are helping support preparedness and stabilization of families and individuals in shelter, and ensure continued service delivery, especially as needs of the most vulnerable increase.

“We are in uncharted territory, learning together how we can best keep our families and loved ones safe and healthy. We are so thankful for our partners at The Starbucks Foundation who have come alongside us and more than 600 moms, dads and children who are staying in our shelter communities, to help bridge the gap and make sure we have what we need to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus,” said Marty Hartman, Executive Director, Mary’s Place. “This critical funding will help with unforeseen expenses for medical and cleaning supplies, additional staff and overtime to help care for more than 300 children in shelter who no longer have school to go to each day, and curb the threat of the virus by helping more families move out of shelter and into housing.” 

This support is in addition to The Starbucks Foundation’s $250,000 donation in early March to help launch the COVID-19 Response Fund hosted by Seattle Foundation.

In New York City, where the virus has the highest rate of community spread, The Starbucks Foundation is contributing $250,000 to Robin Hood’s COVID Response Fund, which supports nonprofit organizations on the front lines in providing emergency support to New Yorkers. Another $50,000 donation will enable United Way of New York City to provide food, learning and other resources to communities disproportionately affected by the economic consequences of the crisis. The Starbucks Foundation is also contributing $25,000 to the New York City Police Foundation to purchase supplies that NYPD officers need to keep themselves safe, and $25,000 to the Food Bank for New York City to ensure New York residents in need continue to have access to meals during times of crisis.

Nationally, The Starbucks Foundation supported United Way Worldwide’s COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Fund with a $250,000 donation to help the most vulnerable populations across the U.S. receive critical financial and social service support.

“The United Way network is responding in communities around the world to the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Suzanne McCormick, U.S. President of United Way Worldwide. “We are grateful that The Starbucks Foundation has joined us in our response. This generous donation to the United Way COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Fund and to United Way of New York, will allow us to continue to support local communities as we grapple with this massive health and economic crisis.”

In Canada, The Starbucks Foundation is supporting vulnerable communities and front-line health care workers with a $100,000 CAD donation to United Way Centraide Canada’s COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Fund and a $100,000 CAD donation to support hospital foundations across the country.

In addition to these donations, last week Starbucks announced it will give a free tall brewed coffee to front-line responders to the COVID-19 outbreak through May 3. This commitment was accompanied by a $500,000 donation from The Starbucks Foundation to support U.S. front-line responders with equal donations to&nbsp;Direct Relief to support the delivery of personal protective equipment and essential medical items and to Operation Gratitude to deliver 50,000 care packages and handwritten letters to first responders and health care workers.

To learn more about how Starbucks is managing through COVID-19 please visit <a href="http://www.Starbucks.com/covid-19">Starbucks.com/covid-19</a>.

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Since 1971, Starbucks Coffee Company has been committed to ethically sourcing and roasting high-quality&nbsp;arabica&nbsp;coffee. Today, with more than 31,000 stores around the globe, Starbucks is the premier roaster and retailer of specialty coffee in the world. Through our unwavering commitment to excellence and our guiding principles, we bring the unique Starbucks Experience to life for every customer through every cup. To share in the experience, please visit us in our stores or online at <a href="http://Stories.Starbucks.com">Stories.Starbucks.com</a> and <a href="http://www.Starbucks.com">www.Starbucks.com</a>.

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The Starbucks Foundation Donates More Than $3M to Global COVID-19 Relief Efforts

As part of ongoing efforts to support communities around the world amid the unprecedented impact of COVID-19, The Starbucks Foundation is donating more than $3 million to support community response efforts globally.

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Double your impact—this holiday season, give to these organizations and The Starbucks Foundation will match your gift, up to $200,000 for each one.

This December, we’re supporting three organizations that share&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2019/strengthening-communities/">our commitment to strengthening communities</a>&nbsp;across the U.S.—working to empower youth, bring unsheltered families inside and help feed people in need.&nbsp;When you give to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, United Way, and Feeding America® through the links below, The Starbucks Foundation will match up to $200,000 for each organization.&nbsp;We’re also highlighting each non-profit on the Starbucks mobile app throughout the month, giving our customers a chance to learn more about their missions and how we partner with them. All part of giving more by giving together.

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of America&nbsp;and its 246 local agencies create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power, promise and potential of youth (“Littles”), and their adult mentors (“Bigs”). Big Brothers Big Sisters is a key partner in the 10,000 Connections campaign powered by Starbucks, LinkedIn and MENTOR, which aims to close the mentoring gap by recruiting volunteer mentors. Together, these partners work to ensure more youth have a mentor to help them achieve their biggest possible futures. Learn more and give at: <a href="http://www.bbbs.org/starbucks">www.bbbs.org/starbucks</a>

United&nbsp;Way&nbsp;fights for the health, education and financial stability of every person in every community.&nbsp;From&nbsp;help with rent or utilities, to job training, access to healthy food&nbsp;and&nbsp;quality childcare, United Way connects people with resources that matter.&nbsp;United Way works with Starbucks partners and local organizations across the country to tackle tough problems like homelessness, and creates opportunities for youth and unsheltered&nbsp;families&nbsp;to get on a path toward a stable, successful future. Learn more and give at: <a href="http://www.unitedway.org/starbucks">www.unitedway.org/starbucks</a>

Feeding America’s mission is to feed America’s hungry through a nationwide network of 200 member food banks, and engage our country in the fight to end hunger. Starbucks partners are strong advocates for food donations and many partners volunteer with their local food banks. Starbucks is working with the Feeding America network to rescue unsold food available from U.S. company-owned stores, with more than 20 million meals donated to date through the Starbucks FoodShare program—and&nbsp;also supports mobile pantry programs at local food banks to help feed children and families in underserved areas. Learn more and give at: <a href="http://www.feedingamerica.org/Starbucks">www.FeedingAmerica.org/starbucks</a>

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Your holiday giving goes twice as far with a match from The Starbucks Foundation

All December, The Starbucks Foundation is matching your donations.

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Small actions make a big difference

The Starbucks Foundation has a more than 20-year history of investing in communities across the U.S. and globally. Through Opportunity for All grants, The Starbucks Foundation helps support organizations creating pathways to lifelong opportunity and programs, which create job and training opportunities for people who may face barriers. 

In 2019, the Foundation awarded $1.4 million in Opportunity for All grants to 63 programs and organizations ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 per grant. Additionally, Starbucks partners (employees) can engage and volunteer with the grant recipients to help further their work in local communities. Since the Opportunity for All grants program launched in 2017, The Starbucks Foundation has provided a total of $4.1 million in grants.

Following are the 2019 Opportunity for All grant recipients:

Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans (AAMA), Houston, TX

$30,000 grant to provide skills training and meaningful work experiences for disconnected youth.

Beautiful Day, Providence, RI

$20,000 grant to provide refugee youth with kitchen and farmer's market training.

Boston Private Industry Council, Boston, MA

$30,000 grant to assist supervisors, coaches, and teachers in helping young adults articulate the skills learned in a first job position and demonstrate their competencies and leadership.

The Bridge for Youth, Minneapolis, MN

$20,000 grant to give youth the opportunity to work and gain skills in apprenticeship positions and then advance to off-site employment.

Center on Halsted, Chicago, IL

$20,000 grant to reduce poverty within the LGBTQ community and increase diversity and inclusion in the workforce through a culinary training program.

The Choice Program at UMBC, Adelphi, MD

$20,000 grant to provide job and life skills training, coaching, and job placement services for youth.

City Year Detroit, Detroit, MI

$10,000 grant to support AmeriCorps members in nuturing a positive learning environment for students academic achievement and development.

City Year Memphis, Memphis, TN

$30,000 grant to support AmeriCorps members in leading students through employability and social-emotional skills development workshops for college and career readiness.

City Year Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

$10,000 grant to support AmeriCorps members as tutors, mentors and role models who make a difference for students in low-performing schools.

City Year New York, New York, NY

$25,000 grant to provide leadership and career development to prepare AmeriCorps members to be exemplary leaders in the classroom and beyond.

City Year Orlando, Orlando, FL

$25,000 grant to support learning and development training for AmeriCorps members focused on service delivery and workforce development.

City Year Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

$50,000 grant to provide training to staff around diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging and support AmeriCorps members in service delivery.

City Year Seattle King County, Seattle, WA

$20,000 grant to support the training and professional development of AmeriCorps members to positively impact&nbsp; students’ academic and personal outcomes.

College Track, Los Angeles, CA

$30,000 grant to empower students from underserved communities to graduate and unlock career success.

Community Empowerment Association, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA

$25,000 grant to support a workforce development and training program for local youth.

Dress for Success Denver, Denver, CO

$20,000 grant to prepare women residing in residential reentry centers for jobs, career expansion and leadership development.

Feeding Tampa Bay, Tampa, FL

$10,000 grant to provide job skills, industry certifications, and employment connections in culinary arts, logistics, and transportation sectors to individuals facing barriers.

Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley, McAllen, TX

$17,160 grant to support training and work opportunities for second chance trustees, seniors, and special needs youth in south Texas.

Friends of Refugees, Clarkston, GA

$25,000 grant to narrow the gap in college and career readiness for refugee youth through a green technology project. 

Goodwill of the Olympics &amp; Rainier Region, Tacoma, WA

$25,000 grant to provide job training, placement and career advancement support for youth and adults and provide career exposure in the food and coffee service industry.

Greater Chicago Food Depository, Chicago, IL

$30,000 grant to impact unemployed and underemployed individuals through skills and life training via a foodservice workforce training program.

Hearts to Nourish Hope, Riverdale, GA

$20,000 grant to support services and pathways to successful employment for youth and young adults interested in the trade and hospitality sectors.

Highline College Foundation, Des Moines, WA

$36,000 grant to increase career skill development and work experience opportunities for youth with disabilities.

Hillsides, Los Angeles, CA

$30,000 grant to support youththrough a&nbsp; job readiness course, vocational education, internships and culinary apprenticeships.

Home of the Innocents, Louisville, KY

$10,000 grant to help young adults find and maintain permanent housing, seek and maintain employment, pursue educational opportunities and learn essential life skills.

EmployIndy, Indianapolis, IN

$35,000 grant to support Opportunity Youth through recreational activities, academic and educational skills, industry trainings, and referrals to job placements.

The Hope Program, Brooklyn, NY

$25,000 grant to provide soft and hard skills training, wraparound services, job placement, and career advancement programs for hard-to-reach youth.

International Institute of New England, Boston, MA

$25,000 grant to provide specialized vocational skills training and job-placement services to low-income immigrants and refugees.

International Rescue Committee San Diego, San Diego, CA

$40,000 grant to serve youth through work readiness training, paid internships, basic skills instruction and civic engagement and community service opportunities.

Jewish Social Service Agency, Rockville, MD

$10,000 grant to provide job readiness training, employment matching and soft skills development support to clients with disabilities.

JobTrain, Inc., Menlo Park, CA

$25,000 grant to provide low income youth with the career training, skills upgrades, academic support, and soft skills they need to succeed.

Junior Achievement of Northern California, Walnut Creek, CA

$10,000 grant to equip students with the skills needed to compete in high-demand, high-growth careers and provide them with opportunities to connect with various companies and mentors.

Junior Achievement of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA

$15,000 grant to bring workforce readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy programs to students from low to moderate-income households.

Junior Achievement of Washington, Spokane, WA, and Kootenai County, ID

$25,000 grant to ensure the participation of&nbsp; youth in&nbsp; transformative high school leadership programs.

$25,000 grant to prepare Youth for entry into the workforce and increase sustainable employment and self-sufficiency through professional development and hands-on job training.

Liberty's Kitchen, Inc., New Orleans, LA

$30,000 grant to build the interpersonal, professional, and leadership skills of young adults through a hospitality-based program.

The Matthews House, Fort Collins, CO

$25,000 grant to teach youth the skills necessary to obtain and maintain employment alongside social emotional skills and resiliency to foster independent living.

Mental Health Association Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK

$20,000 grant to equip adults in recovery with transferable skills and barista training while eliminating barriers to future employment.

Mile High Youth Corps, Denver, CO

$15,000 grant to support outreach and activities to engage Opportunity Youth in programs that offer real work experience, develop technical and soft skills, and promote self sufficiency

Monument Crisis Center, Concord, CA

$25,000 grant to provide career readiness and life skills education and hands-on job training for underserved individuals.

Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, Las Vegas, NV

$20,000 grant to support employment and wraparound services for unaccompanied homeless youth.

New Avenues for Youth, Portland, OR

$10,000 grant to provide job training and employment services for youth experiencing homelessness and housing instability.

Opportunity Village, Las Vegas, NV

$20,000 grant to provide pre-vocational training to help unemployed individuals with disabilities obtain community-based jobs.

PACE Center for Girls Broward, Wilton Manors, FL

$25,000 grant to provid girls employability skills and hands-on career development opportunities.

Prodigy Ventures Inc, Denver, CO

$20,000 grant to offer apprenticeships that help low-income and disconnected young adults secure meaningful, sustainable employment and experience economic mobility.

Refoundry, Los Angeles, CA, and New York, NY

$15,000 grant to provide a craft and entrepreneurship program to employ and train people from justice-impacted communities.

Salt Lake Neighborhood Housing Services, Salt Lake City, UT

$10,000 grant to provide pre-employment training and life skills coaching to Opportunity Youth .

The Support Group, Chicago, IL

$10,000 grant to help improve career and technical work skills, college readiness, and employment experience of young adults.

Tarrant Area Food Bank, Fort Worth, TX

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The Starbucks Foundation’s 2019 Opportunity for All Grants

Through Opportunity for All grants, The Starbucks Foundation helps support organizations creating pathways to lifelong opportunity and programs.

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Today, The Starbucks Foundation and Points of Light, the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service, announce the expansion of The Starbucks Foundation Service Fellows Program, an innovative service model inspired by national service.

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