[Nfbmo] Braille Starbuck Card

[Ruby Polk]

 Thought you all would be
 interested.
 
 October is National Disability Awareness Month, and this fall we 
 are taking
 this opportunity to release our first Starbucks Card with Braille 
 lettering.
 
 The Starbucks Card in Braille was first suggested at a community 
 symposium
 hosted by Starbucks and attended by national disability leaders 
 in 2007.
 Starbucks partners (employees) from the Starbucks Access Alliance 
 initiated
 the work internally, and helped bring the first Starbucks Card in 
 Braille to
 fruition for the 2011 launch.
 
 Starbucks has taken a number of steps to make our stores 
 accessible and
 welcoming to customers. Our new and remodeled stores include 
 universal
 design elements, including a lower height counter for beverages. 
 And at
 participating stores in the U.S. we have offered a large print 
 Braille menu
 available upon request since 2008.
 
 The reloadable Card is available now at participating Starbucks 
 stores in
 the U.S. and Canada for a limited time. The Starbucks Card in 
 Braille will
> also be available online at Starbucks.com/Card and at 
 StarbucksStore.com
 while supplies last.
 

Ruby J. Polk
Braille Skills of Kansas City
816-305-9993
Essential For The Twenty-First Century