[Nfbmo] Braille Starbuck Card

Debbie Wunder debbiewunder at centurytel.net
Mon Oct 3 19:39:16 UTC 2011


Hi, this is really neat!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ruby Polk" <r.polk1 at sbcglobal.net>
To: <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 11:49 AM
Subject: [Nfbmo] Braille Starbuck Card


>
> 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
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