How lucky am I to have this opportunity to put a local shout out to Starbucks coffee on 8th Avenue.
I was the project manager of a huge event that took place at the Glenbow Museum, which included dance entertainment, free food and beverage. And after requesting donations of food from the community, the members of my board thought why not acquisition the help for beverages as well.
Well, we all love juice and water but how about kicking it up a notch and serving free coffee? I thought what the heck why not ask Starbucks. And still to this day and to my dismay the ringing response was that they were so honoured to be able to have the privilege of donating to our event! I was floored by this generosity!
Basically they had 2 two gallon gas can like jugs ready for us to pick up the night of the event complete with condiments and cups. It was amazing; in return they wanted nothing from us except using their coffee cups with their logos. I thought we can definitely manage that.
It was one of the speediest and well followed up negotiations I experienced with that job. They called me to confirm and then again the day of to remind me that the coffee was ready.
We attracted 150 people at the Glenbow Museum that night and I believe there was more than enough coffee; it also gave us a bit of social prestige knowing we were associated with such support.
I was so impressed by this community gesture from Starbucks and am so glad that I can share this story here. So for any future events that may need a java jolt feel free to call any outlet and ask for their help, I know they will respond quite positively.