Starbucks partners with Riyadh Municipality, Tahlia school

Starbucks employees partnered with Riyadh Municipality and Tahlia Government School in Jeddah to carry out renovations, part of the global coffee house’s third annual Global Month of Service (GMS), which aims at encouraging community service work.
Forty-five Starbucks partners (employees) in Riyadh spent a total of 104 hours planting flowers, renovating fences and painting walls in public parks on April 17.
In Jeddah, 55 Starbucks employees contributed 550 hours of volunteer work on April 22 at the Tahlia Government School, washing playgrounds, fixing signs, painting walls, and installing kitchen equipment.
These activities are two of several projects carried out during the month of April, reaffirming the commitment of one of the world’s most recognized brands to making communities stronger.
Rana Shaheen, regional communications and CSR Manager for Starbucks, MENA said: “It is with great pleasure that we once again work together in uniting for the greater good as part of Starbucks’ GMS. By partnering with Riyadh Municipality and Tahlia Government School, we not only supported them in improving their facilities, but also had the opportunity to engage and support some of our community’s most inspirational people.”
Shaheen said that what Starbucks has achieved “both locally in the Kingdom and collectively throughout the Middle East in 2013 is a powerful reminder of what we can all accomplish when we work together for common good.”
Starbucks partners have been building on the Community Connections program for the past three years across 10 markets in the Middle East.