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Buying Starbucks Fights AIDS Dec. 1
Coffee Shop Donates Nickel For Drinks
POSTED: 7:13 am MST December 1, 2009
UPDATED: 7:24 am MST December 1, 2009
On World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, Starbucks coffee will donate 5 cents to fight the disease for every drink it sells.The money will go to the Global Fund, which focuses its efforts on Africa, according to a Facebook page about the effort.Starbucks said that, in the last year, it has raised enough money to buy 7 million days' worth of medicine for people with HIV.
The coffee shop also sells CDs whose proceeds benefit the fund.
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