Staff from a Stansted coffee shop are going down the line to raise money for charity.

Five employees of Starbucks will be attempting to travel on all 13 lines of the London Underground in one day.

The tube-ride will take place on August 12, and the five travellers are looking for people to sponsor them, either per line, or for each station they stop at.

The coffee shop has agreed to attempt the feat to raise money toward preventing blindness in third-world children.

A spokeswoman for the store said: "At present in the airport, BAA have started a drive towards raising money, to help prevent third world children going blind.

"In line with this, we thought that it would be a good idea if we could, as a store, raise money for this charity."

For more information, or to sponsor the team, call Starbucks on (01279) 661780 and ask for Vicky

Published Friday, June 13, 2003

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