
Judy Alvarenga, the store manager for the Starbucks in Rancho Cucamonga, put up an affirmations mailbox after four students completed suicide in a two-week stretch of August 2018. The mailbox helped to usher in a new focus on mental health in the community.

The daily affirmations mailbox at the Starbucks in Rancho Cucamonga was put up after four school-aged children died by suicide in August of 2018. Customers can either take a note of positivity or write one for someone to pick up in the future.