COVID-19 Frontline Workers Get Free Starbucks Through December

As a big thank you to the workers on the frontlines battling COVID-19, Starbucks will be giving away free cups of coffee to health care workers and first responders. Virginia Tenpenny, Starbucks vice president, Global Social Impact, said in a news release:

It has been an extraordinarily difficult year, especially for the front-line responders who are serving our communities. We want to show our deep gratitude for those who support and protect us every day with a small gesture of kindness and a cup of coffee.

Starbucks will be offering a free tall brewed coffee (hot or iced) throughout the month of December to show appreciation for those keeping our communities safe during COVID-19. To receive this free coffee you just need to identify yourself at Starbucks as a front-line responder to COVID-19.

Here is who is deemed eligible as a frontline worker:

doctors
nurses
public health workers
pharmacists
dispatchers
fire fighters
paramedics
EMTs
law enforcement officers
dentists and dental hygienists
mental health workers (therapist, psychologist, social worker, counselor, etc.)
hospital staff such as janitor/housekeeping/security
military on active duty
contact tracers
vaccine and pharmaceutical researchers
pilots
flight attendants
TSA
medical researchers

This free cup of coffee isn't the only thing the company is doing to give back. Starbucks also donated $100,000 to National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to support virtual mental health resources for front-line responders, and the company has plans to surprise 50,000 front-line responders with care packages and gift cards throughout the holidays.

There are four starbucks locations in the St. Cloud area where frontline workers can score their coffee: