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Starbucks Offering Free Coffee To First Responders & Medical Workers

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Until May 3, Starbucks will be offering first responders and frontline workers free coffee, hot or iced, as a thank you for their work during the coronavirus outbreak.

This includes police officers, firefighters, paramedics, doctors, nurses, hospital and medical staff.

The Starbucks Foundation is also donating $500,000 to organizations donating care packages and medical items such as masks, medical supplies, and other essential items that healthcare and frontline workers require.

Starbucks has shifted to a drive-through model, removed cafe seating, in an effort to encourage social distancing.

They have also expanded benefits for all their workers to include 30 days of catastrophe pay.

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