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MarketsFeaturedFear &amp; Greed IndexLatestBy and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback&nbsp;—&nbsp;are getting a special treat this month.will be giving away free cups of coffee to health care workers and first responders who have been working during the Covid-19 pandemic.“It has been an extraordinarily difficult year, especially for the front-line responders who are serving our communities,” Virginia Tenpenny, Starbucks vice president for global social impact, . “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.”Until the end of December, a customer “who identifies as a front-line responder to the COVID-19 outbreak” can walk into any Starbucks in the US and receive a free tall brewed coffee, hot or iced. The giveaway also extends to other hospital staff, like janitors and security, mental health workers and active-duty military.The new promotion is an extension of a aimed at health care workers on the front lines of the Covid-19 pandemic. From late March until May, Starbucks vowed to give one free cup of coffee to health care workers. By the end of April, the chain said that more than 1 million cups and claims that that number has since doubled to over 2 million.These giveaways are the latest in a string of actions the coffee chain has rolled out during the pandemic, including a $100,000 donation to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and a public promise to give care packages and gift cards to 50,000 frontline responders.Ad FeedbackAd FeedbackAd Feedback

MarketsFeaturedFear &amp; Greed IndexLatestBy and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback&nbsp;—&nbsp;are getting a special treat this month.will be giving away free cups of coffee to health care workers and first responders who have been working during the Covid-19 pandemic.“It has been an extraordinarily difficult year, especially for the front-line responders who are serving our communities,” Virginia Tenpenny, Starbucks vice president for global social impact, . “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...

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