Front-Line Workers: Free Coffee At Cotati, Rohnert Park Starbucks

ROHNERT PARK-COTATI, CA — Front-line workers can get free coffee throughout the month of December from Starbucks locations across the United States, including here in Rohnert Park and Cotati.

Starbucks has 10 locations in Cotati and Rohnert Park:

• 640 E. Cotati Ave. E, Cotati
• 459 Rohnert Park Expy West, Rohnert Park
• 1716 E Cotati Ave at Wolf Den Plaza, Rohnert Park
• 969 A Golf Course Drive at Mountain Shadows Plaza, Rohnert Park
• 6277 Commerce Blvd., Rohnert Park
• 6340 Commerce Blvd. at Safeway, Rohnert Park
• 475 Rohnert Park Expy West at Target, Rohnert Park
• 630 Park Court at Graton Resort & Casino, Rohnert Park
• 5065 Redwood Drive, Rohnert Park
• Kaiser Permanente Rohnert Park Medical Offices

In a statement, Starbucks said it will offer front-line workers a free tall brewed coffee, hot or iced, throughout the month as a way “to recognize the significant efforts of the front-line responder and health care community” during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It has been an extraordinarily difficult year, especially for the front-line responders who are serving our communities,” Starbucks Vice President Virginia Tenpenny said in a news release. “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.”

Those eligible for the offer include: doctors, nurses, public health workers, pharmacists, dispatchers, firefighters, 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, and medical researchers.

In order to receive a free cup of coffee, customers just need to identify themselves as one of the aforementioned workers.

This special offer runs Dec. 1-31, 2020.

To further support the front-line responder community, company officials said Starbucks donated $100,000 to National Alliance on Mental Illness — NAMI — to support virtual mental health resources for front-line responders. The company also plans to surprise 50,000 front-line responders with care packages and Starbucks gift cards this holiday season.