Free Coffee For Front-Line Workers At Starbucks In NPR

NEW PORT RICHEY, FL — Front-line workers can get free coffee throughout December from Starbucks locations throughout the United States, including the Pasco County Starbucks.

Starbucks has locations at:

• 5435 U.S. 19, New Port Richey
• 5220 Little Road, New Port Richey
• 9235 U.S. 19, Port Richey
• 2914 Little Road, Trinity
• Seven Springs Target, 2900 Little Road, Trinity
• 11930 State Road 54, Odessa
• 16330 State Road 54, Odessa
• Target in Lutz, 1050 Dale Mabry Highway, Lutz
• 22721 State Road 54, Land O' Lakes
• 4401 Commercial Way, Spring Hill
• 4667 Commercial Way, Spring Hill
• 2257 Sun Vista Drive, Lutz
• Tampa Premium Outlets, 2300 Grand Cypress Drive, Lutz
• Target Spring Hill East, 3101 Aerial Way, Spring Hill

Find the addresses of other Starbucks using the store locator.

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, police officers, dentists and dental hygienists, mental health workers (therapists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, etc.), hospital staff such as janitors, housekeeping/security and active-duty military, according to Starbucks.

Customers will need to identify themselves as one of those workers in order to receive the free coffee.