Free Coffee For Front-Line Workers At Starbucks In Oak Park Area

OAK PARK, IL — Front-line workers can get free coffee throughout December from Starbucks locations throughout the United States, including the several in Oak Park and nearby towns.

Starbucks has locations in Oak Park at:

• Lake & Euclid — 711 Lake St. in Oak Park
• Target Oak Park T-3270

Starbucks also has nearby locations at:

• Lake & Harlem — 7201 Lake St. in River Forest
• Madison & Elgin — 731 Madison Ave. in Forest Park

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.

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"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 to receive the free coffee.