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Free Coffee For Front-Line Workers At Starbucks In Woodridge Area

Starbucks will offer free coffee for all front-line workers through the end of 2020.

Front-line workers can get free coffee throughout December from Starbucks locations in Woodridge and nearby spots in DuPage County.
Front-line workers can get free coffee throughout December from Starbucks locations in Woodridge and nearby spots in DuPage County. (David Allen/Patch)

WOODRIDGE, IL — Front-line workers can get free coffee throughout December from Starbucks locations throughout the United States, including the several in Woodridge and nearby locations in DuPage County.

Starbucks has locations in Woodridge at:

  • Target Woodridge T-866 — 2333 63rd St.
  • Rt. 53 & Woodridge — 6410 Rte. 53, Ste. 100
  • 75th & Lemont — 1001 W. 75th St.

Starbucks also has nearby locations at:

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  • Bolingbrook — Boughton & Janes — 699 East Boughton Rd. in Bolingbrook
  • Macy's — Bolingbrook — 645 E. Boughton Rd. in Bolingbrook
  • Lisle — Rte. 53 & Maple — 1048 Maple Ave. in Lisle
  • Naper & 75th St. — 1200 S. Naper Boulevard in Naperville
  • Downers Grove, Main & Warren — 5002-5006 Main Street in Downers Grove
  • Downers Grove, Ogden and Prince — 1149 Ogden Avenue in Downers Grove
  • DoubleTree Downers Grove — 211 Butterfield Road in Downers Grove
  • Butterfield & Finley — 1450 Butterfield Road in Downers Grove

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.”

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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.

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