{"id":23013,"date":"2020-03-26T10:38:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T17:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=23013"},"modified":"2020-03-26T10:38:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T17:38:33","slug":"starbucks-offering-free-coffee-to-front-line-responders-amid-coronavirus-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=23013","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks offering free coffee to front-line responders amid coronavirus outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article__content\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">As\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stories.starbucks.com\/stories\/2020\/a-time-for-resilience\/\">ceo Kevin Johnson wrote in a letter to customers<\/a>\u00a0this week, amid a dynamic and uncertain time, Starbucks store partners around the world have demonstrated the company\u2019s resilience and commitment to the communities they serve. Over the last few weeks,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stories.starbucks.com\/stories\/2020\/starbucks-partners-bring-coffee-and-comfort-to-covid-19-front-line-responders\/\">partners have found ways<\/a>\u00a0to support those who are keeping our communities safe \u2013 particularly responders on the front line of the COVID-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Building on this commitment, Starbucks announced it will offer free coffee to front line\u00a0responders\u00a0through\u00a0May 3.\u00a0In addition, The Starbucks Foundation will donate $500,000 to support front-line responders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Here are the details:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<ul>\n<li>Starting today through May 3, any customer who identifies as a front-line responder to the COVID-19 outbreak\u00a0will receive a tall brewed coffee (hot or iced) at no charge.<\/li>\n<li>The Starbucks Foundation will\u00a0donate $500,000 to support U.S. front-line responders\u00a0with equal donations to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.directrelief.org\/emergency\/coronavirus-outbreak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Direct Relief<\/a>\u00a0to support the delivery of personal protective equipment and essential medical items and to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.operationgratitude.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Operation Gratitude<\/a>\u00a0to deliver 50,000 care packages and handwritten letters to first responders and health care workers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.starbucks.com\/stories\/2020\/starbucks-partners-bring-coffee-and-comfort-to-covid-19-front-line-responders\/\">Read more<\/a>\u00a0about how partners in Starbucks stores around the world have already found ways to support and thank front-line responders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As\u00a0ceo Kevin Johnson wrote in a&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-health","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23014,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23013\/revisions\/23014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}