Businesses giving free stuff to first responders, medical professionals
Krispy Kreme
The deal starts March 30 on National Doctor’s Day.
Any doctor, nurse, or healthcare staff member with an employee ID can pick up dozens of glazed doughnuts for free from any Krispy Kreme drive-thru every Monday up until the week of May 6-12, which is National Nurses Week.
Crocs
Here’s how it works.
Workers can go to Crocs.com starting at 9 a.m. PST to request a free pair while supplies last.
You will not be able to make a request if the day’s allotment of Crocs has been met. You can try again the next day at the same time to put a request in.
The Crocs are free and shipping is free too.
Starbucks
On Wednesday, the company announced it’s giving free coffee to front-line responders to COVID-19 until May 3.
Any customer who identifies as a first responder or front-line worker supporting our healthcare system will receive a tall brewed coffee — hot or iced — at no charge. That includes police officers, firefighters, paramedics, doctors, nurses, hospital and medical staff and medical researchers.
Circle K is offering free coffee or a Polar Pop to first responders and health care professions. That includes hospital workers, doctors, care facility workers, emergency medical services personnel, police officers, firefighters and military personnel. A valid ID is needed to redeem the free beverage at any time of day or night. The offer is expected to run through March 31.
Uber Health is providing rides to health care workers to and from patients’ homes as well as between healthcare facilities. In the U.S., Uber is partnering with 1199SEIU, one of the country’s largest healthcare unions, while in Europe and Latin America, it is working with public authorities to offer rides. The company said it is working to expand the service to other countries as well.
AirBnB
https://news.airbnb.com/airbnb-to-help-provide-housing-to-100000-covid-19-responders/
Free video
Free ebooks and magazines
- Borrow ebooks from your library
- Borrow free digital magazines from your library
- Authorama
- Project Gutenberg
- LibriVox
- ManyBooks
- BookBub
- Goodreads
- Smashwords
- Digilibraries
- BookLending
Free games
- World War Z (limited-time offer)
- Figment (limited-time offer)
- Tormentor X Punisher (limited-time offer)
- Drawful 2 (limited-time offer)
- Child of Light (limited-time offer)
- Fortnite: Battle Royale
- Apex Legends
- Call of Duty Warzone
- League of Legends
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- 27 more free games from GOG
Free video conferencing
Free music and audio
- Spotify
- Pandora
- Podcasts for iPhone
- Google Podcasts for Android
- Amazon Music HD (free 90-day trial, but cancel or afterward you’ll be billed at the regular rate of $15 per month)
- The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
- An Act of God
- Evil Eye
- Feeding the Dragon
- The Half-Life of Marie Curie
- Proof of Love
- Sakina’s Restaurant
Free or Reduced Internet Service
Atlantic Broadband
Atlantic Broadband is waiving late fees to customers who have been impacted by the coronavirus. They will not terminate services if their bill is past due for residential and small business customers who have been impacted negatively.
AT&T
AT&T is suspending termination of home phone, wireless, and broadband service when customers can’t pay their bills. They are also waiving late fees and providing free access to its public hotspots. Customers who have home internet may receive unlimited data.
Century Link
Century Link is waiving late fees and will not terminate for the next 60 days for residential and small business customers. They are providing unlimited data for their customers as well.
Charter Communications (including Bright House Networks and Spectrum, formerly Time Warner Cable)
Charter Communications is offering free broadband and wifi internet for the next 60 days for new customers with K-12 and college students. They are also offering its free wifi spots to the public. Spectrum does not have data caps or hidden fees.
Comcast (also known as Xfinity)
Comcast is offering free wifi for the next 60 days for new low-income customers, and increasing speeds for new and existing customers. In addition, they are providing no late fees, no disconnects, and unlimited data. If you are already a customer, they will automatically apply these new benefits. Check and see if you qualify here.
Cox Communications
Cox is providing unlimited data for the next 60 days, and customers with unlimited plans or 500GB will receive a credit. In addition, they will not terminate services for any residential or small business customers. They’re offering free wifi hotspots to the public. New customers can sign up without an annual contract.
Mediacom Communications
Mediacom Communications is pausing data allowances until May 15, 2020. They are also increasing their internet speeds and have made their wifi hotspot available to the public. They will not terminate services and will waive late fees for the next 60 days for customers who cannot pay their bill.
Sparklight (formerly Cable One)
Sparklight is providing unlimited data with no additional charge until April 12, 2020. They are also waiving late fees and suspending service terminations to their customers until May 12th, 2020. Sparlight is also offering free access to Sparklight wifi hotspots.
Sprint
Sprint will waive late charge fees and will not terminate services if customers are unable to pay. They are providing unlimited data for no extra cost, except for roaming. Sprint is also offering free wifi hotspots to the public until May 12th, 2020.
TDS Telecom
TDS Telecom is offering free broadband access to low-income individuals for 60 days. They are waiving late fee charges and suspending service termination until May 16th, 2020. They will also be offering free access to TDS wifi hotspots.
T-Mobile
T-Mobile is offering unlimited data for the next 60 days to all their current customers. In addition, they are providing an additional 20GB of data for mobile hotspots. They are also offering free access to T-Mobile wifi hotspots until May 15th, 2020.
Verizon
Verizon is suspending termination and waiving late fees for its residential and small business customers who have been impacted by the coronavirus. In addition, they are offering free international calls to CDC level three countries.
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