For the second year in a row, 7-Eleven is changing how they dole out free Slurpees in celebration of their birthday due to the pandemic.

DALLAS The coronavirus pandemic has taken away another summertime tradition in the U.S.: There will be no free Slurpees at 7-Elevens on Saturday -- July 11 -- to hail a date that doubles as an abbreviation of the convenience store chains name. 7-Eleven has been giving away its slushy beverage to all customers for nearly 20 years on July 11, but it scrapped the promotion this summer to reduce the risk of people flocking to its stores and risking contracting the coronavirus (COVID-19). The Dallas-based chain instead decided to donate 1 million meals to Feeding America, a hunger relief group. The roughly 33 million people who had 7-Elevens membership app installed on their smartphones as of July 1 are also eligible for a free medium Slurpee at any time this month. READ MORE: Coronavirus deaths take a long-expected turn for the worse

Little JAime Brown was born on July 11 at 7:11 p.m. in Missouri. When the 7-Eleven chain got wind of the special birth, the company celebrated in style. "No other way to celebrate a one-in-a-million 7-Eleven baby! Welcome to the world, Jaime Brown! RELATED STORIESArtist Transforms Corrective Baby Helmets Into Sassy Works of ArtDeputy Saves 12-Day-Old Baby After Pulling Over Speeding CarIllinois Nurse and Husband Adopt Baby Boy She Cared for in ICU