Charter County of Wayne Michigan issued the following announcement on Aug. 6.
Some 25,000 Wayne County schoolchildren will receive protective face masks through a $200,000, two-part donation from Ballmer Giving, LLC of Bellevue, Wash.
Wayne County Commissioners unanimously approved the donation today.
“This is a wonderful gift and we are very grateful to receive it,” Commission Chair Alisha Bell said.
Under the grant, $100,000 will be used to acquire face masks for children in grades K-8 who live in low income areas of Dearborn, Ecorse, Garden City, Inkster, Hamtramck, Highland Park, River Rouge, Romulus and Westland. Masks will be distributed at designated sites in each community.
An additional $100,000 will be used to promote the Save-A-Life Program for convalescent plasma donation as a treatment for COVID-19.
The Ballmer Giving grant is administered through the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund. Ballmer Giving, LLC was created by former Microsoft CEO and current Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, a Detroit-area native.
Original source can be found here.
Source: Charter County of Wayne Michigan
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