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Grace Farms Foundation Organizes Effort to Get and Distribute PPE, Relief During COVID-19 Crisis
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A total of 120,000 respirator masks, a third of them N95 masks, have been delivered or are on the way to hospitals and first responders through two funds set up by Grace Farms Foundation and aided by other philanthropic partners, the foundation announced on Thursday. In addition, the Grace Farms has procured and already delivered more than 32,000 surgical masks and 4,000 isolation coveralls to 13 area hospitals, COVID-19 clinics, and the first responders in 14 local towns, the foundation said. Here in the southwest quarter of Connecticut, where the COVID-19 epidemic is now more intense than elsewhere in the state, the foundation has provided additional help. The announcement said:
“Hundreds of thousands of additional respirator masks, gowns/coveralls and face shields are expected to arrive within days, and will be distributed again by New Canaan Fire Department volunteers to local first responders in Fairfield County and healthcare workers at Community Health Centers, Stamford Health [Stamford Hospital], Norwalk Hospital, Danbury Hospital, and St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, and Yale New Haven Health, which serves six hospitals.”