Operation Blessing, a humanitarian group, says it is distributing thousands of N95 face masks and other sanitizing supplies critically needed by first responders in Hampton Roads.
The Virginia Beach-based nonprofit said it was giving out 19,450 N95 face masks and 670 sanitizing kits to first responders in four states: Virginia, West Virginia, Texas and Florida, according to a Saturday news release from the nonprofit.
The group made stops this week in Hampton Roads, giving out supplies to police departments and emergency management offices in Norfolk, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson and Virginia Beach.
"Our police, firefighters, emergency managers and healthcare workers face imminent danger each moment while serving the public in the fight against the coronavirus,” Gordon Robertson said.