Facebook Partners with Local Non-profit, Phoenix, to Donate Protective Face Masks to Crestwood Medical Center

6/4/2020

Huntsville, AL, June 4, 2020 — Following the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, Phoenix, a Huntsville non-profit that provides employment services to people with disabilities, partnered with Facebook to donate protective face masks to local hospitals, like Crestwood Medical Center.

Because of Phoenix’s focus on employment services, they have built up a sizable base of government contracts. Many of their contracts deal with items sewn for Department of Defense resulting in a workforce of highly skilled sewers. With a $25,000 grant from Facebook and a quick reallocation of resources, Phoenix was able to start making reusable protective face masks for the hospitals. Because of this partnership, Phoenix was able to donate over 9,000 masks to local healthcare workers working on the front lines.

“We are proud to have the opportunity to help Phoenix and its skilled workforce with needed financial resources to shift gears and fulfill a community need,” said Katie Comer, Facebook’s community development regional manager. “Huntsville is home to our data center as well as our employees and their families, so connecting with community programs is so important to Facebook, especially in light of the current crisis.”

“To provide patient care in the face of COVID-19, there is nothing more important than frontline healthcare workers having the personal protective equipment they need to keep them safe, ” says Pam Hudson, CEO of Crestwood Medical Center. “Crestwood is so grateful to Phoenix and Facebook for partnering together to donate masks to the hospital during this time of need. On behalf of all of the team at Crestwood, thank you!”

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