Ford Fund Mask Donations

DETROIT, Sept. 11, 2020 -- Ford volunteers distributed masks to 13 nonprofit groups and residents from the Ford Resource and Engagement Center in southwest Detroit on Friday. Ford Motor Company Fund, the automaker's philanthropic arm, and more than 35 Southeast Michigan Ford dealers teamed up to hand out 300,000 free masks to residents and nonprofits. The donations are part of a nation-wide program Ford Fund is conducting to deliver millions of free medical-grade masks to residents, nonprofit partners, state and local officials, schools, community groups and dealerships.. Also this week, Ford Fund donated 500,000 masks to the Detroit Public School District. The donation brings Ford Fund's total mask donations to Detroit school children to nearly 1 million PHOTO BY: Charlotte Smith, Ford Motor Company