As America’s Mask Challenge calls on companies and organizations to help get 200 million cloth facial coverings to 40 million students, teachers and staff at 56,000 of America’s most under-resourced schools, Union Pacific is stepping up to help.
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Led by United Way Worldwide, the challenge’s key partners include the CDC Foundation and The Business Roundtable, a nonprofit comprising 182 CEOs of major U.S. companies – including Chairman Lance Fritz, who serves on its board of directors.
Union Pacific ‘adopted’ two schools, donating surplus cloth facial coverings to school districts in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and outside Fort Worth, Texas.
“This donation is a perfect example of our greater community joining together to help mitigate the spread of the virus,” said Dr. Vickie Murillo, Council Bluffs Community School District superintendent. “We are grateful to our friends at Union Pacific for recognizing the need and sharing this gift with our school community.”
Thanks to UP’s donation, Castleberry Independent School District (ISD) students near Fort Worth each will receive five facial coverings. Pictured from left are Dr. John Ramos, Castleberry ISD superintendent; Leah King, United Way of Tarrant County president and CEO; Renee Smith-Falkner, Castleberry ISD associate superintendent; and UP’s Brad Miller, senior manager-Division Police.
The Council Bluffs Community School District received 58,000 facial coverings from Union Pacific.
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