Project C.U.R.E. volunteer Ray Wang accepts a body fluid spill kit from a resident during a PPE donation drive on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Houston.
Project C.U.R.E. volunteer Ray Wang accepts a body fluid spill kit from a resident during a PPE donation drive on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Houston.
Project C.U.R.E. volunteer Anoosha Moturu wraps a pallet with donated goods during the drive.
Project C.U.R.E. volunteer Anoosha Moturu wraps a pallet with donated goods during the drive.
Project C.U.R.E. volunteers wrap up pallets of donated goods during a donation drive hosted by Mayor Sylvester Turner in partnership with Cheniere Energy, the Astros Foundation and Project C.U.R.E.
Project C.U.R.E. volunteers wrap up pallets of donated goods during a donation drive hosted by Mayor Sylvester Turner in partnership with Cheniere Energy, the Astros Foundation and Project C.U.R.E.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks during the PPE donation drive.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks during the PPE donation drive.
Project C.U.R.E volunteer Howard Amboree unloads pallets from a truck during the donation drive.
Project C.U.R.E volunteer Howard Amboree unloads pallets from a truck during the donation drive.
Project C.U.R.E. volunteers Soumya Gogia, center, and Steve Scherer, right, unload paper towels from a vehicle during the donation drive.
Project C.U.R.E. volunteers Soumya Gogia, center, and Steve Scherer, right, unload paper towels from a vehicle during the donation drive.
Ulysses Agüero unloads his truck as he donates hand sanitizer during the drive.
Ulysses Agüero unloads his truck as he donates hand sanitizer during the drive.
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Businesses and individuals donate during PPE drive at Minute Maid Park

The City of Houston partnered with Cheniere Energy, Project C.U.R.E. and the Astros Foundation to gather donated COVID-19 supplies

By Maggie Galehouse April 8, 2020

Businesses and individuals donate during PPE drive at Minute Maid Park

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They came in cars and in trucks, in groups and alone, with pallets and small bags of supplies.

Between noon and 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, local businesses and individual citizens arrived at Minute Maid Park to donate personal protective equipment (PPE) for COVID-19 first responders and municipal employees in essential roles.

The City of Houston partnered with Cheniere Energy, the Astros Foundation and Project C.U.R.E. for the PPE drive to gather N95 masks, surgical masks, face shields, gloves, surgical and isolation gowns, protective coveralls and shoe covers, and hand sanitizer containing 70 percent alcohol.

Donations came in steadily for more than three hours. They were still coming in after 3 p.m. as Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner was holding his daily press conference on site.

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The Chevron Houston Marathon donated gloves. Gulf Coast Distillers brought a pallet—576 bottles—of sanitizer. One gentleman donated one surgical mask. Businesses and individuals gave what they could.

Cheniere Energy pledged to match up to $50,000 in donations to Project C.U.R.E, which delivers life-saving equipment and supplies to hospitals and clinics in need around the world. By mid-afternoon Wednesday, Project C.U.R.E. had already received about $25,000.

“From the depths of my heart, on behalf of all of Houston, let me thank you all so very, very much,” Turner said.

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