Florida Polytechnic University partnered with State Representative Colleen Burton to donate 10,000 face masks to multiple Lakeland nonprofits. From left to right, Steve Bissonnette, president of VISTE (Volunteers in Service to the Elderly), Florida Rep. Colleen Burton, Cynthia Jones-Northington, operations director at Talbot House Ministries, and Alice Koehler, president of LVIM (Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine).
Florida Polytechnic University partnered with State Rep. Colleen Burton to donate 10,000 face masks to multiple local nonprofit organizations to help them continue their essential work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The masks were donated to VISTE (Volunteers in Service to the Elderly), LVIM (Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine), Talbot House Ministries, and AFI (Alliance for Independence).
Representatives of the organizations met with Burton, Maggie Mariucci, Florida Poly’s assistant vice president of University relations, and Mustapha Achoubane, the University’s associate director of international relations, to receive thousands of masks on Thursday, June 18, at the University campus in Lakeland, Florida.
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