Outer Banks organizations are providing funding to make sure area students have access to learn remotely. | Stock Photo
Outer Banks organizations are providing funding to make sure area students have access to learn remotely. | Stock Photo
Outer Banks organizations are donating resources to help students learn remotely and protective gear to keep medical professionals and first responders as safe as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Outer Banks Community Foundation and the Currituck-Dare Community Foundation are providing a $9,000 grant so students can access the internet to complete their schoolwork, according to the OBX Today. The grant will provide access to 200 students.
The program is prioritizing high school students first. Parents who have students that need the assistance can contact Assistant Superintendent Rene Dowdy of the Currituck County Schools at rdowdy@currituck.k12.nc.us.
While the community foundations have been helping students continue to receive an education, the College of Albemarle is helping out local hospitals with accessing much-needed personal protective gear.
Albemarle collected and donated more than 275 boxes of gloves, 950 gowns, protective shoe coverings, head coverings, and face shields, OBX Today reported in April. Additionally, the college is supplying 1,670 masks, which includes 150 N95 face masks.
“These facilities are extremely important to our college as they have always generously supported our health sciences programs in a multitude of ways,” Robin Harris, dean of Health Sciences and Wellness Programs, said, according to the publication. “COA was eager to give back to our health care partners in their time of need and we hope for the continued protection of all their employees, many of them are COA graduates, as they lead the way during this crisis.”
The medical supplies were collected across several departments within the college, the publication reported. These included the nursing program, medical laboratory technology, medical assisting, and also the surgical technology programs. However, supplies also were provided by non-medical programs such as the aviation systems technology program, culinary arts, the health fitness science program, HVAC technology, and computer integrated machining.
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