A partnership between Department of Communities, Foodbank WA, WACOSS and Linkwest has enabled Linkwest to distribute 100,000 free masks to over 50 Centres in regional Western Australia. Nutrien Ag Solutions generously assisted with facilitating the delivery of masks to strategically located Centres across the Wheatbelt and Esperance regions for free. These Centres have quickly coordinated within our Centre network to ensure that boxes of masks are delivered to other Centres in nearby towns, ensuring that all Centres across the Wheatbelt and the Esperance region can receive these free masks.
In total, 80,000 masks have been delivered to 41 Community Resource Centres across the Wheatbelt, and a further 20,000 to the Esperance region for another 10 community organisations. The masks will help ensure that the Neighbourhood and Community Resource Centre staff and vulnerable members of the community have access to these essential items as Omicron spreads regionally.
We would like to extend our gratitude to Nutrien Ag Solutions for the generous delivery of the masks. We would also like to thank Escare, Gingin CRC, Kellerberrin CRC, Moora CRC, Pingelly CRC and Quairading CRC for acting as distribution hubs for other Centres in your region.