CULLMAN, Ala. – Area nursing homes, Cullman City Schools and local food banks are receiving new protective DreamFit masks thanks to a generous donation from Inland Building Systems, part of Schulte Building Systems, Inc. and local textile manufacturer HomTex.
Inland purchased $10,000 worth of the masks manufactured by HomTex, and HomTex matched that dollar amount, doubling the number of masks.
Ron Ambrosius, president of Cullman’s Inland operation, said he had placed an order with HomTex to produce the masks. But once HomTex CFO Jerry Wootten learned of the donation plan, he told Ambrosius that HomTex wanted to match the Inland donation. HomTex contribute half of the masks that were donated.
So far, approximately 2,500 masks have been given away.
Donations were made the local USA Healthcare nursing homes and Hanceville Nursing and Rehab, the Cullman City School System Child Nutrition Program (which is distributing seven breakfast and lunch meals weekly to more than 700 students) and Cullman Caring for Kids.
Said Ambrosius, “We felt it was one way to help the community. We are right next door to HomTex which makes it nice and convenient. We wanted to make a contribution and help out the community.”
He stressed that the contribution was a shared effort with HomTex.
He continued, “They went to USA (Healthcare), Hanceville Nursing Home, Cullman High School for the food line workers and the food bank. We didn’t know who all was out there that needed them. Dale (Greer) really did a great job of putting that together and searching that out to find out who was needy.”
Greer, director of the Cullman Economic Development Agency said, “Between the two nursing homes, they had over 900 employees or people who had contact with those. One asked if they might give extra for end of life situations where we can’t let family in. They left extra at each facility to help families in that difficult time.”
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