Bruce Power Community Relations team members Jill Hunter (left), Lisa Haight, and Kathy Alderdice have been instrumental in getting 35,000 reusable cloth face masks into the hands of the company’s employees, pensioners and contractors. The Bruce Power Pensioners’ Association also donated its annual budget to the mask initiative in lieu of the group’s 2020 events. Image supplied
Bruce Power’s Retooling and Economic Recovery Council (RERC) and Pensioners’ Association (BPPA) have teamed up to provide 35,000 reusable cloth masks to employees, retirees and contractors.
In a Bruce Power media release, each person received two reusable cloth masks for their family to wear at work, in the community, or for their children heading back to school. It is all part of the RERC’s COVID-19 response program, which has seen over 1.5-million pieces of personal protective equipment be donated to individuals, communities and businesses across Ontario, said John Peevers, Director of Community and Media Relations and Economic Development.
While employees and contractors have protected themselves while on site, Bruce Power wanted to provide their families with comfortable, reusable masks to wear at home and in the community, to help keep the spread of COVID-19 to a minimum, Peevers said. “We know that the fastest way to economic recovery is for everybody to stay safe at work and home, while frequenting our local businesses," he added.
The BPPA donated the majority of its 2020 budget to the community mask initiative in place of the various social events held throughout the year for its pensioners, said Doug Mullaly, the group’s president.
“The association greatly appreciates all that Bruce Power has done to support our local communities during the COVID-19 pandemic and we also wanted to do our part to help,” Mullaly said.
