WEST DES MOINES — The Iowa Department of Public Health provided Hy-Vee with 75,000 cloth masks to distribute to customers at its more than 125 Iowa grocery stores and drug stores. Hy-Vee distributed the free masks in Iowa on Tuesday, May 26.
Every Hy-Vee grocery store and Hy-Vee Drugstore in Iowa had approximately 500 Hanes Defender cloth masks to distribute to customers on a first-come, first-served basis. The masks are intended for those who have not been able to obtain a mask to help protect themselves from the coronavirus (COVID-19).
The masks were donated to Hy-Vee by the Iowa Department of Public Health, in partnership with Hanes Brands Inc., the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).