“Unfortunately, it sounds like COVID-19 is not going away anytime soon we are urging the public to continue to focus on staying clean to stay healthy.”
Beginning Wednesday, July 29, Escambia County will offer bottles of hand sanitizer in addition to face masks as part of its public health campaign, “Mask Up, Escambia!”
The face mask encouragement campaign – with an exclamation point so you know they really mean it – began on July 1. Since then, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have tripled and deaths nearly doubled – although we did have a 0.63% decline in positivity last week and the new cases for Monday, July 27 were the lowest daily total for July.
“Escambia County is pleased to be able to offer free hand sanitizer in addition to a free mask for the public during this unprecedented time,” said Emergency Manager Eric Gilmore.
“Unfortunately, it sounds like COVID-19 is not going away anytime soon we are urging the public to continue to focus on staying clean to stay healthy,” he added. “The county has supplies, and we are doing everything in our power to encourage the public to ‘Mask Up’ and stay clean.”
As an added bonus, when the public picks up at up 2-ounce hand sanitizer bottle at one of the locations listed below, they also will get a free mask while supplies last.
The county has 10,000 hand sanitizer bottles and 27,000 masks in stock for this campaign so hurry before the supply runs out.
The COVID giveaways are available at following locations:
Libraries – Monday through Friday, 2-6 p.m.
Pensacola Library
239 N. Spring St.
Pensacola, FL 32502
850-436-5060
Tryon Branch Library
1200 Langley Ave.
Pensacola, FL 32504
850-471-6980
Century Branch Library
7991 N. Century Blvd.
Century, FL 32535
850-256-6217
Genealogy Branch Library
5740 N. Ninth Ave.
Pensacola, FL 32504
850-494-7373
Molino Branch Library
6450-A Highway 95A
Molino, FL 32577
850-435-1760
Southwest Branch Library
12248 Gulf Beach Highway
Pensacola, FL 32507
850-453-7780
Westside Branch Library
1301 W. Gregory St.
Pensacola, FL 32502
850-595-1047
Escambia County Extension, 8 a.m.to 5 p.m., 3740 Stefani Road
Brownsville Community Center, 8 a.m.to 5 p.m., 3200 W. De Soto St.
Ebonwood Community Center, 8 a.m.to 5 p.m., 3511 W. Scott St.
Pensacola Beach, Tower 4 at Casino Beach or ask a lifeguard.