FEMA has provided face masks for Alabama broadcasters
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has provided free face masks
for broadcasters. They are washable, re-usable cotton.
WE/YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DISTRIBUTE THESE BEYOND BROADCASTERS. THEY ARE MEANT FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS. DISTRIBUTION TO AUDIENCE MEMBERS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY COULD BE CONSIDERED THE ILLEGAL CONVERSION OF FEDERAL PROPERTY.
We received fewer than promised so, please ask for just what you need. If we receive more, we will increase your number as much as possible.
Please go to this
link
to provide the information needed to send you masks
. The deadline to request masks is 5pm tomorrow, June 4. We will start mailing on Friday.
Because there is a mask ordinance in place in Birmingham, area stations may make arrangements to pick up masks at the ABA office ASAP. Contact
Sharon
to do so.
If there are any remaining after all requests are fulfilled, stations who did
not make the deadline may receive masks. These are for members AND
non-members.
Please contact
Sharon
with questions.
The
Centers For Disease Control
recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain, especially in areas of significant community-based transmission. The masks can be routinely washed, depending on the frequency of use.
