Free masks giveaways planned for Lowndes County

LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Free masks will be available for Lowndes County residents on Saturday.

The masks will be given out at six different locations:

• New Hope High School Parking Lot
  • 10 am – 12 noon
• Steens Community Center
  • 9 am – 11 am
• Concord Community Center
  • 9 am – 11 am
• Jess Lyons Fire Station
  • 8 am -11 am
• Anderson Grove Community Center
  • 10 am – 12 noon
• Plum Grove Community Center
  • 10 am – 12 noon

Non-medical and cloth masks will be available.

The Mississippi Department of Health has recommended wearing a mask in public where it would be hard to maintain social distancing.