Veterans and their families in the mid-Missouri region have received masks since August from the U.S. Exercise Tiger Foundation to help safeguard against the COVID-19 pandemic.
As virus cases decrease, vaccinations increase and health orders are relaxed, the foundation on Monday received its last shipment of 100,000 masks from the state.
Seven members of the Arnold Air Society, an honorary, professional and service organization with the University of Missouri Air Force ROTC, helped move the boxes of masks into the foundation's office on East Walnut Street in downtown Columbia.
The foundation received the cloth masks via a partnership involving Missouri Public Safety, the Missouri Veterans Commission, the State Emergency Management Agency and Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services for the "Mask a Vet" program, Public Affairs Officer Walt Domanski said.