International students and families donate masks to UNC Hospitals

Posted Apr 25, 2020
As the novel coronavirus began to spread throughout the United States, some international students’ parents living in China wanted to find a way to help their children, who were so far away in Chapel Hill. A group of parents of international undergraduate and graduate students, as well as parents of Carolina alumni, are donating nearly 100,000 masks. (UNC.edu)

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