Goleta launches program to help businesses access masks

GOLETA, Calif. -- The Goleta Chamber of Commerce partnered with local businesses to help provide face masks to business in and around Goleta.

The Chamber partnered with local businesses to launch Masks4Biz, a community effort to provide masks to businesses that are open and serving the public.

The Chamber recognized the importance of these essential workers who interact with the public daily to keep grocery stores, restaurants, banks, gas stations, hardware stores and others open.

The goal of Masks4Biz is to gift Goleta businesses with their first round of masks in recognition of their community dedication and offer to help procure additional masks if needed.

The Chamber has sourced masks from a vendor that does not compete with masks within the medical supply chain.

The Chamber will distribute 20,000 masks with the goal of providing workers with enough masks to cover their faces for 2-3 weeks. Each mask can be worn twice by an employee.

Local companies that are supporting the Chamber in their efforts include American Riviera Bank, Apeel Sciences, Community West bank, Deckers Brands, Kathy Odell -WEV, LogMeIn, Montecito Bank and Trust, Transphorm and Village Properties.

For more information on what the Goleta Chamber of Commerce is doing during the COVID-19 pandemic, click here.