Kia Canada plans to donate 60,000 medical-grade protective face shields to the Public Health Agency of Canada to support the country’s frontline healthcare workers, according to the OEM’s news release.
The donation is part of Kia Canada’s Power to Give COVID-19 relief efforts. The face shields were produced in a retooled section of the automaker’s manufacturing plant in West Point, Georgia and will be allocated to Canadian healthcare workers and provided to provinces and territories by the public health agency.
“We are committed to giving back to the communities that we’re so proud to call home, and we’re grateful to the Kia family that we’re able to provide support with these protective face shields,” said Elias El-Achhab, Chief Operating Officer at Kia Canada. From the cobblestone streets of Gastown, BC, to the beautiful coast of St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada has our heart, and we will continue to seek ways to meaningfully make a difference.”
Kia Canada has also donated $200,000 nationally to Food Banks Canada as part of its Power to Give initiative, and offered loaned vehicles to regional food banks to fight hunger relief efforts amid the pandemic.
