Nintendo donates 9,500 N95 masks to the home of its North American production facility

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Nintendo has donated 9,500 N95 respirator masks to the city of North Bend, Washington, helping out medical and emergency services at thꦅe home o🗹f its main North American production facility.

The city of North Bend shared the news on its , thanking Nintendo for the donation and praising it for living up to its motto of "Putting Smiles on the Faces of Everyone Nintendo Touches." The disposable masks are badly needed for professionals working with coronavirus patients, both to protect themselves and others from cross-contamination. Unfortunately, skyrocketing demand among both health care workers and the public has made them hard to find for the people who need themꦗ most.

Nintendo of America's headquarters are located in Redmond, Washington꧙, but its main production𒊎 and distribution facility is located about 20 miles away in the small town of North Bend. According to the release from the city, Nintendo had previously acquired the 9,500 masks as part of its emergency preparedness plans for its North Bend employees. The company reached out to the city's fire and rescue department to donate the masks earlier this week.

You may not have heard of it, but if you've ever purchased a Nintendo console in North America before, you've probably benefited from the work of Nintendo North Bend. As we self-isolate with our Switch consoles and escape to a softer and safer world with our copies of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it make༺s𝔉 me feel good to know Nintendo's helping one of the real-life communities that made it possible.

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