Officials at Ocean State Job Lot say they are utilizing their entire supply chain to access as much in the way of cleaning products, masks and hand sanitizers from national and international vendors.
The company has stores all throughout New England.
Officials say once they put together all the necessary products they will donate the supplies to state and local governments including hospitals to help meet their immense need.
David Sarilotti is the Executive President of the Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation says "Covid 19 is affecting all of us in every community and we are prepared to do our best to help."
The company is going to make a 250 thousand dollar donation in order to fund a foundation designed to purchase the products needed by hospitals and governments to be donated to those groups.