Sat, 10 Jun 2023 10:15:53 GMT (1686392153983)
Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey delivering masks to rural hospitals in Texas
FILE - In this April 23, 2018 file photo, Matthew McConaughey, a cast member in the upcoming film "White Boy Rick," speaks during the Sony Pictures Entertainment presentation at CinemaCon 2018 in Las Vegas. Firefighters, police officers and 911 operators in Houston got a surprise from a famous local as McConaughey delivered a catered lunch as way to give thanks on National First Responders Day. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
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AUSTIN, Texas — Alright, alright, alright!
Keep an out for Matthew McConaughey at rural hospitals in the Big Country.
Lincoln donated 110,000 masks for hospitals in need.
According to his Facebook post on Thursday night, the Texas born actor and his wife loaded them up in his pickup truck and are “hitting the road to get em to rural hospitals in need across Texas.”
The donation comes after Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller requested emergency funding for rural hospitals.
On March 20, Miller said, “rural Texans can’t afford to lose their hospitals right now.”
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McConaughey did not say which hospitals will receive the donated masks.
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