{"id":2458132,"date":"2020-05-06T13:33:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T19:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=325381"},"modified":"2020-05-06T13:33:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T19:33:00","slug":"news-briefs-aspen-gives-out-masks-food-drive-seeks-donations-national-prayer-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/news-briefs-aspen-gives-out-masks-food-drive-seeks-donations-national-prayer-day\/","title":{"rendered":"News Briefs: Aspen gives out masks, food drive seeks donations, National Prayer Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"53.643768400393\">\n<p><strong>City to hand out masks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The city of Aspen will begin handing out free face coverings starting 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday in front of City Hall.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Residents can come to the left of the main entrance on Galena Street to clerk\u2019s office window and a city employee will distribute the masks. Limit of two masks per person. The window will be open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. while supplies last.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Residents also are encouraged to make or procure their own masks \u2014 directions at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofaspen.com.&amp;nbsp\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.cityofaspen.com.&amp;nbsp<\/a>;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Basalt Food Drive on Wednesday&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nonprofits and Aspen Skiing Co. are seeking food donations, feminine hygiene products and\/or baby products (diapers, wipes and formula) as part of the Basalt Food Drive, which collects the donations from 10 a.m. 3 p.m. at Basalt Middle School.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All donations are sanitized, packed and given out on Thursdays. The food drive currently serves as many as 500 Roaring Fork Valley residents and will continue throughout May and possibly longer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Skico also has set up the Caring for Community Fund. Any donations made through May 31 will be distributed to valley organizations providing access to food, education, housing and more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Prayer Day on Thursday&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>National Day of Prayer, held on the first Thursday of May since May 1988 and a national observance since 1952, will go on this week \u201cbut will look very different from years past,\u201d according to a message from the organization.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s theme is \u201cPray God\u2019s Glory Across the Earth\u201d and is based on Habakkuk 2:14.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Locally, Paepcke Park has been the venue for the event, but this year National Prayer Day is being held virtually. Additionally, Aspen residents John and Pam Fisher ask that people from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday to \u201chave their own quiet pondering in prayer time.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The National Prayer Broadcast will be streamed live from 6 to 8 p.m. at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/natlprayer.&amp;nbsp\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/natlprayer.&amp;nbsp<\/a>;<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaldayofprayer.org\/events.&amp;nbsp\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.nationaldayofprayer.org\/events.&amp;nbsp<\/a>;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.303082191781\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-7 pt-3 pb-4 at-4 pl-4\" readability=\"19.164371772806\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers around Aspen and Snowmass Village make the Aspen Times\u2019 work possible. 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