Free Masks Available At Denver Recreation Centers

DENVER, CO — Though the omicron surge may be receding, as of Jan. 18, Denver's Department of Public Health and Environment reported a one-week case rate of 1,272. That rate informs Denver's face mask public health order and is down from the 1,745 cases reported on Jan. 12.

Denver is working to provide free masks to its residents in accordance with the order, which requires everyone older than two to wear a mask indoors.

As of Monday, Denver Parks and Recreation has received 100,000 KN95 and surgical masks, which will be distributed at 29 recreation centers to residents across the city, officials said. This comes as a component of Colorado's mask distribution efforts.

Masks will not be available for pickup at any Denver libraries, fire stations, or the La Alma recreation center, which is currently closed, officials said.

Residents can pick up masks at these recreation centers:

• 5090 Broadway

• Ashland Recreation Center

• Athmar Recreation Center

• Aztlan Recreation Center

• Barnum Recreation Center

• Carla Madison Recreation Center

• Central Park Recreation Center

• College View Recreation Center

• Cook Park Recreation Center

• Eisenhower Recreation Center

• Glenarm Recreation Center

• Green Valley Ranch Recreation Center

• Harvey Park Recreation Center

• Harvard Gulch Recreation Center

• Hiawatha Davis Recreation Center

• Highland Recreation Center

• Johnson Recreation Center

• La Familia Recreation Center

• Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center

• Montbello Recreation Center

• Montclair Recreation Center

• Platt Park Recreation Center

• Rude Recreation Center

• Scheitler Recreation Center

• Southwest Recreation Center

• St. Charles Recreation Center

• Swansea Recreation Center

• Twentieth Street Recreation Center

• Washington Park Recreation Center

Though the department stressed the importance of vaccines to prevent serious illness and hospitalization from COVID-19, it also stressed the necessity of masks to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the Denver community.

This article originally appeared on the Denver Patch