Amy Schumer arranged for a supply of 2,500 KN95 and other crucial supplies to be donated to a New York hospital where her childhood friend Jen Cloudman is among the ranks of brave healthcare workers waging the fight against the coronavirus.
‘This is Jen, my best friend since I was 12 years old,’ the 38-year-old actress said of her friend, who was in a clip she shared talking to the staff at Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside, New York in a FaceTime exchange.
After Cloudman remarked she was ‘so afraid of running out’ of the KN95 masks, Schumer arranged for the care package – which also consisted of 2,500 surgical masks, 2,500 ‘corona kits’ and sanitizer, People reported.
The latest: Amy Schumer, 38, arranged for a supply of 2,500 KN95 and other crucial supplies to be donated to a New York hospital where her childhood friend Jen Cloudman is among the ranks of brave healthcare workers waging the fight against the coronavirus
Schumer added: ‘I was able to rush masks to the her hospital. This morning we got to thank each other.’
She added a link to Bethenny Frankel’s charity organization BStrong, which the Bravo star set up to aid with emergency assistance amid times of crisis.
Cloudman told the publication about her longtime friendship with the Trainwreck actress.
‘We’ve been friends for probably almost 30 years now, since we were 11 years old. We talk all the time,’ Cloudman told the outlet. ‘So we have a group chat where we just kind of support each other, especially in this time, and it was there that she reached out and said like, “We’re going to do this, I can do this, I can help.”‘
Heroic: The medical staff posed after Amy’s donation on behalf of her best friend
Gracious: In the Instagram clip, Cloudman told the New York City native that she and the nursing staff were grateful to have the protective supplies as they treat people battling the pandemic
In the Instagram clip, Cloudman told the New York City native that she and the nursing staff were grateful to have the protective supplies as they treat people battling the pandemic.
‘You don’t even know how much it means to us. It makes us feel safer,’ Cloudman told her longtime friend. ‘We are extremely grateful. Everybody here has really, really been through a lot the last few weeks and to know there’s people looking out for us, doing whatever they can, makes a big difference.’
Schumer reciprocated the warm feelings toward the hospital workers, saying, ‘I’m so grateful to you guys, I’m so sorry you have to go through this. I’m so proud to know you Jen.’
Appreciative: Schumer reciprocated the warm feelings toward the hospital workers, saying, ‘I’m so grateful to you guys’
Trademark: Schumer also delivered a bit of comic relief to the staff aimed at her friend
Schumer also delivered a bit of comic relief to the staff aimed at her friend.
‘I want you all to know that Jen has been my best friend my whole life and she’s an amazing friend and an amazing mom – but you guys need to know that she was a total slut in high school,’ she joked, to which Cloudman added, ‘She’s kidding!’
Cloudman told the outlet of the staff’s brush with her famous pal: ‘They thought it was funny, but really more than anything, everybody was just happy to get the masks.’
As of Tuesday, the death total for COVID-19 was at 25,668 people in the U.S., The COVID Tracking Project reported, with 602,473 total positive diagnoses. On a global level, 126,557 people have died amid 1,980,003 positive diagnoses worldwide, Johns Hopkins University reported.