Arlington County hosted a drive-thru donation station in a library parking lot for residents to drop off supplies like personal protective equipment, canned goods, and cleaning products on Friday morning.

Drivers drove up, stayed in their cars, and handed off donations to volunteers—all of whom were wearing N-95 masks—who placed the goods on book carts normally used for re-shelving library books. In all, 507 people donated 3484 food items, 269 boxes of N95s, 323 boxes surgical masks, 595 boxes gloves, 983 cleaning supplies, 75 surgical gowns, and 740 homemade masks.

The supplies are intended for local providers and nonprofits, says Kurt Larrick, the assistant director for Arlington County Dept. of Human Services. Food goods will go to the Arlington Food Assistance Center, cleaning supplies to homeless shelters and long-term care facilities, and personal protection equipment to first responders, health care providers, internal county programs, and the Arlington Free Clinic, per Larrick.

Arlington County Board Chair Libby Garvey, who was in attendance, called it a pilot program and hopes to plan more. The activity was in accordance with Virginia Governor Ralph Northan’s stay-at-home order, which extends through June 10, according to a county press release.

While there were plenty of non-perishable food and cleaning supplies, Arlington residents also had personal protective equipment to offer.

Elizabeth Boyett, an engineer for a defense company, donated 35 N95 masks and said she gave away another 100 masks last week. “We did hurricane cleanup a couple years ago in North Carolina, so it was all leftover from that, from volunteering,” says Boyett.

Lloyd Washington, who works for the Arlington solid waste department, says he bought about a hundred pairs of surgical gloves specifically to donate them. “The man [who sold them] charged me a lot of money for them but it didn’t matter how much it cost,” says Washington, “I just wanted to do a donation today.”

Tom Dickinson, a Defense Department retiree, donated an entire hazmat suit. “I bought [it] after the Anthrax scare 10-15 years ago,” says Dickinson, “They’re very expensive but it really works … Hopefully, somebody can use it to save lives.”

Garvey also thanked everyone who made the choice to stay home: “That’s our strongest weapon right now against this pandemic.”

This story was updated with information about the exact numbers of supplies and equipment donated.