BOONE — A woman who spent roughly a year in Boone as an international student from China seven years ago mailed masks to a Valle Crucis couple after hearing about the personal protective equipment shortage due to COVID-19.

Carol Neill and her husband, Bob, spent several years serving as volunteers in the International Friendship Program at Appalachian State University. According to the program, IFP promotes friendship and cross-cultural exchange by connecting families and individuals from Watauga County with international students and scholars from the university.

  

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