Tulsa businessman and council candidate donates 1,000 N95 masks to local churches

Tulsa Businessman & City Council Candidate Justin Van Kirk Donates 1,000 N-95 Masks to Local Churches

Tulsa, OK -- Justin Van Kirk, a young Tulsa Businessman running for Tulsa City Council District 7, donated 1,000 N-95 masks to local churches across the Tulsa Community. He states, "There's been no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the world as we know it. However, we must never allow the challenges we face to disrupt us or keep us from expressing our faith. We know that as churches are beginning to open back up, we still want to be cautious under these uncertain circumstances. So my wife and I had this idea of buying masks and donating them to local churches."

The Van Kirks chose Sheridan Church, Evergreen Baptist Church, The Park Church of Christ, and World Outreach Church, among several others within Tulsa, to donate the N-95 masks. The N-95 masks are recommended by the (CDC). The churches will distribute to staff, employees, or church-goers and will be made available to those who may be most vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus.

Justin Van Kirk announces for Tulsa City Council District 7

JUSTIN VAN KIRK, LOCAL BUSINESSMAN, ENTERS 2020 RACE FOR COUNCIL, DISTRICT 7 OF TULSA

TULSA, OK – Today, local conservative businessman Justin Van Kirk formally announced his candidacy at the Tulsa Republican Women’s Club luncheon. The guest speaker, Congressman Kevin Hern, gave an update on the latest from Washington D.C. Van Kirk announced that he has entered the race for Tulsa City Council District 7 which encompasses mostly south Tulsa. Van Kirk, owner of Affordable Auto which is also located in the district never imagined the day he’d run for public office.

“Right after attending Rhema Bible College, my wife, Lily, and I started one of our first companies about 10 years ago and have been focused building those ventures ever since. We’ve been blessed. All we knew growing up was hard work, sacrifice, commitment, and determination to leave this world better than we came into it. We were both born and raised understanding and respecting conservative values at all levels of government.”

Van Kirk is a conservative Republican businessman who believes in a limited government, conservative values, and is guided by his faith. He and his wife are active in their church, Life.Church, are avid athletic players, and world-wide travelers. Van Kirk states that:

“We were both born and raised with a strong foundation to believe and follow conservative values. That meant more than in politics – that was in work, life, family, and community.”

Van Kirk is challenging the Democrat incumbent, Lori Decter-Wright who narrowly won her election in 2018 on a special election. She earned 27.40% of the vote and pursuant to Oklahoma law, that was enough to win. Tulsa council races are non-partisan. The election between Decter-Wright and Van Kirk will be held on August 25, 2020. 

Van Kirk adds that now is the right time for him to run, stating, “I'm ready to transfer my business ownership skills from the private sector into government and I want to help make a difference in a way that is not being done right now. The conservative values that we believe in are being fought against – it just doesn’t make much sense to me. Tulsa has so much opportunity and I'm ready to help it grow, recruit new jobs by encouraging new startups, increasing public safety, and prioritize the city's budget with a free-market mindset.”

To learn more or get involved, please visit VanKirkforTulsa.com.