HOUSTON – Beyoncé and Tina Knowles Lawson each expressed gratitude to a whole bunch of Houstonians who confirmed up this weekend without spending a dime coronavirus testing.

The mother-daughter duo launched #IDIDMYPART, a marketing campaign to assist cell testing websites in African American communities in efforts to sluggish the unfold of COVID-19. The initiative examined about 1,00zero folks at two drive-thru websites in Houston.

In a video posted on Beyoncé’s Instagram web page, a visibly emotional Lawson seems to be viewing a video of automobiles ready in line to be examined.

“Tina, they’re already lined up,” mentioned an unidentified individual within the video. “Look, I am about to cry. It is Eight o’clock within the morning, and they’re already lined up.”

Beyoncé shared her appreciation for many who volunteered to make the occasion profitable.

“Seeing my hometown do their half and get examined right this moment introduced me a lot pleasure,” she wrote on Instagram. “H-City, I really like y’all. Particular because of my mom for this unbelievable imaginative and prescient.”

Lawson mentioned she has acknowledged that African American communities have a better an infection price and fatalities, which is why she needs her neighborhood to know their standing to stop additional circumstances and deaths.

Those that had been examined additionally obtained face masks, gloves, important nutritional vitamins, family provides, and a present card to H-E-B. In keeping with a press launch, H-E-B has additionally pledged to match BeyGOOD’s contribution.

Listed below are social media publish from the #IDIDMYPART marketing campaign in Houston: