Updates
Updates on our activities and progress.
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10,000 shields donated by Amazon
Published on May 21, 2020 by James Gwertzman
Big news! 10,000 shields donated from Amazon shipped to healthcare providers yesterday! These were sent to facilities on our list of pending requests. It felt great to slide those over from the "pending" to "complete" column in our sprea...
Just passed 16,000 shields distributed!
Published on May 18, 2020 by James Gwertzman
Hello Donors!! Just want to give a quick update on our requests and deliveries!! Deliveries - 16,142 Request backlog - 45,924The frames from Amazon will begin shipping out tomorrow - so we will have a large jump this week in deliveries a...
List of facilities served
Published on April 30, 2020 by James Gwertzman
Here is a list of the facilities we have served so far:Seattle Children’s HospitalOverlake Medical CenterValley Medical CenterEverette Clinic - urgent care covid testing sitesSwedish hospital system/clinics (First Hill, Cherry Hill. Edmo...
Amazon donating shields, tooling to our group
Published on April 26, 2020 by James Gwertzman
We are super excited to announce that Amazon has committed to providing each of 10k Frames, Shields, and Foam pieces to our group. Additionally, they have paid for injection-molding tooling that we can utilize to order additional compone...
You can match your donations and volunteer time in the Microsoft GIVE portal!
Published on April 25, 2020 by Yindi Pei
Hello contributors! Did you know that any donation and volunteer time can be matched by Microsoft*? This means that if you are a full-time employee of Microsoft in the US, you can get your donations to this effort matched dollar for doll...
Just in! We have NIH Approval - hospitals can OFFICIALLY accept our Face Shields!
Published on April 18, 2020 by Yindi Pei
GREAT news: we have NIH approval!!!!! 🙌🙌🙌For the past several weeks, this highly talented group of makers have been iterating on visor designs that not only needed to meet an array of governmental requirements but also provide a comforta...
Status report for Wednesday Evening 04/15
Published on April 17, 2020 by James Gwertzman
1,060 units shipped to healthcare professionals today! That's a running total of 5,161 units confirmed delivered.Our assembly hub is reporting 2,817 Frames and 1,832 Shields on hand. We are currently low on foam to send out with frames (...
Introduction to Potential Donors
Published on April 8, 2020 by James Gwertzman
Thank you for considering supporting this campaign. We are heartened by the time, resources, and energy our volunteers have spent on making sure our front line healthcare workers are taken care of during this pandemic. So many people hav...
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