PPE

Outreach

Outreach
- Contact local businesses & labs directly for PPE and other supplies. Email template available here. Outreach log available here.
- Spread the word to the RI community using these templates and scripts!
- Reach out to nursing homes, homeless shelters, etc. to assess needs.
- Contact Vivian Chan Li (vivian_li@brown.edu) or join #ppe-donate on Slack to get involved.

- Lifespan has requested assistance vetting potential PPE suppliers.
- Contact Allie Froehlich (allie_froehlich@brown.edu) or join #lifespan-supplies on Slack to get involved. A new sheet of potential suppliers is posted each day.

Lifespan
- Staff the PPE reprocessing and distribution locations in the George auditorium. Those individuals help collect masks for reprocessing and then distribute new as appropriate. In the George auditorium we also provide PPE teaching.
- Coordinators: Vivian Chan Li (vivian_li@brown.edu); David Goldman (DGoldman@lifespan.org); Laura Roberts (lroberts@lifespan.org)
Non-Lifespan
- Help pick up and drop off supplies.
- Coordinator: Alyssa Gonzalez (alyssa_gonzalez@brown.edu) or join #ppe-donate on Slack to get involved.

Cloth mask manufacturing
- With the help of Dr. Colleen Kelly, this crew has connected with >50 garment professionals who are sewing handmade cloth face masks. AMS students are liaising with this group to assemble and distribute these masks to health care providers and community volunteers.
- Currently providing masks to the over 400 seniors involved with the Pawtucket YMCA.
- Contact Chantal Tapé (chantal_tape@brown.edu) and Lindsey Pileika (lindsey_pileika@brown.edu) or join the #ppe-createmasks on Slack to get involved.
3D mask printing
- Assembling masks with the Lifespan 3D printing lab.
- Contact Ron Akiki (ronald_akiki@brown.edu) or join the #3dprintedmask-assembly on Slack to get involved.

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