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Our volunteers dropping off baby monitors to Abington Jefferson!
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4/30/20
UPDATES (4/24/20): Yesterday was a HUGE delivery day! Check out some photos below. Thank you to ALL healthcare professionals fighting this virus on the frontlines! And thank you to our donors--100% of all donations have been put towards essential personal protective equipment (To date, we have purchased: 8680 N95 Masks, 2900 KN95 Masks, 4000 Surgical Masks, 435 Face Shields, 450 Coveralls, 2550 Isolation Gowns, 2500 Plastic Ear Savers, 50 Intubation Boxes, and 100 Goggles!)
Updates (4/9/20): Yesterday was a HUGE delivery day. Many supplies arrived EARLY and our volunteers distributed them to several hospitals. Thank you to those working on the frontlines, you inspire all of us.
Updates (4/7/20): "Holy Redeemer Hospital COVID floor and ICU says thank you for the supplies!!! Much needed and appreciate everything they can get." - Dr. Heather Collins (ICU Nurse below on left, posted with permission)
Pictured below on the right is one of our aerosol boxes being used at Rothman Orthopedic Institute in Bensalem! (posted with permission)
Also, check out our volunteers, Becca Yankelevich, featured on Rutgers-Camden News, and Christina Bascara on La Salle University Athletics News!
We are so grateful to our donors and volunteers, let's keep going!
Updates (4/4/20): Orders for various PPE have just been placed! Thank you to our amazing donors and volunteers. And thank you to Matheus Peulen for creating our new logo!
Check out our recent features on the Philadelphia Inquirer, Medium, and KYW News Radio (below)!
We also have a team of students working on an initiative to provide aerosol boxes, free of charge, to the local providers. These boxes are essentially acrylic cubes with arm holes and are placed over a patient's head during intubation to limit aerosolization of COVID particles. They can be reused thousands of times to keep doctors, nurses and techs safer during high-risk procedures. So far we have ordered and begun distribution for 40 of these boxes, with the hope to eventually provide several aerosol boxes to every ED and ICU in the city.
Update (3/30/20): Check out our feature on Good Morning Philadelphia on Fox29!
Thank you to CBS Sports Radio's Zach Gelb (Twitter @ZachGelb) for sharing the cause!
Update: Another 160 masks purchased..
As of 3/27/20, we have purchased a total of 4280 N95 masks for our local healthcare workers!!
UPDATES (3/26/20): We just hit our most recent fundraising goal! We now have enough to order another batch of 1,200 masks tomorrow morning. Thank you to our donors! Let's keep going, thank you all!!
Responses from the Community:
"Greatest respect for working to secure all those masks. My friend just told me that his oncologist friend in NY was sent to work on the COVID unit without a mask - Zero. Thankful for people like you who are dedicating you time and energy to this effort. Seriously one of the only things keeping me bright is hearing stories of people helping or knowing of people helping.
I feel like I can sleep a little better at night knowing I have what to fall back on, so I don’t end up in the scary situation above (currently asking my friend about said doctor and how I can get something to him, because that’s just terrifying)." - Anonymous RN
Posted with Permission:
UPenn ER Physician:
Update (3/26/20):
HUGE NEWS: Thanks to a huge influx of donations, we were able to raise enough money for ANOTHER 1,200 masks!!! Additionally, we were able to purchase 160 masks from another company. We are so humbled, honored, and proud of everyone. Thank you so much! Currently $4,373 from the next shipment. Let's make it happen!!!
Updates (3/25/20): WE RAISED ENOUGH FOR ANOTHER SHIPMENT!!
1200 masks acquired!! We are over the fundraising goal and hope to make another purchase for the hospitals! Keep showing that Philly is the City of Brotherly Love!! Will update when received in 7 days!
Updates (3/24/20):
Here is the first round of masks ready for delivery! Two boxes have already been delivered to Penn Presbyterian. This current load will be going to Temple, Penn, Bryn Mawr, Lankenau, Abington, Einstein, CHOP, St. Chris, and St. Joseph's.
We are $243.00 from our fundraising goal to cover the shipment of 1,200 N95 masks. Help us crush our fundraising goals so we can order even more masks. Let's help to protect the people who are protecting us.
A sincere and special thank you to our donors. None of this is possible without you.
