Stories of equipment donations inspiring Butler County businesses, organizations
Metal and electronics recycler Cohen donated more than 10,000 3M N95 masks to
"What that's allowed us to do is better fulfill the requests of the hospitals, health care and first responders ... (and) to go back and make sure people have enough on hand as we've seen the numbers increase day by day," Haverkos told the
Butler County EMA, along with local public health organizations, has taken on materials from a national stockpile over the past two weeks and provided a path for the community, specifically industries, to donate necessary materials to the emergency reserve, he said.
"If there's equipment you may have -- gloves, masks, (safety) glasses, gowns -- that would be available and that you'd be open to donating, we would process those and submit those out to the first responders, the public health (organizations) and health care folks that are in need of it," Haverkos said.
The tattoo parlor donated two cases of gloves, a half box of masks and two boxes of alcohol wipes,
"My husband told her we could get them to her because we were shut down anyway," she said. "She met me at the shop and we cleared out what stock we had."
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Most of the items were sent to
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The Regionals also collected cleaning and sanitizing supplies like wipes, paper towels and tissues to donate to the
"We had about four full pickup truck loads of materials," Johnson said. He and University Fire
"I am proud to work for a place like this," Oris said. "The campus is beautiful, but the people make it special."
To make a supply donation or to find out facilities to donate to, write to [email protected] with subject line: DONATION or call 888-383-8000. To protect the health and safety of its patients and care teams, donations should not be brought directly to any
Additional needs or details regarding donated supplies will be updated at www.mercy.com.
Step-by-step instructions for creating masks are available for download at www.tinyurl.com/FilterPocketFaceMask.
"In regards to handmade and non-clinical masks, standard issue masks are still the best way to protect our health care professionals," Mercy said in a release Monday. "However, for the time being, we will be accepting handmade mask donations. These masks will go through an evaluation process before being used by either a health care associate or a patient."
Those who wish to make a financial donation to support
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