Mask on, March on! Masks for Healthcare Providers
Donation protected
Mission
New York, with over 180,000 positive cases and over 9,000 deaths, has quickly become the epicenter of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and our hospitals will experience major shortages in the coming weeks. Mayor Bill de Blasio says public hospitals in NYC only have enough critical proper personal protective equipment, or PPE, to get through the next week. Hospitals will need a projected 3 million N95 respirators and 50 million surgical masks to fight this battle.
As members of the community, we should not be sitting on the sidelines waiting for the COVID-19 pandemic to play out while many others are fighting on the front line without PPE to protect themselves. Almost 10% of COVID-19 cases in Italy are healthcare workers due to massive shortages in PPE. Let’s work together to prevent this from happening in our city. Family members of medical workers are concerned about the well-being of their loved ones who are sometimes forced to reuse the same mask because of limited supplies. In some cases, nurses and doctors are afraid of infecting their families so they take residence elsewhere, only seeing their families from afar.
Our heroes in healthcare deserve to be protected so that they can better serve our community. We cannot afford to wait.
Goal
Our goal is simple. Get Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), specifically masks, into the hands of doctors, nurses & the healthcare staff. To help meet this challenge, we have teamed up with a supplier to manufacture the masks. We will then distribute the masks to hospitals across the city!
Please consider contributing any amount you can to help address the massive shortage of PPE for healthcare providers.100% of the donations will be used to purchase NIOSH certified N95s and surgical masks in larger quantities! We will provide documentation and proof that all funds were used accordingly and that the masks were received by hospitals.
$5,000 ~ Make initial order of surgical masks and face shields. (Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan hospitals)
$10,000 ~ 2nd order of surgical masks and goggles. (The Bronx hospitals)
$10,000+ ~ goggles and reusable face masks (Manhattan hospitals + Queens VNSNY hospice program)
Any amount isn't too small!
Follow Our Journey
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Twitter (@maskon_marchon)
Facebook (Mask on, March on)
#maskon_marchon
Our Team
Adedeji Adeniyi is a first-year medical student at Columbia University (VP&S). He has felt compelled to aid NYC frontline healthcare workers after learning about the massive shortage of PPE.
Carissa Ho is a New York native and dental student at Columbia University. After hearing from friends and family in healthcare about the PPE shortage at their hospitals, she wants your help so that all of our healthcare heroes can keep on fighting.
Michael Costello is a first-year MPH student at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health studying health policy and management. After hearing personal stories from NYC physicians about the dire need for PPE and the overwhelming wave of COVID-19 patients, he wanted to act as quickly as possible to support the incredible medical professionals on the front lines of this crisis.
Alexander Litrel is a second-year dental student at Columbia University (CDM). He has carefully tracked developments in the COVID-19 outbreak, listened to pleas from hospitalists for increased PPE, and dedicated himself to help flatten the curve of COVID+ cases in this pandemic by raising funds for surgical masks and N95 respirators.
Michael Choi is a dental student at Columbia University. After understanding the severity of the epidemic and the lack of resources available for health professionals, Michael wanted to contribute to the fight against COVID in anyway possible!
Junze Lu is a high school student at Peoria Christian School who wants to contribute to the fight against covid.
New York, with over 180,000 positive cases and over 9,000 deaths, has quickly become the epicenter of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and our hospitals will experience major shortages in the coming weeks. Mayor Bill de Blasio says public hospitals in NYC only have enough critical proper personal protective equipment, or PPE, to get through the next week. Hospitals will need a projected 3 million N95 respirators and 50 million surgical masks to fight this battle.
As members of the community, we should not be sitting on the sidelines waiting for the COVID-19 pandemic to play out while many others are fighting on the front line without PPE to protect themselves. Almost 10% of COVID-19 cases in Italy are healthcare workers due to massive shortages in PPE. Let’s work together to prevent this from happening in our city. Family members of medical workers are concerned about the well-being of their loved ones who are sometimes forced to reuse the same mask because of limited supplies. In some cases, nurses and doctors are afraid of infecting their families so they take residence elsewhere, only seeing their families from afar.
Our heroes in healthcare deserve to be protected so that they can better serve our community. We cannot afford to wait.
Goal
Our goal is simple. Get Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), specifically masks, into the hands of doctors, nurses & the healthcare staff. To help meet this challenge, we have teamed up with a supplier to manufacture the masks. We will then distribute the masks to hospitals across the city!
Please consider contributing any amount you can to help address the massive shortage of PPE for healthcare providers.100% of the donations will be used to purchase NIOSH certified N95s and surgical masks in larger quantities! We will provide documentation and proof that all funds were used accordingly and that the masks were received by hospitals.
$5,000 ~ Make initial order of surgical masks and face shields. (Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan hospitals)
$10,000 ~ 2nd order of surgical masks and goggles. (The Bronx hospitals)
$10,000+ ~ goggles and reusable face masks (Manhattan hospitals + Queens VNSNY hospice program)
Any amount isn't too small!
Follow Our Journey
IG (@maskon_marchon)
Twitter (@maskon_marchon)
Facebook (Mask on, March on)
#maskon_marchon
Our Team
Adedeji Adeniyi is a first-year medical student at Columbia University (VP&S). He has felt compelled to aid NYC frontline healthcare workers after learning about the massive shortage of PPE.
Carissa Ho is a New York native and dental student at Columbia University. After hearing from friends and family in healthcare about the PPE shortage at their hospitals, she wants your help so that all of our healthcare heroes can keep on fighting.
Michael Costello is a first-year MPH student at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health studying health policy and management. After hearing personal stories from NYC physicians about the dire need for PPE and the overwhelming wave of COVID-19 patients, he wanted to act as quickly as possible to support the incredible medical professionals on the front lines of this crisis.
Alexander Litrel is a second-year dental student at Columbia University (CDM). He has carefully tracked developments in the COVID-19 outbreak, listened to pleas from hospitalists for increased PPE, and dedicated himself to help flatten the curve of COVID+ cases in this pandemic by raising funds for surgical masks and N95 respirators.
Michael Choi is a dental student at Columbia University. After understanding the severity of the epidemic and the lack of resources available for health professionals, Michael wanted to contribute to the fight against COVID in anyway possible!
Junze Lu is a high school student at Peoria Christian School who wants to contribute to the fight against covid.
Fundraising team (6)
Carissa Ho
Organizer
New York, NY
Alexander Litrel
Team member
Deji Adeniyi
Team member
Junze Lu
Team member
Michael Choi
Team member
