Donated COVID-19 Protection Gear made in NC
Donation protected
We're providing disaster relief personal protection equipment (PPE) for health care providers and individuals that are at risk while doing their jobs in North Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Why support us?
We’re currently producing and offering two face shields and a face mask:
- a sturdy shield for all-day use by healthcare workers with the greatest potential for exposure to COVID-19
- a lightweight shield for more casual use by grocery store employees, delivery drivers, plumbers, and other essential workers
- a reusable face mask with replaceable filters
We've already invested over $1000 ourselves, which will result into 200 face shields that we're donating to the local community.
We want to continue and expand our PPE creation effort, and our aim is to build our team with a distributed manufacturing capability to increase our production rate. We are committed to donate our time to make and distribute the equipment. However, we cannot sustain the costs for buying and maintaining more printers and supplies.
Tax Deductible Donations
Tax receipts are available for donations of $500 or more through Day One Disaster Relief , a recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit. They have been working with us to procure filament, filters, printers and other supplies as soon as the PPE shortage became clear and facilitated collaboration with health care professionals and bio labs for PPE analysis. Day One Disaster Relief, with your specific donation, will buy us more supplies and printers. Don’t use GoFundMe for these donations, instead write an email to [email redacted] and we’ll work with you to set everything up.
Social media
We have a Facebook page and a Twitter feed that you can subscribe to for updates!
How can I request protection equipment?
Please fill out this form: http://bit.ly/covid19ncppe
We'll get in touch with you when your equipment is available.
Where does the funding go?
We're asking for your contributions to help us pay for these:
- additional 3D printers
- 3D printing filament
- foam to improve the comfort of the headbands
- PETG clear sheets for the face shields
- zip lock bags for packaging
- elastic bands for shields and masks
- MERV 16 and MERV 13 filters for the masks
- foam to seal the masks
- glue to attach all the parts
- electricity for the machines
Your support will make a huge difference, thanks so much!
Who are we?
Geert Bevin is a senior software engineer that has years of 3D printing experience. He currently works for Moog Music in Asheville NC.
Angela Kramer has decades of factory production experience in a wide variety of fields. She currently works in the legacy modular team at Moog Music in Asheville, NC.
Sally Sparks (BSEE, MSSM) is an electronics and systems engineer. She currently operates Streamside Music which provides recording and live concerts near Asheville, NC.
Lora Tannenholz is retired computer programmer and systems analyst. These days, she’s been in her shop building furniture and converting a 2017 Ford Transit into an awesome camper.
Why support us?
We’re currently producing and offering two face shields and a face mask:
- a sturdy shield for all-day use by healthcare workers with the greatest potential for exposure to COVID-19
- a lightweight shield for more casual use by grocery store employees, delivery drivers, plumbers, and other essential workers
- a reusable face mask with replaceable filters
We've already invested over $1000 ourselves, which will result into 200 face shields that we're donating to the local community.
We want to continue and expand our PPE creation effort, and our aim is to build our team with a distributed manufacturing capability to increase our production rate. We are committed to donate our time to make and distribute the equipment. However, we cannot sustain the costs for buying and maintaining more printers and supplies.
Tax Deductible Donations
Tax receipts are available for donations of $500 or more through Day One Disaster Relief , a recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit. They have been working with us to procure filament, filters, printers and other supplies as soon as the PPE shortage became clear and facilitated collaboration with health care professionals and bio labs for PPE analysis. Day One Disaster Relief, with your specific donation, will buy us more supplies and printers. Don’t use GoFundMe for these donations, instead write an email to [email redacted] and we’ll work with you to set everything up.
Social media
We have a Facebook page and a Twitter feed that you can subscribe to for updates!
How can I request protection equipment?
Please fill out this form: http://bit.ly/covid19ncppe
We'll get in touch with you when your equipment is available.
Where does the funding go?
We're asking for your contributions to help us pay for these:
- additional 3D printers
- 3D printing filament
- foam to improve the comfort of the headbands
- PETG clear sheets for the face shields
- zip lock bags for packaging
- elastic bands for shields and masks
- MERV 16 and MERV 13 filters for the masks
- foam to seal the masks
- glue to attach all the parts
- electricity for the machines
Your support will make a huge difference, thanks so much!
Who are we?
Geert Bevin is a senior software engineer that has years of 3D printing experience. He currently works for Moog Music in Asheville NC.
Angela Kramer has decades of factory production experience in a wide variety of fields. She currently works in the legacy modular team at Moog Music in Asheville, NC.
Sally Sparks (BSEE, MSSM) is an electronics and systems engineer. She currently operates Streamside Music which provides recording and live concerts near Asheville, NC.
Lora Tannenholz is retired computer programmer and systems analyst. These days, she’s been in her shop building furniture and converting a 2017 Ford Transit into an awesome camper.
Organizer
Geert Bevin
Organizer
Asheville, NC