We’re all grappling with the many ways COVID-19 is touching all of our lives. That said, our spirits have been buoyed seeing the New England education community come together to create PPE for healthcare heroes the past couple weeks. Utilizing the 3D printers they have at their disposal, educators are setting a fine example in community service and demonstrating to their students in how this technology can be used on a practical level. A huge shout out to Essex North Shore Technical School, Bristol Agricultural High School, Tri-County Regional Technical High School, Blackstone Valley Education Hub, EDCO Collaborative, Uxbridge High School, Blackstone Valley Technical School and the many others who are working hard to keep producing this lifesaving gear.
A big debt of gratitude goes to our Senior Technology Advisor, Mark Lyons for his tireless efforts in spearheading this crowd source project, helping area educators get up and running and coordinating supplies, and putting the word out to area hospitals. Many kudos to Dawn Marcaccio for spearheading the initiative to raise funds to purchase filament and supplies so that schools can keep on printing. Thank you to Medtronic for a generous donation of filament from their own supply! And big thanks to GrabCAD and Stratasys for making instructions and STL files available to the public to create these lifesaving shields.
Covid -19 Medical Face Shield Project GoFundMe
Please contact us if you would like to jump in and get involved! Below are some uplifting posts regarding this initiative. We love seeing the smile it brings to these frontline heroes knowing their communities appreciate and care deeply for their well-being.
Thanks to Tom Nowak @Medtronic for supplying us @Stratasys ABS filament for area #cte schools to #3dprint more face shields pic.twitter.com/9M2HlJPD2Y
— AET Labs (@AETLabs) April 6, 2020
Central Mass. businesses adapt on the fly to make products for coronavirus fighthttps://t.co/AxOjnzsfKK @NashobaWinery @STAS_systems @technocopia @AETLabs @SpartanStem @BVTHighSchool @JenTandG @ChrisPetersonTG @RickCinclair #HuesonWire
— telegramdotcom (@telegramdotcom) April 5, 2020
🙌🏻 This is the morale booster we all need. Way to go!!! #thankyouhealthheroes @TriCountyRVTSD @BristolAggie @Stratasys @The_Lyons_Share https://t.co/eumR2Cvpee
— AET Labs (@AETLabs) April 2, 2020
— AET Labs (@AETLabs) April 3, 2020
Thank you for your lifesaving community service helping protect those on the front lines fighting #coronavirus! @BVTHighSchool @The_Lyons_Share https://t.co/Jy5UwgfV5h
— AET Labs (@AETLabs) April 9, 2020
Getting into a good rhythm with our #stratasys continuous build #3dprinter creating 150+ face shields over the past week to help our local #HealthcareHeroes in the fight against #covid19 pic.twitter.com/SRi7XHJ3E9
— AET Labs (@AETLabs) April 4, 2020
