Fox 59: Local churches, entrepreneurs to donate 200,000 masks to healthcare workers, first responders
It took an extremely short amount of time for a group of 16 churches and local technology entrepreneurs to purchase 200,000 N95-type masks for around $280,000.
IndyStar: Brothers turn 3D printers into protective mask producers: ‘We just want to do our part’
Typically, they make 3D printed pieces that deal with entertainment and nostalgia to business signs and custom designs, but now the two have shifted their focus to produce face shields for hospital workers and first responders.
WTHR: Reusable face mask made by Indianapolis company
A Local sports gear company is making thousands of reusable face masks and other gear to lower the risk of the coronavirus. Millennium Gear is making the masks and other gear hoping to have a huge impact on the spread of COVID-19 in Indiana and other places.
WTHR: Small Indiana company helps fill big need for masks, supplies for health care workers
A family-owned company in the small town of Washington, Indiana is now working overtime, quite literally, to keep health care workers protected.
Courier and Press: Mt. Vernon grocery store makes free lunches for school kids amid panic buying
When employees at McKim’s IGA heard that local schools were closing down to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus, they knew they had to do something.
USA Today: Colts owner Jim Irsay says he will donate 10,000 N95 masks to Indiana Department of Health
The Colts owner is donating the masks to the Indiana State Department of Health to be distributed to the hospitals where they are most urgently needed.
The Pilot News: AG Curtis Hill: Sherwin-Williams donates thousands of masks, gloves amid coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
The paint and coating manufacturing company is donating 1,500 gloves and 5,000 N95 masks, which are protective devices designed to achieve a very close facial fit and effectively filter airborne particles. The products, which Sherwin-Williams sells in its retail stores, have been delivered to Stout Field in Indianapolis.
Indy Star: IU deploys its 3D printers to help make protective masks for fight against coronavirus
After IU Health contacted him about 3D printing masks, Webb, 27, hauled home five 3D printers from Herman B Wells Library at IU. He loaded each 50-pound printer onto a mailroom cart, tossed them into a van, took them home and set them up in his front room.
Kokomomo Tribune: Indiana workshop aims to make 2,000 virus face shields a day
Maker13 and the Jeffersonville workshop’s owner, John Riley, are using 3D printing equipment to make face shields for hospitals, with help from community partners. The face shields can extend the lifespan of face masks crucial for protecting medical workers as they treat COVID-19 patients.
WTHR: Indy leather shop making masks for health care workers
Normally, Fountain Square’s Howl + Hide shop is producing quality handbags and leather accessories. But since the Coronavirus outbreak hit, owner Christian Resiak is doing his part for his community by producing hundreds of protective masks for central Indiana hospitals and health care facilities.
RTV 6: Hoosier brothers 3D print PPE masks for first responders, hospital workers
It started as just a hobby, but now they are using their 3D printing side hustle to help protect people from the coronavirus.
WISH TV: Indiana history teacher uses school’s 3-D printer to make face shields
When a history teacher at New Palestine High School was told there was a need to make face shields, he figured out a way to make them and enlisted others to his cause.