Luke said that these face shields will be shipped all over the country -- free of charge to hospitals that are under duress.
Corvallis man is answering the call for better p-p-e in a major way.
Tim luke is on track to build 30 thousand face shields for first responders -- and others who have to work.
Kezi 9 news reporter emma jerome shows us what inspired such an amazing act.
7 18 36 tim luke: " when you get a call from your daughter to help, you help."
What started as a text from his daughter asking if he could make a protective face shield for her firends who are nurses in new york, grew into an effort to make over thirty thousand units in a matter of weeks "we started networking as businesses as people and everybody just wanted to help" tim luke owns recretec a custom raft frame shop out of corvallis and he says he and four other businesses joined together to mass produce face shields for those who really need them emma jerome: " with full visibility and mobility, these face shields are designed to be adjustable in size and fit on the face of anyone who wears them whether that be a grocery store clerk, first responder, even construction worker" he said that these face shields will be shipped all over the country -- free of charge to hospitals that are under duress.
And for larger, better funded hospital... he says he will sell them at a very discounted price, using the money to continue to make more.
"what started out as we might be able to make a few hundred of these maybe a thousand, by the grace of god and i give the glory to him he's provided all these people all these resources and just used me as a tool" and, it's not just healthcare workers who will receive the protection.
"i've already told out winco we'll give them a couple hundred" luke says he has 500 volunteers ready to assemble the masks and different businesses that volunteered labor and machinery -- he's just waiting on the materials "it was supposed to show up today and we haven't seen it" but when it does arrive -- he says his crews is more than ready "we felt like we could make a difference" reporting in corvallis ej k9n the city of eugene just opened
April 23, 2020
Last week the CDC made a change to its recommendation of the wearing of a face mask in public settings.