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Almost 300 Groups Around CT Creating Face Shields for Health Workers and Could Use Donations
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Housatonic Community College (HCC) and three of its instructors have partnered together to create plastic face shield frames that ultimately can be worn by healthcare workers in the fight against Coronavirus. The efforts by Scobie and team are part of a larger undertaking happening around the state. Nearly 300 businesses, organizations and private citizens are working on over 500 3-D printers to make the shields daily and reach a goal of 20,000 shields in 20 days. — an announcement from Housatonic Community College
Working remotely, HCC instructors George Scobie, Adam Scobie and Tristan Hunte borrowed nine 3-D printers owned by the college and are privately donating the plastic materials and labor to build the frames. On Day Four of the effort, the team has already built a total of 150 frames at Scobie’s business, MRH Tool in Milford.