On Thursday Vermont Glove shipped 500 cloth masks to Central Vermont Medical Center and Mount Ascutney Hospital with the help of VTDigger members.
Thank you to all of our readers who have already participated in this effort! In addition to supporting our round-the-clock Covid-19 coverage, you have already sent 1,500 masks to Vermont hospitals in need.
We need your help to send another 1,500 cloth masks to area hospitals for health workers providing non-Covid medical care and to help protect N95 masks for reuse.
VTDigger and Vermont Glove will donate one cloth mask for each new member. We are delivering the masks to hospitals as soon as possible — before the Covid crisis reaches peak.
Vermont Glove has pivoted from glove making to mask making in order to keep the lights on in their factory. The masks are not free because Vermont Glove needs to pay their workers and home sewers.
Through this partnership, our objective is to purchase and donate a total of 3,000 masks for the local health care community in the coming days. But we need your help to reach our goal by April 30.
Now when you become a member of VTDigger at any level, you are also supporting a local business and sending a mask to health care workers at the same time.
Can you help VTDigger and Vermont Glove deliver 3,000 masks to hospitals across the state?
