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Since forming on March 22 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, global foundation Masks for Docs – which now comprises 4,000-plus volunteers among 100 chapters across six continents – has delivered more than 20,000 masks and other personal protective equipment to healthcare organizations in need. For its part, the Austin division – based out of Native Hostel – has dispatched more than 2,300 face shields (thanks to 35 local volunteer 3D printers) to 50 Central Texas healthcare facilities, including major hospitals, emergency clinics, hospices, and elder care centers. For information on how to volunteer (directly at Native, or via 3D printing) or to request PPE for a local healthcare entity, visit masksfordocs.com, and to donate directly to the Austin chapter, go to masksfordocs.com/austin-donate/(Pictured: doctors from Baylor Scott & White Health picking up face shield components from Native Hostel’s ballroom on April 7, 2020) -
Doctors from Baylor Scott & White Health pick up face shield components from Native Hostel on April 7, 2020 -
3D printed headbands for face shields -
Volunteer Rayne Beridon punches precision holes in plastic binder covers, which fit onto 3D-printed headbands to complete the face shield design -
In the foreground: completed face shields -
Volunteers Rayne Beridon and Nicole Majeske punch holes in plastic binder covers used for face shields -
Since forming on March 22 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, global foundation Masks for Docs – which now comprises 4,000-plus volunteers among 100 chapters across six continents – has delivered more than 20,000 masks and other personal protective equipment to healthcare organizations in need. For its part, the Austin division – based out of Native Hostel (807 E. 4th Street) – has dispatched more than 2,300 face shields (thanks to thirty-five local volunteer 3D printers) to fifty Central Texas healthcare facilities, including major hospitals, emergency clinics, hospices and elder care centers. For information on how to volunteer (directly at Native, or via 3D printing) or to request PPE for a local healthcare entity, visit masksfordocs.com, and to donate directly to the Austin chapter, go to masksfordocs.com/austin-donate/ -
Healthcare professionals pick up a re-stock of hole-punched binder covers, which will fit onto previously procured, 3D-printed headbands (each facility sanitizes the materials themselves before constructing the face shields) -
3D printed headbands for face shields -
Volunteers Rayne Beridon and Nicole Majeske punch holes in plastic binder covers used for face shields -
Volunteers Nicole Majeske and Rayne Beridon test the fitting of hole-punched binder cover on a 3D-printed headband -
Volunteers Rayne Beridon and Nicole Majeske test the fitting of hole-punched binder cover on a 3D-printed headband -
Volunteers Rayne Beridon and Nicole Majeske test the fitting of hole-punched binder cover on a 3D-printed headband while Native Hostel co-owner Antonio Madrid (right) supervises -
Masks For Docs Austin Chapter program director Reza Piri (left) discusses logistics with Native Hostel head of marketing Mary Murphy, volunteer Xander Pappas and Native co-owner Antonio Madrid -
Native Hostel co-owner Antonio Madrid and Masks For Docs Austin Chapter program director Reza Piri -
Volunteers Rayne Beridon (left) and Nicole Majeske (right) test the fitting of hole-punched binder cover on a 3D-printed headband with supervision from Masks For Docs Austin program director Reza Piri -
Stickers displaying Masks For Docs’ mission statement: “Get protective equipment into the hands of healthcare workers as quickly as possible.” -
Masks For Docs Austin program director Reza Piri (right) demonstrates how to construct a mask to a healthcare worker picking up supplies -
Volunteers Tony Ramos (left) and Nicole Majeske hole-punch binder covers designed to fit on 3D-printed headbands -
Brandis Wilmore of Buda-based home care organization Be Healthy at Home picks up face shield supplies from Masks For Docs Austin program director Reza Piri on April 5, 2020 -
Eddie and Brandis Wilmore of Buda-based home care organization Be Healthy at Home pick up face shield supplies from Masks For Docs Austin program director Reza Piri on April 5, 2020 -
Masks For Docs Austin program director Reza Piri and volunteer Rayne Beridon test hole-punched binder covers on a 3D-printed headband -
Native Hostel co-owner Antonio Madrid and Masks For Docs Austin Chapter program director Reza Piri -
Volunteer Rayne Beridon (left) and Native Hostel head of marketing Mary Murphy hole-punch binder covers for face shields -
Masks For Doc Austin volunteer coordinator Moira Zinn (left) and husband Evan Zinn deliver 3D-printed headbands via motorcycle to Native Hostel on April 7, 2020 -
Masks For Doc Austin volunteer coordinator Moira Zinn (right) hands off 3D-printed headbands to volunteer Rayne Beridon — Zinn and a group of motorcycle courier volunteers pick up and deliver from printers mutliple times per week -
Since forming on March 22 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, global foundation Masks for Docs – which now comprises 4,000-plus volunteers among 100 chapters across six continents – has delivered more than 20,000 masks and other personal protective equipment to healthcare organizations in need. For its part, the Austin division – based out of Native Hostel (807 E. 4th Street) – has dispatched more than 2,300 face shields (thanks to thirty-five local volunteer 3D printers) to fifty Central Texas healthcare facilities, including major hospitals, emergency clinics, hospices and elder care centers. For information on how to volunteer (directly at Native, or via 3D printing) or to request PPE for a local healthcare entity, visit masksfordocs.com, and to donate directly to the Austin chapter, go to masksfordocs.com/austin-donate/ -
Since forming on March 22 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, global foundation Masks for Docs – which now comprises 4,000-plus volunteers among 100 chapters across six continents – has delivered more than 20,000 masks and other personal protective equipment to healthcare organizations in need. For its part, the Austin division – based out of Native Hostel (807 E. 4th Street) – has dispatched more than 2,300 face shields (thanks to thirty-five local volunteer 3D printers) to fifty Central Texas healthcare facilities, including major hospitals, emergency clinics, hospices and elder care centers. For information on how to volunteer (directly at Native, or via 3D printing) or to request PPE for a local healthcare entity, visit masksfordocs.com, and to donate directly to the Austin chapter, go to masksfordocs.com/austin-donate/
Masks for Docs PPE Operations at Native Hostel
