Illinois Makerlab Collaborates with Makers for Covid-19

Since this past September, the Illinois Makerlab has been serving as a chapter of Makers for Covid-19, a nonprofit dedicated towards providing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to organizations and people in need. Makers for Covid-19 has donated over 80,000 units of PPE across the world, serving over 250 hospitals. They have members in 30 states across the U.S. and 8 countries.

Karina Popovich, the founder of Makers for Covid-19, communicated with us on how to formulate a plan in order to provide PPE to our local community. Our team at the lab, consisting of one guru, Andrea Amador, and volunteers Duncan Cleary, Kristine Xie, and Shirley Shah, have worked hard to try and provide for the Champaign-Urbana community. So far, they have gotten orders from C-U at Home, and hope to get involved with neighboring towns that are in need of PPE as well.

The focus of our chapter here at the Makerlab is to print face shields and ear savers to combat the spread of the Covid-19 virus. We hope to expand our outreach so we can keep providing to places that are in need in the future.

Please let us know if you know of any organizations such as health clinics, homeless shelters, or retirement homes in the Champaign-Urbana area that are in need of personal protective equipment!