In these times of hardships and uncertainty, the students of Student Corps’ Northern California branches have all made an effort to help those at the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. To address the high demand for medical equipment, students have come together to design and make their own homemade masks and face shields. (Huge thanks and appreciation to Jupiter Peng for designing and initiating this project!) These protective medical pieces were donated to the following local hospitals and nursing homes:
- Santa Clara Kaiser Permanente
- Eden Medical Center
- Oakland Kaiser Permanente
- San Jose Redwood Post-Acute
- Villa Fontana Retirement Center
- Asian American Home Health
- Morgan Hill Nursing Home
- Foothill Community Health Center
These masks were also donated to various hospitals in New York and the AMWA (American Medical Women’s Association).
Student Corps’ NorCal chapters have hand-made a total of 532 face shields, 317 face masks, 40 face mask filters, and 68 mask clips, and have donated them all to hospitals, nursing homes, and retirement homes. Utilizing inexpensive yet high-quality material for this project, the members of Student Corps’ NorCal chapters continue to ensure that local hospitals have an extra source for crucial protective gear against the coronavirus.
Additionally, our students from the NorCal chapters have initiated online tutoring services to help younger students living in China. As the very first victims of this pandemic, children living in Wuhan were unable to go to school and receive regular schooling and learning hours. With 20 teacher-student pairs, the members of NorCal’s chapters continue to provide their services for the many families under strict quarantine in Wuhan.
Thank you to everyone who has taken their time and contributed their efforts to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. In these times of dire need, we need to take this extra effort in supporting the most vulnerable, including essential workers and senior citizens. We are all in this together, and the students of the NorCal chapters will continue their efforts in tutoring and donations until we beat this invisible enemy.
Some wonderful pictures of our NorCal teams in action:
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