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\u201cAsk not what your country can do for you,<\/strong> \u2014 President John F. Kennedy<\/strong><\/p>\n Never thought I\u2019d be citing President Kennedy\u2019s inaugural address<\/a>\u00a0outside of a history class. But we are fighting a similar war like we were in back in 1961 \u2014 instead of fighting communism, we are fighting a virus. When our frontline medical workers don\u2019t have the personal protection equipment (PPE) they need to stay safe from the coronavirus, hospitals will not be able to help the hundreds (or more) of people who will need medical care. After watching this administration\u2019s leadership first declare this to be a hoax; remove the Pandemic Unit of the National Security Council; and outbid states on purchasing N95 masks, and then tell the governors that they\u2019re on their own to fix this pandemic, I think we all know that we can\u2019t rely on our federal government to protect us from the coronavirus<\/strong>. We need to do our part to slow this pandemic to save our lives.<\/p>\n So, what can YOU<\/em> do? I checked with Valley Medical Center in San Jose, CA and they need the following NOW:<\/em> Drop off or send to:<\/em> As American citizens, we can work together to give our medical frontline professionals the protection they need to treat the very sick and the COVID-19 patients. Encourage everyone to donate new masks and shields to the hospitals that need them. Sew cloth masks for your local hospitals or send to Valley Medical Foundation. Hunker down and stay at least 6 feet away from others to slow the spread of this deadly virus. We can do this! It\u2019s up to us to take control and stop the coronavirus from spreading.<\/p>\n The post Donate PPEs to Frontline Workers<\/a> appeared first on Merit Educational Consultants<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cAsk not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country!\u201d \u2014 President John F. Kennedy Never thought I\u2019d be citing President Kennedy\u2019s inaugural […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[41,44,68,123,188,216],"class_list":["post-1118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-face-shields","tag-n95","tag-surgical-masks","tag-valley-medical-foundation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanmotherscalifornia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanmotherscalifornia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanmotherscalifornia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanmotherscalifornia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanmotherscalifornia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/americanmotherscalifornia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanmotherscalifornia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanmotherscalifornia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanmotherscalifornia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nbut what you can do for your country!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n1. Stay home
\nKeep at least 6 feet between you and everyone.
\n2. Send visitors away
\nDon\u2019t allow them into your homes.
\n3. Sew masks
\nIf you have a sewing machine and scrap fabric, sew masks for frontline workers.
\nCheck vmcfoundation.org after March 23rd for guidelines and instructions on how to make\u00a0 masks to donate to Valley Medication Foundation.
\n4. Donate masks
\nIf you have access to new N95 masks, surgical masks, or face shields, please donate to \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 hospitals that need them. Call or check online<\/a> to see what they need and what requirements are in place.<\/p>\n
\nNew N95 Respirator Masks
\nNew Surgical Masks
\nNew Face Shields
\nNew Gowns
\nDisinfectant Wipes
\nHand Sanitizers
\nGoggles
\nThermometers<\/p>\n
\nValley Medical Center Foundation
\n2400 Clove Drive
\nSan Jose, CA 95128
\n(408) 885-5299 or vmcfoundation@hhs.sccgov.org<\/p>\n