MAY 28, 2020
50 Days ago I started 3D printing filtered masks for hospitals. That was a fluke, so I switched to ear savers. in 50 days, 1200 hours, I've 3D printed 10 THOUSAND EAR SAVERS! That's 8 and a third, an hour, every hour FOR THE LAST 1200 HOURS!!!
Even more remarkable when you realize:
I just scaled down the file to fit 10 on both printers maybe a week ago.
One printer arrived 11 Days after the campaign started.
The 2nd Ender arrived 14 days after the campaign started.
The Replicator 2 died 18 days into the campaign, and was down for a total of 13 days.
We crowd funded $2625 in those 50 day, from 47 people. So to all of you, Thank you so much from te bottom of my heart. This was not possible without each and every single one of your contributions. And to everyone who could not donate but shared my campaign and story on social media, got me requests from 14 other states thank you as well. Your word of mouth really helped!
And now for everyone to see the fruit of your labors. I'll keep the names of the requester and number received redacted but here is a list of all of places we've helped. AHEM!:
Elmhurst Hospital
Lombard Hospital
Edward Hospital
Glenbrook Hospital
Lutheran General Hospital
Resurrection Hospital
Northwestern Hospital
Loyola Hospital
Rush Hospital
Nesset Pavilion
DuPage Medical Group
Northwestern Proton
Sports PT
Children's Wisconsin & Froedert
The Morton Grove Postal Service
Blue Pearl Emergency & Specialty Animal Hospital
Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital
Henry Ford Hospital
North Shore Evanston Hospital
South Shore Hospital
Davita Sweetwater Dialysis
Marianjoy Hospital
Sherman Hospital
Advocate IL, Masonic Medical Center
Stutter Tracy Community Hospital
Avenna Healhcare and Food Bank of the Rockies
Misericordia
Texas Children’s Hospital
Whole Foods
Jewel Osco
Full City Café
Chicago Fire Department
Geneva Delnor Hospital
Hartford Hospital
Mercy St. Vincent Medical
Chicago Police Department
Niles Police Department
Advocate Christ, Oak Lawn
St. Joseph’s Medical Center
Lakepoint El Dorado
Anderson Hospital
Banner Health
Swedish Covenant Hospital
Alden Estates Nursing Home
Chicagoland Nurses Outreach
New York Hospitals
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center
OSF Ottowa
Swedish Medical Center
The Abington of Glenview
Corpus Christi State Supported Living Center
The Navajo People through Avenna Healthcare and Food Bank
Elevate Saint Andrews Nursing Home
Anna & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Thank you for allowing me to help these 54 places. I couldn’t have done it without you. The next goal is 13,500 with the remaining materials. The campaign is in the red by almost one hundred dollars so please do not stop sharing and donating. I want to keep donating these free of charge, but I’m not made of money and cannot do that without your help and support. And before anyone asks or comments, I signed my stimulus check over to my parents. All 1200 to them since I’ve been living in their house since I came back from college and they don’t have me pay rent. If I need to start selling these online to find the campaign, I will, but for everyone that I sell, that’s one that might not go to a healthcare worker.
Thanks for reading this VERY long update, but come on, this is a reason to celebrate! Cheers!
Forever grateful,
Josh
