Local volunteers will spend the next two days making about 500 face shields that will be used in area healthcare facilities or by first responders.
Daviess County Emergency Management Agency put out a call for help to make the face shields Wednesday morning. EMA Director Andy Ball said the need for them is higher right now, but they haven’t been able to get their hands on any yet.
“I figured why not see what we could do here locally,” he said. “I’ve got about 480 I need to make for various agencies like nursing homes, urgent care and first responders.”
Owensboro Community & Technical College offered up their HVAC lab as a production space, and Ball went around the city buying materials — thick transparency paper for face shield, elastic and other necessary supplies.
“We’ll be best busting them out like a sweatshop,” Ball said.
All the masks will be used in Daviess County.
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