The shields are made up of three parts, a plastic headpiece, a clear sheet of plastic, and a rubber band.
SBCCD Assistant Manager of Workforce Development Roxane Joyce, who supervises Zavala, had a friend who donated 33 unopened boxes of the plastic “transparency sheets” from the Ontario-Montclair Unified School District. Other districts have given as well.
Donors who want to support the San Bernardino effort can send money through the Crafton Hills College Foundation or San Bernardino Valley College Foundation. Donations are tax-deductible in standard ways.
Stacy Jones, who directs the community college MakerSpace project in this region, said she had wanted to partner with the healthcare industry. She even chatted with her colleague Wendy Deras, who leads the healthcare outreach with regional hospitals. COVID-19 has provided the project.
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