A group for those who 3D print based in Rhode Island. Created to help bring individuals, teams, companies, and researchers together to pool and share resources and experience to print critical items for essential workers. The corona virus pandemic has depleted many essential supplies needed by our brave essential workers -- many of these items can be crowdsourced and created. Things such as face shields, door openers, and simple masks can be easily printed and produced. Some of them have been CDC approved, and many of the plans are available online. Many people are looking to help in whatever ways they can. Although initially our governor kindly passed on people's help, there may come a time when people are in need of items such as these to help. This group is a place for those Rhode Islanders with 3D printers to meet and share ideas, plans, and builds, with the hope that maybe some of us can help create some things that will actually help people during this crisis. There are many plans available for both extruding and resin printers. Let's pool our resources together to help people! Website: http://www.RI3DPA.org Email: RI3DPA@gmail.com
Yesterday (a little more than a year after COVID arrived in Rhode Island), I went with some friends to rent kayaks in Barrington. Upon arrival, we saw this sign.
A Family Service of Rhode Island staff member loads up his car to make Be Safe kit deliveries to Rhode Islanders. With generous donations from Rhode Island businesses and neighbors, FSRI was able to offer kits for free to anyone that needed them during the pandemic. In one year the program served 35,000+ people in our state.
Me after my second shot with a team of vaccinators from the Asthenis vaccination site at Providence Career & Technical Academy. Pictured left to right: Pharmacist, Dr. Eugenio Fernandez, Jr., Becca Bender, Marie Rodriguez, Claire Burbridge.
The pandemic has resulted in increased signage everywhere -- signs of support, reminders to social distance, mask requirements, etc. This sign is outside the COVID testing site at the Memorial Union on the URI campus. Students, faculty, and staff are asked to sanitize their hands, blow their noses, and then sanitize again before entering the building for testing. During the Spring 2021 semester, students are asked to get tested every other week. In February, Health Services announced they had reached 100,000 COVID tests.
Journal Entry: Saturday, February 6, 2021, Narragansett, 1:25 PM
This is one page of an ongoing journal that has been written for 45 years so far.
City of Providence 18+ Covid vaccine clinic 3/27 at PTCA
The City of Providence hosted a 18+ Covid vaccine clinic for the hardest hit zips (02904/5/7/8/9) on 3/27 at PTCA. Ruiz (a midwife and one of the owners at the Columbus Theatre Cooperative) volunteers to help herd the immunity. Dungan is seen here post vaccination. .
Remembering.knowing the visceral ache of being without touch and contact, of loss and of tentative contemplation of being in a contact world again.