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Members Helping Members
Dr Dan Rodda and Office Manager/Fiance Maria Eydelman donated much needed face masks and gloves to our men in blue (Flagstaff Police Department), helping keep those that protect us safe in return.
After Doctors Brad Nicol and Sam Safavi operated on and cared for a patient from Taiwan with a traumatic brain injury caused from an accident in the Grand Canyon, the Taiwanese Embassy & a Taiwanese Buddhist organization donated 1500 face masks to Flagstaff Neurosurgery as a token of their appreciation.
At the front of the pandemic, member manufacturer Prent Thermoforming provided 2200 face shields to Flagstaff Medical Center after learning of the need from the Greater Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce. 250 face shields were also made available to Flagstaff Shelter Services.
Care1st Health Plan Arizona delivered 1,000 surgical masks and 100 face shields to the local healthcare workers at the Children's Health Center and the Flagstaff Medical Center in April. Shelley Phoenix with Highgate Senior Living chose to donate her prize from one of Chamber events to the Flagstaff Family Food Center. A gift card was originally donated to the Chamber by the Arizona Central Credit Union.
Wespac Construction led an effort to help the residents of Chinle, AZ secure food supplies, paper products, masks, hand sanitizer, and soap as they ran in critically low supply while fighting the pandemic.