Graduation gowns being accepted for use by health care workers

A newly established initiative, Gowns4Good, is focused on protecting health care workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic by accepting donated graduation gowns for use as protective coverings.
Medical facilities worldwide are lacking personal protective equipment and are using anything they can to protect themselves. When Nathaniel Moore learned of health care providers resorting to makeshift trash bag gowns and masks cut from bedsheets, he founded Gowns4Good.
Moore, an emergency medicine physician assistant, said that with graduation plans being altered or canceled across the world, Gowns4Good can created a partnership between the medical world and his student world.
Instead of trash bags or other alternative forms of PPE that many in health care are using, graduation gowns are more effective given their length, sleeves and easy donning with zippered access. Although efforts are being made to increase PPE production, worldwide demand is increasing too quickly, he said.
To donate gowns, visit gowns4good.net/donate-gowns. Individuals can also support Gowns4Good by making a donation to offset shipping costs or by recruiting their school with premade tools. Gowns4Good is calling on students (past and present), schools and producers to donate graduation gowns that aren’t able to be worn this year or might be collecting dust at someone’s home. Gowns4Good is collecting and shipping gowns in batches to hospitals and other medical facilities in need.
For more informatin, email Gowns4Good@gmail.com , visit Gowns4Good.net or find #Gowns4Good on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.