Local High Schoolers Fighting Against COVID-19, Learn How to Help

When Vikram Gopalan (17) saw a video about an effort by the maker community in Huntsville, Alabama to fight COVID-19 by crowdsourcing production of 3D-printed face shields, he knew his friends had the drive and skillset needed to make a difference in the community. Danville Fighting COVID was born moments after as students across SRVUSD mobilized to fight the spread of COVID-19 in their community.

Danville Fighting COVID is on a mission to rally the local maker community to produce personal protective equipment (PPE) for hospitals in the Bay Area. Within the first 72 hours, they set up all of the groundwork for their initiative and began spreading the word. The community has already shown a tremendous amount of support, with over 230 face shields committed to them in the last week.

You too can get involved and fight back against COVID-19! With a 3D printer, it takes under 20 minutes to print a single face shield frame to protect a health care worker on the front lines! Just fill out the form on our website to get involved. Don't have a 3D printer? No problem! You can still support our initiative by:

• Support us financially so we can purchase 3D-printer filament and PETG (a widely-used plastic) sheets to fabricate the face shields! Just a $4 donation to the Danville Fighting COVID fund can fund the creation of up to 40 face shields!
• Donating non-perishable food items so we can distribute them to local community food banks
• Donating any unused, unopened PPE such as N95 masks, surgical masks, disinfecting wipes, etc. to distribute to hospital workers in need
• Spread the word! Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter and like and share our posts to help get the word out about our initiative!

Our Team:
We are a dedicated coalition of twelve high school students with individual focuses on the areas of research, media, 3D-printing, logistics, and communications to make our vision of keeping our health care workers safe in the midst of this pandemic.

Organizers: Vikram Gopalan (11th Grade), Ameesh Daryani (11th Grade), Kanishk Gupta (12th Grade), Radhika Gawde(12th Grade)

Media and Marketing: Marlee Meek (12th Grade), Lauren Batza (12th Grade), Lily Glantz (12th Grade)

3D-Printing Managers: Landon Mello (10th Grade), Elliot Danko (9th Grade)
Research Team: Nadav Meiri (9th Grade), Zachary LeClaire (12th Grade), Alex Gusev (11th Grade)

Supported by FRC Team 1280- The Ragin’ C-Biscuits

Visit our website: covid19.team1280.com for more information

Questions? Email: info@covid19.team1280.com!