Venice's Crap Eyewear Donates $10K In Goggles: Coronavirus

VENICE, CA — Crap Eyewear announced this week that the company donated $10,000 worth of safety goggles to hospitals throughout Los Angeles County in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The goggles were produced over the last several weeks to help health care workers as they continue working on the frontlines of the health crisis. The Venice-based company is known for its sharp shapes and cool shades, sharing its move to support health care workers in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The company collaborated with its manufacturer to create the FDA-approved safety goggles for hospital workers across the Southland. The store location on Main Street, near Rose Avenue, remains closed but has now joined ongoing efforts of companies in the Los Angeles area to help support health care workers and provide correct equipment, including goggles, ventilators and face coverings.

"We know there is a massive need for personal protective equipment by all health care workers right now — not only in LA county, but nationwide. We hope our small act will inspire you, and together we can all magnify each other’s efforts," the company announced.

Crap Eyewear provided goggles to the following hospitals:

• MLK Jr. Community Hospital - South LA
• Memorial Hospital Of Gardena
• PIH Health - Whittier
• PIH Health - Downey
• PIH Health - Good Samaritan (DTLA)
• St. Francis Medical Center - Lynwood

The company also recommends supporters can get involved in several ways, including donating and supporting organizations Project Cure and Get Us PPE.

It was an easy decision to help make the goggles and donate them, Marley Arviso-Lowen, Marketing Manager at Crap Eyewear, told Patch.

"As of now, we were only able to make the one-time goggle donation but with the ever-changing landscape we're always looking for more opportunities to help out where we can," Arviso-Lowen said. "We hope our small act will inspire others to donate if they are able, and together we can all magnify each other’s efforts."

Crap's showroom on Main Street remains closed for the time being, but you can follow for more updates on Instagram @crapeyewear and visit their full collection online at crapeyewear.com.

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For the past several weeks we’ve been working with one of our manufacturing partners to produce FDA-approved safety goggles for frontline healthcare workers. On Friday we donated $10,000 worth of safety goggles to the following Los Angeles hospitals: MLK Jr. Community Hospital - South LA Memorial Hospital Of Gardena PIH Health - Whittier PIH Health - Downey PIH Health - Good Samaritan (DTLA) St. Francis Medical Center - Lynwood We know there is a massive need for personal protective equipment by all healthcare workers right now — not only in LA county, but nationwide. We hope our small act will inspire you, and together we can all magnify each other’s efforts. If your are in a position to do so, here are some orgs we encourage you to support: @getusppe @projectcure ~ Love, the @crapeyewear team
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