{"id":2293,"date":"2020-06-28T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovativepixel.com\/IGIN\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2293"},"modified":"2021-12-30T15:28:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T20:28:20","slug":"john-deere-donates-face-shields-to-va-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/innovativepixel.com\/IGIN\/news\/john-deere-donates-face-shields-to-va-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"John Deere donates face shields to VA hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deere.com\/en\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Deere<\/a>, Moline, Illinois, has shipped 134,600 face shields to 49 Veterans Affairs medical centers in 27 states at no cost in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a>, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>VA\u2019s Voluntary Service and John Deere worked to identify VA facilities in need of additional personal protective equipment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe department recognizes and appreciates when organizations take it upon themselves to help VA and communities, and these face shields areextremely useful,\u201d says VA Secretary Robert Wilkie. \u201cHaving additional personal protective equipment on hand ensures we can supplement our efforts to protect veterans and VA healthcare providers in the face of this pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While John Deere does not typically manufacture face shields, the agricultural utility manufacturing company was able to produce them using an open-source design from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have provided nearly 135,000 face shields to VA to contribute to helping protect our veteran heroes,\u201d said Kevin Blount, senior quality engineer at John Deere and chair of John Deere\u2019s military employee resource group. \u201cSince early April, we have manufactured more than 400,000 face shields and distributed them to health care providers, caregivers and emergency personnel across the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company worked with VA to determine facilities in need of additional equipment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":2299,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","main-categories":[25],"class_list":["post-2293","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","main-categories-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.8 (Yoast SEO v17.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>John Deere donates face shields to VA hospitals - Irrigation &amp; 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