lws
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Post by lws on Mar 22, 2020 16:33:47 GMT -5
I received this in a e-mail this morning. Have not heard of any other business doing this. Thinking I will be shopping there more.
Dear Harbor Freight Community, As we’ve been following the news over the last few days, we’ve heard about the severe shortage of protective gear for hospitals, healthcare workers and first res ponders as the impact of COVID-19 is being felt across the country. America depends on these heroes every day and in the days ahead we will depend on them even more. At Harbor Freight, we want them to know that they can depend on us too. So we’ve decided to donate our entire supply of the personal protective equipment items listed below to front line hospitals with 24 hour emergency rooms in the communities served by our stores. • N95 Masks • Face Shields • 5 and 7 mil Nitrile Gloves If you work at a hospital with a 24 hour emergency room in need of these items, please ask the office in charge of procurement at your hospital to click here so they can provide us with the information we’ll need to determine if we can make a donation. If you’re not with a hospital, but would like to give us the name of a hospital with a 24 hour emergency room in your community that might need our help, please email us at hospitalhelp@harborfreight.com, identify the hospital’s city and state in the subject line, and our team will follow-up. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE REQUESTS AT YOUR LOCAL STORE OR OUR CALL CENTER AND PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT HOSPITALS—THEY’RE BUSY HELPING THEIR PATIENTS. For hospitals we’re able to help, we’ll email them a voucher when the supplies are available for pick up at their local Harbor Freight Tools store. Although we certainly won’t have enough of these supplies to fill everyone’s needs, we’re going to donate everything we’ve got. We also recognize that there are so many other critically important people responding to this crisis and that there is need everywhere. We’ve chosen to focus our efforts on hospitals with a 24 hour emergency room with the hope that we can help as many people as possible right now. Thank you and God Bless, Eric Smidt Owner and Founder Harbor Freight Tools
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Post by win1894s on Mar 22, 2020 16:56:12 GMT -5
Talk about great karma. We need more businesses like that to Step up and help fight this.
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Post by bushog on Mar 22, 2020 17:29:31 GMT -5
The Chemistry Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory is doing the same thing.
Disposable lab coats and gloves, pipette tips, disposable tubes, disinfectants...all manners of laboratory supplies. I'm coordinating inventory and collection for my group.
Hazardous work for us is the norm.
We've all got to pull together on this!
God knows how we'll work after we can go back without these things and how long it will take to re-stock but the supplies need to go where they're needed to save people now which is a little different from how we usually do it.
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JM
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Post by JM on Mar 22, 2020 21:36:10 GMT -5
Isn't Harbor Freight one of the key pioneers of cheap Chinese imports?
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lws
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Post by lws on Mar 23, 2020 9:48:13 GMT -5
Isn't Harbor Freight one of the key pioneers of cheap Chinese imports? That may be but at least they are stepping up to help.
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JM
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Post by JM on Mar 23, 2020 11:04:15 GMT -5
^^^ I know. Just don't like what they stand for & have done to Made in USA tools, etc.
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Post by caryc on Mar 24, 2020 16:41:39 GMT -5
Isn't Harbor Freight one of the key pioneers of cheap Chinese imports? So what ?? When I need a tool that I may use once or twice in my lifetime, guess where I go to buy it? I have a lot of Harbor Freight tools. I have never had to return one either. I'm lucky to have a Harbor Freight store in my town. I don't use my tools professionally so if one did break it's not going to shut me down for a day.
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lws
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Post by lws on Mar 25, 2020 10:28:55 GMT -5
If we were to read all labels on everything we buy and only buy U. S. A. Made , we wouldn't buy much. Hell our Levi's arn't even made here. Just saying. Everyone stay safe out there and have a good day.
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Post by JM on Mar 25, 2020 13:38:40 GMT -5
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