Community donations help in fight against covid-19

TONIGHT OFFICIALS INWYOMING COUNTYARE MAKING ANURGENT APPEAL FORTHE STAFF SERVINGON THE FRONT LINAT WYOMING COUNTYCOMMUNITY HEALTHSYSTEM ... THEY NEEDMASKS ANDRESPIRATORS,PROTECTIVE GOWNS,AND GOGGLES ...HELP IS ALREADY ONTHE WAY FOR THESTAFF AT ECMC.7 EYEWITNESS NEWSREPORTER ED REILLYTAKES US TO THEFRONT OF THEASSEMBLY LINE ATONE OF SEVERALCOMMUNITIES WHEREVOLUNTEERS AREROLLING OF THEIRSLEEVES FORWHATEVERHOSPITALS NEED..1:45THE IDEA CAME FROMA WEST SENECATEACHESINCE THE SCHOOLSARE CLOSED .

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WHYNOT TAKE PERSONALPROTECTIVE SUPPLIESTHAT ARE JUSTSITTING IN THEBUILDINGS ANDDONATE THEM TO THEERIE COUNTY MEDICALCENTER TO HELP ITSFIGHT AGAINSTCOVID-19.SOT: "AND SHEEXPLAINED TO METHAT A FRIEND WAS ANEMERGENCY ROOMNURSE AT ECMC.

ANDSHE THOUGHT THAT APAIR OF GOGGLES, ORGLOVES OR A GOWNFROM OUR SCIENCEDEPARTMENT MIGHTHELP OUT."JOE CONTAFIO IS ATOWN COUNCILMANAND PRESIDENT OFTHE WEST SENECATEACHERSASSOCIATION.HE SAID THE IDEASPREAD QUICKLYTHROUGH TEXTMESSAGES - AND ITWAS DECIDED TOCOLLECT TOGETHERTHE SUPPLIES IN ASAFER MANNER.SOT: "WE FOUND AWAY THAT WASPRETTY SIMPLE FORUS TO HELP"WEST SENECA POLICETRANSPORTED THEITEMS TO ECMC FROMA LOADING AREA ATEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL.CONTAFIO SAID HEHOPES THE EFFORTSOF WEST SENECAEDUCATORS WILLINSPIRE OTHERDISTRICTS TO DO THESAME.AND ECMC SENT USTHESE PICTURESSHOWING THE WESTSENECA SUPPLIESBEING ACCEPTED BYCAREGIVERS AT THEHOSPITAL.SOT: "WE JUST HAVETO STAY TOGETHER.STAY FOCUSED.

ANDSTAY CALM.ERIE COUNTYLEGISLATOR FRANKTODARO IS KEEPINGCLOSE TABS ON HISRELATIVES IN HARD-HIT ITALY.SOT:"THEY CAN'T EVENGO OUT TO GETGROCERIES"BUT WITH THE VIRUSSPREADING LOCALLY ..

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TODARO AND NYSSENATOR TIMKENNEDY HELPEDCOORDINATE THEDONATION OF MORETHAN 68-THOUSANDN95 MASKS TOCATHOLIC HEALTH,KALEIDA HEALTH.SOT:"THE ORIGINALSH AND THEYSAT HERE FOR AMASKS CFROM AN ANONYMCOMANY GENERALHOSPITAOSEPHS' SPITALWHICH WASCONCOUNTY MEDICALCENTER SAID BESIDESMASKS, ITCTIVECOVERINGS,GOOGLES AR.

WE HAVEINFORMATOWTO DONAHEREARE ABOUT 50THOUSAND BEDSNOW THEREARE ABOUT 50THOUSAND BTO DONATE.

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