Tuesday, April 14, 2020
SJRMC in Need of Surgical Cap Donations
San Juan Regional Medical Center is humbled by the generosity of our community for the support shown to our caregivers. We continue to receive questions about how to best support our staff and patients during the COVID-19 outbreak. While there are many ways to help, one of our greatest needs continues to be a strong supply of personal protective equipment. We have received more than 1,500 cloth mask donations from individuals and groups in our community and we are now asking for surgical cap donations.
If you would like to help us by making surgical caps, a link to a pattern can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n1DvSpbD-rS__s4vTDAtHfl860aCWY0R/view and an online tutorial can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wl15xirkaw. We are requesting that caps be made of 100% cotton or cotton blend. Donations can be dropped off to the main entrance of the hospital Monday through Friday between 6:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and are greatly appreciated.
“As a community owned and operated hospital, we have a long history of supporting our community, and in turn our friends and neighbors have gone out of their way to support us through the years,” said Jeff Bourgeois, President and CEO of San Juan Regional Medical Center. “From our staff planting a community garden to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to our community during the depression, to our community turning around and raising money to expand the hospital in its early days, we have always been and continue to be there for each other. I thank our community for all the kind gestures we’re seeing now, from donations of PPE to providing food to frontline staff, sewing caps and masks and even creating face shields. It means so much to us and we are grateful.”
If sewing isn’t part of your skill set, but you’d still like to contribute, we are asking anyone who is able to give to consider making a charitable donation through San Juan Medical Foundation. Donating is easy to do and can be done securely online at: https://www.sanjuanmedicalfoundation.com/donate. Donations should be designated to “SJRMC COVID-19 supplies.” Thank you for your continued support of your community owned and operated hospital and our caregivers as we work to protect our community and take care of you and your loved ones.