A SCHOOL is producing protect masks and bags for nurses in a bid to help NHS workers on the frontline.
Dave Humphreys, headteacher at Ysgol Bryn Elian in Old Colwyn, delivered 50 visors to Glan Clwyd Hospital.
A total of 40 bags for nurses - enabling staff to place their uniform in after work and then straight washing machine - were also handed over. (Mrs H and some friends are going to have a go at these, just a cotton bag with draw cord)
Mr Humphreys said: “When we started making these products members of the community asked if they could help in anyway in terms of donations. We set up a JustGiving page and put a very ambitious target of £1,000.
“To our surprise the community were so generous that the target was met in under 24 hours. We then upped the target to £1,500 and this was met 25 minutes later.
“We have increased the target to £3,500 and we are already at nearly £3,200.
“This will allow us to order more materials to make the visors and bags as the school has used up all of its own stock.
“We are making over 40 to 50 visors and bags a day and are delivering to hospitals and healthcare services.
"We have requests for over 500 visors and bags in at the moment.”
Staff have been busy creating protective masks
The headmaster added that Glan Clwyd Hospital were extremely grateful when they dropped off the items.
He added: “We are very proud of what the school is able to do to help the NHS in this strange time and their emails and letters of thanks keeps us going with our production line.
“The community’s generosity has meant also that we can but even more stock to make our products to get to the front line of the NHS.”
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