Thank you Retreat Employees for your courage and dedication! When the world stood still, our staff stepped up.
Currently the more than 100 employees at Ful ex on Putney Road are working hard to produce elastic for all types of face masks so that the makers of face masks around the world can keep pumping them out. One of those customers is 3M, which makes masks that meet the N95 standard. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the N95 for healthcare providers working with patients who have been exposed to the coronavirus because it lters out up to 95 percent of the par ticles down to .3 microns, which includes bacteria and viruses. We are also ver y proud and happy to provide elastic to the many individuals and groups in the local area and as far away as Texas that are making homemade masks.
We are small, but mighty and our employees are playing an incredibly impor tant role in this ght against the spread of the coronavirus.
"Vermonters are independent, self-reliant and tough. And we take care of each other through tough times, putting the needs of others ahead of our own. That's what being Vermont strong is all about. That's the spirit I see every day. And that's why I'm certain we ' re going to get through this and we'll do it together.”
— Gov Phil Scott
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The Brat tleboro Reformer thanks all the wonder ful, dedicated essential workers who have kept our town running, safe and healthy during these challenging times.
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Mike Coombs, technician at Shippee Auto, in Hinsdale, N.H., wears a mask and gloves to prevent the spread of COVID-19 while working on a motor on Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Angel, a phlebotomist for the American Red Cross, marks the vein that she is going to use on Clark Seaman during a blood drive at the Winston Prouty Center, in Brattleboro, on Tuesday, April 14, 2020
KRISTOPHER RADDER BRATTLEBORO REFORMER
Scenes of service, clockwise from top: Sutat Anthachai brings an order of food to a customer as part of the curbside program at the Brattleboro Food Co-Op;
Gino Butler leaves baskets of meals outside doors at the Elliot Street Apartments, in Brattleboro, as the Brattleboro Senior Center adjusts services amid the COVID-19 outbreak;
Derek Oliva, the night manager at Market 32 by Price Chopper in Brattleboro, puts co ee onto the shelves as the team works through the night to stock supplies on Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Multiple agencies responded to a two-alarm fire at 25 Coburn Hill Road in Rockingham, on Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Richard Petrie, an employee at Windham Solid Waste Management, said that he is taking extra steps to help prevent spreading the virus to his wife, who has respiratory problems.
The Fulflex plant in Brattleboro works on making elastics that will be used in medical face masks and other equipment to help people protect themselves in hospitals. Keith Fanum, slitting operator, strings up elastics on a machine.
KRISTOPHER RADDER BRATTLEBORO REFORMER
The Vermont Army National Guard and Vermont Department of Health set up a drive through COVID-19 testing facility in a parking lot of Landmark College in Putney, to test people with mild to moderate symptoms of the virus on Sunday, March 29, 2020
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We would like to share our deep gratitude to our community for your creativity and kindness: because of your generous donations of handmade masks, our staff is able to continue to provide exceptional care for our patients during these uncertain times
