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ret5hd

(20,495 posts)
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:06 PM Mar 2020

Harbor Freight is donating their ENTIRE supply of PPE to hospitals: [View all]

What a great example. Just received this email from them:

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 responders 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 [email protected], 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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K & R! 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2020 #1
Bless them. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #2
i'm not familiar with this store, barbtries Mar 2020 #3
I call it "Toys for Boys." n/t rzemanfl Mar 2020 #5
what is it? barbtries Mar 2020 #7
Hardware, farm and garden, tools, etc. n/t CottonBear Mar 2020 #8
thank you nt barbtries Mar 2020 #9
They sell every sort of tool imagineable. rzemanfl Mar 2020 #16
It's the lowest possible quality and cost but... getagrip_already Mar 2020 #26
True. I needed a star head screwdriver to change a brake light bulb. rzemanfl Mar 2020 #29
They have upped their game over the past few years. SeattleVet Mar 2020 #30
It is the place where "we poor people" Ferrets are Cool Mar 2020 #13
There are some really good tools Woodwizard Mar 2020 #17
Not stuff for the professionals. sarge43 Mar 2020 #19
Agreed. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2020 #24
back in the 90's I ordered a trailer kit from them for hauling behind vehicles, still have it. nt yaesu Mar 2020 #36
Yessssssss, just Leghorn21 Mar 2020 #4
Kudos Eric Smidt!! KT2000 Mar 2020 #6
here's their Twitter if you'd like to send a thank you! IcyPeas Mar 2020 #10
About Harbor Freight (wikipedia): ret5hd Mar 2020 #11
Good for them.. Maybe more companies will follow suit. Arkansas Granny Mar 2020 #12
Hand salute, Harbor Freight. sarge43 Mar 2020 #14
Awesome! I will shop there. bronxiteforever Mar 2020 #15
Excellent! StarryNite Mar 2020 #18
Somebody tell OhioChick! Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #20
Thank you for thinking of me, you're kind n/t OhioChick Mar 2020 #22
Your earlier post gnawed at me. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #34
Got this to my son's administration as soon as it was announced n/t OhioChick Mar 2020 #21
This is fantastic. Harbor Freight will be my new store. Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #23
A ray of sunshine, of companies stepping up to the plate. Thank god and screw rump. SWBTATTReg Mar 2020 #25
This is bringing... 3catwoman3 Mar 2020 #27
Thank you Harbor Freight... wcmagumba Mar 2020 #28
Excellent news! (just wait, the orange buffoon will take credit for this) nt iluvtennis Mar 2020 #31
We will remember this Sucha NastyWoman Mar 2020 #32
They survive this madness and I do too I'm a customer for life. NoMoreRepugs Mar 2020 #33
Love Harbor Freight! marble falls Mar 2020 #35
I love this store and will continue to shop there. flying_wahini Mar 2020 #37
Crisis highlights Character. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2020 #38
I'm already a HF shopper but I be shopping there more often now. lpbk2713 Mar 2020 #39
Hmm 🤔 note to self: buy at Harbor Freight. nt live love laugh Mar 2020 #40
We'll be going back there to shop again. calimary Mar 2020 #41
I have bought very high quality tools there especially woodworking tools DippyDem Mar 2020 #42
Have been shopping there for 25+ years. bearssoapbox Mar 2020 #43
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