It Takes A Village Bay Area

At It Takes A Village we are still making fabric face masks for donations to family shelters and children's groups serving vulnerable populations so unvaccinated children can be safe during the summer as they attend summer camps and summer school. We are are also stocking up for fall needs as the children go back to school 100%. https://www.axios.com/fauci-unvaccinated-kids-wear-masks-sc

We are still concentrating our efforts on the children under 12 who will still be wearing masks this summer and vulnerable populations. Nationwide children represented 22% of the new COVID cases during the last week of April, with outbreaks seen mostly in indoor sports activities. https://www.npr.org//children-now-account-for-22-of-new-u-

Today we celebrate our donation of over 162,500 pieces of PPE including 110,000 masks with the news the CDC has released that vaccinated people can go maskless in most places! https://www.nytimes.com//w/covid-vaccine-coronavirus-cases

It Takes A Village is committed to masking more than ever as we donate our 108,000th mask. My mask and your mask are the single most important defense we have. Our vulnerable populations in the SF Bay Area continue to request donations of masks for the safety of our community. #maskup #vaccineup https://www.nytimes.com///covid-herd-immunity-vaccine.html

ITAV celebrates the donation of its 103,000th face mask. ITAV is committed to continued masking to allow all children to go back to school safely. https://www.ucsf.edu/magazine/covid-school-reopening

It Takes A Village www.it-takes-a-village.org is committed to supporting vulnerable populations in the greater Bay Area. The Central Valley has been hard hit during the duration of this pandemic. We have been sending monthly donations of face shields and face masks to Salinas and Watsonville to assist #centralvalleyfarmworkers. But now we are extending our reach to 8 clinics in need of PPE. #ppe to central valley farm workers Sacramento Bakersfield Madera Yuba City... Stockton Tulare Fresno https://www.latimes.com//san-joaquin-valley-coronavirus-ho Help us, help the Central Valley.

It Takes A Village is fortunate to have received a commitment for another 24,000 face shields from LTA Research for us to assemble, pack and donate to the SF Bay Area and extended community. LTA has partnered with It Takes A Village for a total of 45,000 face shields. We applaud this extraordinary company for stepping up and donating 250,000 face shields free of charge to hospitals, medical practices, and emergency service providers in Ohio, California, and across the country. https://www.it-takes-a-village.org//aerospace-blimps-and-f

With over 62,000 face masks donated to the community to date, It Takes A Village is doing our part to help Universal Mask! https://www.cbsnews.com//cdc-guidance-mask-wearing-outsid/

For months we have been on the ground fielding the requests for need in the community. This article explains the background of the need we are working to fill. https://apple.news/Apaj57-p4RgGsP-I-ciAc5g