A Guelph business owner is stepping up to the plate in the fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus by donating 3,000 face shields to local frontline workers.
Darren Devine, president of Devine and Associates Financial Services on Waterloo Avenue, spent $21,000 through his business on the shields made by Kitchener-based INKSmith.
Devine said 1,600 have been donated to Guelph General Hospital, while Guelph’s paramedics and firefighters have been given 200 each. “My hope in all of this is that I can empower other small businesses in the community to understand that it doesn’t take a multi-national corporation to help out,” he said. “Ripples turn into waves and if we all try to do something then we can achieve great things.” Devine