ORLANDO, Fla. – As more and more people volunteer to help hospitals and health care workers by making equipment at home, experts warn about the importance of meeting hospital standards when it comes to donations.
Candy and Ian Cole run The Maker Effect Foundation, which enables individuals to build items on their own and at home. "Everybody has the power to make something," Candy Cole said.
The two Orange County residents worked with local hospitals, like Orlando Health, to develop a list of what can be made and donated and where to take it. "Some of it was surprising," Cole said, as she learned what hospitals were looking for. "Some of it was they don't need finished products.