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D’Addario Donates 40,000 Face Shields to Organizations Across Long Island

Christian Wissmuller by Christian Wissmuller
March 16, 2021
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Suffolk County Legislator Tom Cilmi,
D’Addario CEO John D’Addario III, and Presiding Officer Robert Calarco

Suffolk County Legislator Tom Cilmi, D’Addario CEO John D’Addario III, and Presiding Officer Robert Calarco

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Suffolk County Legislator Tom Cilmi,
D’Addario CEO John D’Addario III, and Presiding Officer Robert Calarco

D’Addario has donated 40,000 Dynatomy Face Shields to help safeguard organizations across Long Island. It’s the company’s opportunity to give back to our community and provide much-needed Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to everyone, especially those who need specific accommodations.

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On Friday, February 26th, Suffolk County Legislator Tom Cilmi and Presiding Officer Robert Calarco met with D’Addario CEO John D’Addario III to accept a portion of the donated face shields on behalf of Suffolk County’s eighteen legislative districts.

“The Suffolk County Legislature has been heavily involved with securing and distributing PPE to constituents in need. We are grateful to D’Addario for this generous donation and to Legislator Tom Cilmi for helping to arrange it,” said Suffolk County Legislature Presiding Officer Rob Calarco. “It has been truly incredible to see how companies like D’Addario have used their resources to help with the tremendous lift that is fighting this pandemic. D’Addario’s pivot from producing drumheads to engineering face shields is an extraordinary example of ingenuity and goodwill in the face of dire challenges. This collaborative spirit is a hallmark of Long Island’s exceptional business community.”

A year ago, D’Addario was directed to close its Farmingdale factories by the State of New York. A small group of D’Addario product development and manufacturing engineers, led by Chief Innovation Officer, Jim D’Addario met to find a way to make medical face shields from materials normally used to make Evans Drumheads.

By working with Mylar film, D’Addario’s own drumhead manufacturing equipment, and the coordination with nearby suppliers for a few essential materials, the D’Addario team had working prototypes within several days, gaining permission from the state of New York to reopen the Evans Drumhead factory. Production began within weeks, and today, two million face shields have been shipped to medical professionals, small business owners, and consumers across North America.

“I am incredibly proud of the way our family of employees stepped up to manufacture PPE when it was needed,” says D’Addario CEO John D’Addario III. “On a more personal note, being able to donate our face shields across Long Island is a particular source of pride given this is our home, and we’re helping to protect our neighbors and their families.”

D’Addario has also focused donation efforts on organizations servicing the autistic, deaf, and hard of hearing communities that cannot wear masks.

Those organizations include:

  • Mill Neck Family of Organizations 
    • Made up of a group of nonprofits dedicated to helping create a world in which Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals are included, empowered, celebrated, and embraced as equals.
  • Nassau Suffolk Services for Autism 
    • Dedicated to the education and treatment of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Cleary School for the Deaf  
    • A private, state-supported program that has served the Deaf community of Long Island since 1925
  • EJ Autism Foundation 
    • Creating awareness around Autism and supporting programs and schools on Long Island that currently work with children on the spectrum.
  • AHRC Suffolk  
    • Provides support and advocates with individuals of all ages with unique abilities and challenges, providing individualized, high-quality services utilizing person-centered approaches assisting them to discover and define their own quality of life.

Other organizations who’ve received donations include:

  • Long Island State Veterans Home 
  • Northwell Health / Huntington Hospital 
  • Catholic Health Good Samaritan Hospital 

Dynatomy manufactures innovative, patented hand exercise products for sports and therapy and a line of assistive daily living aid products.

To learn more about Dynatomy Face Shields, please visit http://ddar.io/FaceShields.PR.

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