When Alison Kur first took me on a tour of TBE, I was impressed by the beauty of the building. She agreed and added, “It isn’t the building, but the community that makes TBE great.” Since then, this has been proven to me a hundred times over. Due to COVID-19, our doors are closed. However, TBE is anything but closed. Our congregation has spent 870,742 combined minutes on Zoom. We moved everything online. Once again, Alison’s words proved correct.
This got me thinking. With the stay at home order, how could we use the building for good? I am proud to say that we are turning our classrooms into a 3D print farm to create masks for frontline workers.
We are working with You-Do-It Electronics and Makers Against the Spread of Covid-19, a NewtonSTEM program dedicated to producing PPE for local hospitals. Monoprice and FilaMatrix have graciously given us an incredible discount on printers and filament. The URJ 6 Points Sci-Tech Academy and Temple Shalom have loaned us their 3D printers. Our goal is to print 150+ masks, face shields, and ear protectors per day. Thank you to all who have generously donated to this project!
Our team is Ben Lublin, Seth Tobin, and myself. Ben majors in Industrial Design at Georgia Tech. He is also the son of Elise Lublin, TBE’s Communications Manager. Seth is a junior at Wellesley High School and a member of Havayah, our youth community. I have the honor to be one of TBE’s full-time Youth Engagement Specialists. It is a true honor to get to work with this team.
Until we can once again fill the halls with the voices of our community, we will be filling it with the hum of 3D printers.
