HF Steps Up

MrWhoopee

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Came across this today.


"Dear Harbor Freight Community,

As we’ve been following the news over the last few days, we’ve heard about the severe shortage of protective gear for hospitals, healthcare workers and first responders as the impact of COVID-19 is being felt across the country. America depends on these heroes every day and in the days ahead we will depend on them even more. At Harbor Freight, we want them to know that they can depend on us too.

So we’ve decided to donate our entire supply of the personal protective equipment items listed below to front line hospitals with 24 hour emergency rooms in the communities served by our stores.

• N95 Masks
• Face Shields
• 5 and 7 mil Nitrile Gloves
If you work at a hospital with a 24 hour emergency room in need of these items, please ask the office in charge of procurement at your hospital to click here so they can provide us with the information we’ll need to determine if we can make a donation. If you’re not with a hospital, but would like to give us the name of a hospital with a 24 hour emergency room in your community that might need our help, please email us at hospitalhelp@harborfreight.com, identify the hospital’s city and state in the subject line, and our team will follow-up.

PLEASE DO NOT MAKE REQUESTS AT YOUR LOCAL STORE OR OUR CALL CENTER AND PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT HOSPITALS—THEY’RE BUSY HELPING THEIR PATIENTS.

For hospitals we’re able to help, we’ll email them a voucher when the supplies are available for pick up at their local Harbor Freight Tools store.

Although we certainly won’t have enough of these supplies to fill everyone’s needs, we’re going to donate everything we’ve got. We also recognize that there are so many other critically important people responding to this crisis and that there is need everywhere. We’ve chosen to focus our efforts on hospitals with a 24 hour emergency room with the hope that we can help as many people as possible right now.

Thank you and God Bless,

Eric Smidt
Owner and Founder
Harbor Freight Tools"
 
A little bit skeptical, I do not see anything on their website, nor did I get this E-mail from them. One would think they would be bragging to the world.

I stand corrected. Thanks you Eric.
 
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I got the same email from them. Many of Eric Smidt's announcements over the yrs were not posted on the website. Not sticking up for HF but I don't see any reason to be skeptical about this act.
 
Got the same email also. I don’t think they need to brag to the world.
 
OK, Not saying they have to brag, or anything. We all know many things like this get faked by strangers, for what ever reason. I guess I am not up high enough to get the E-mails from the top. After posting that, I will get knocked down the ladder even more.
 
As much as eveyone hates HF & talks bad about them (I have too sometimes), they ain't so bad as well as some of the products they sell. Sure many of their products are typical cheap China quality but not all. They're not the only ones & whose fault is that (not trying to start a debate on this).

Ok, so maybe I'll catch flack for saying this. I like HF & I for one would be sad if HF were to close down. What other stores are there around in the US that compares? I didn't feel the same when all the near by Sears had closed. Sure I was sad because of what they used to be but not sad to see them go because of what they had become.

Not the first time Eric has done good. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Smidt#Philanthropy
 
I got the email, and have seen others that are doing things to help. And I am glad that the retailers of the US are stepping up. I'm sure other countries will see the same.
As far as tool quality, I don't enter HF stores expecting "tool truck quality" for the price. But I think I get what I pay for.

Thank you Eric Smidt and everyone else joining in the fight.
Chuck
 
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