{"id":1319617,"date":"2020-04-23T21:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T03:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/995940\/"},"modified":"2020-04-23T21:32:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T03:32:00","slug":"locals-collect-goggles-for-health-care-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/locals-collect-goggles-for-health-care-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Locals collect goggles for health care workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Goggles-gpi-042420-1024x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Goggles-gpi-042420-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Goggles-gpi-042420-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Goggles-gpi-042420-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Goggles-gpi-042420-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Goggles-gpi-042420-2048x1024.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">It\u2019s been said that one way to help yourself get through hard times is to help others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">For Glenwood resident Heidi Vosbeck, the timing was right for World Cup ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin\u2019s April 16 appearance on Today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Watching Shiffrin discuss Goggles for Docs gave her something positive to work toward after a bad day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe day before I saw Mikaela\u2019s interview I had been handed my COVID-19 reality. Meaning, the city of Glenwood Springs had let all part-time employees know they were laid off. I had several other events happen to me that day as well and felt my world was falling apart,\u201d Vosbeck said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row gspi-donation gspi-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Vosbeck, an exceptional endurance athlete, had always had plenty of work to keep her busy before the pandemic. \u201cI am a veterinary technician. I teach some classes for the CMC veterinary technician program, and I have a pet-sitting business. I also am a fitness instructor at CMC and hopefully someday again for the city of Glenwood Springs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Goggles for Docs was something she had been thinking about already.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cA pet-sitting client, Joyce Wirth, and I had talked about what we could do to help in this world crisis. She sent me a link to [Goggles for Docs]. At the time I was trying to get my CMC classes set up online and did not research it much,\u201d Vosbeck said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Goggles for Docs is an effort to get used or new goggles into the hands of health care workers who currently have no eye protection as they treat COVID-19 patients, according to the website (gogglesfordocs.com). Hospitals can sign up to request goggles, and drop-off sites around the country are listed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI grew up ski racing. I have always admired Mikaela Shiffrin, and when I heard her talk I knew I needed to get involved,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">It was her chance to help others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWhen I was reminded of this Goggles for Docs cause, I said to myself, \u2018This is it. This is my way to help, to have a project, to try to do some good,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cSo I looked into the cause and saw there was still a huge need. I saw there were already drop-off locations in surrounding areas including Carbondale, but I thought that Glenwood Springs needs a location,\u201d Vosbeck said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Vosbeck and Wirth have set up a collection spot at Weiss &amp; Wirth Interior Design, 406 S. Hyland Park Drive in Glenwood Springs (across the street from the Sayre Park tennis courts). Ski goggles will be accepted beginning this week, and times will be 11 a.m. through 2 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cJoyce and I are hoping to have some response. We have been spreading the word through social media, email, friends, family, newspapers, etc., over the past few days,\u201d Vosbeck said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Carbondale\u2019s drop-off site is Ragged Mountain Sports in the Sopris Shopping Center by the roundabout. The Post Independent was unable to reach coordinator Ashley Bean for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Goggles are listed foremost among personal protective equipment that Valley View is asking for on its COVID-19 assistance page, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vvh.org\/news\/help-our-fight-against-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.vvh.org\/news\/help-our-fight-against-covid-19\/<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">But even if local hospitals don\u2019t need goggles, Vosbeck said, \u201dI am allowed to look through the list and send donations to any hospitals or locations on the list. It may not be one located in Colorado.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">That would be at her own expense. \u201cThe people volunteering to have drop-off locations are at this point responsible for shipping costs. It\u2019s their contribution to the battle against COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:cwertheim@postindependent.com\">cwertheim@postindependent.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/local\/https-www-postindependent-com-wp-admin-post-phppost995940actionedit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been said that one way to help yourself get through hard times is to help others. For Glenwood resident Heidi Vosbeck, the timing was right for World Cup ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin\u2019s April 16 appearance on Today. Watching Shiffrin discuss Goggles for Docs gave her something positive to work toward after a bad day. 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