Minnesota’s business landscape is innovating and giving back. Here we highlight 12 companies doing great things in the midst of COVID-19. THE TOP 12
3 FACE MASKS
LOVE YOUR MELON Founded in an entrepreneurship class at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul,
Minnesota, Love Your Melon has always been about positive social impact. Their newly-added masks follow the same model as their hats - “Buy One, Give One” for the medical community.
4 MEDICAL-GRADE FACE SHIELDS WOODCHUCK USA
1 HAND SANITIZER
COPPERWING DISTILLERY This St. Louis Park distillery is using what they have - alcohol! - to serve the community. Through a GoFundMe, they were able to produce and donate hand sanitizer to the essential heroes who needed it most.
Woodchuck USA manufactures customized, technology-driven wooden products like journals, keychains, and phone cases, but quickly pivoted 50% of their production to medical/PPE demands, including face shields.
5 THE PORCH TRAIT PROJECT DAVE PUENTE PHOTOGRAPHY
On a mission to spread joy, photographer Dave Puente safely distanced from his subjects in a series of “ porch traits.” His aim is to help others find the silver lining in a scary and frantic time. 6 VIRTUAL TRIAGING SCREENER ZIPNOSIS
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PB560 VENTILATOR MEDTRONIC
Placing patient well-being as a top priority, Medtronic released their design files for the PB560 ventilator system to the public in response to the COVID-19 ventilator shortage.
The Zipnosis team designed and launched a COVID-19 screener to recommend virtual care patients where appropriate and made the virtual screeners available to their health system partners nationwide.
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