Aramark begins making PPE gear for health care workers
Philadelphia Business Journal

Aramark will shift its uniforms production lines to make personal protective equipment for health care workers tackling the COVID-19 crisis.

The Philadelphia-based food, uniforms and facilities company said Monday it will produce respirator and medical masks, scrubs and isolation gowns. Shipments of scrubs and isolation gowns started last week. The manufacturing of respirator and medical masks is expected to start by mid-July. Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) expects to make “millions” of masks, scrubs and gowns.

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Staying at home is important right now, but we know it can be challenging, especially if you have children. So take a break and treat yourself to a socially distant spring break! The Museum of the American Revolution’s  Virtual Spring Break, sponsored by PECOstarts today and runs through Friday, April 17, with a line-up of choose-your-own virtual adventures including make-at-home craft activities using household items, virtual story time, living history demonstrations for all ages, and more.

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Philadelphia Business Journal’s Faces of Philanthropy

Congratulations to Irish Chamber members named to the the 2020 list of honorees:

– Philadelphia International Airport with Philabundance
– Wawa with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
– Independence Blue Cross with Caron Treatment Centers
– Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young with Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House