Skiing And Snowboarding Community Helps In The Fight Against Coronavirus
National Ski Associations, clubs, resorts, ski businesses, companies and athletes as well as FIS are helping in the global fight against coronavirus. A common theme is providing protective clothing for those working on the front line in the health care industry against the virus.
The U.S.-based campaign “Goggles for Docs” provides used ski googles to medics and has already received thousands of sets of protective eyewear for hospitals, particularly in New York state in just a few days. If you have old or superfluous ski goggles at home and would like to help, here are all details: https://gogglesfordocs.com/.
Ski equipment brand Aleah will focus their production on protective goggles as well , while leading ski equipment manufacturer and footwear produced Salomon has provided sandals and compression stockings to medical personnel at hospitals of Lyon, Paris, Mulhouse, Chambéry, Marseille and Annecy, on the front lines in the battle against Covid-19.
Also medical teams at ski resorts have been donating stocks of hard-to-obtain goods in many countries, including gloves, sanitisers and masks to hospitals.
Individuals are contributing too. In the French resort Alpe d 'Huez, ski instructor Françoise Berthet, is making protective masks from old skiwear once used by instructors of the French Ski school (ESF) in the resort. German ski jumper Katharina Althaus is working hard on sowing additional face masks.
Other individuals and companies have other helpful ideas and measures in the fight against Covid-19.
The Vortex, which served as the Athletes' Village for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, has housed doctors, nurses and other medical personnel since March 19. Lausanne 2020 had been due to be a tenant of the facility, set to become university accommodation, until the end of this month, but it us now for health professionals amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
Twenty chefs from top ski resorts in Savoie Mont Blanc region are cooking 1,200 meals every Sunday for doctors and nurses, but also for all the hospitals’ workers such as the cleaners, administrators and security. Among those 20 chefs, there are three Michelin starred chefs: Julien Machet from Le Farçon in La Tania (one star), Clément Bouvier from Ursus in Tignes (one star) and Mickaël Arnoult from Auberge Les Morainières in Jongieux (two stars). The chefs buy from local producers who are not able to sell their food on the markets anymore.
Demaclenko, a South Tyrolean company of the Leitner group specialised in systems for artificial snow, is using snow cannon technology for the sanitation of streets and public places. The mechanism, mounted on a truck, is composed of a high-performance snow generator connected to a pump capable of ensuring optimal water pressure and a tank containing 100% biodegradable disinfectants. After the go-ahead from the Provincial Civil Protection Agency, the system will be available free of charge to the South Tyrolean Municipalities.
