San Marcos grad sends safety glasses from his company to the virus front line

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - San Marcos High School graduate Chase Fisher saw the shortage of specific safety glasses for frontline medical personnel during the coronavirus crisis, and has been able to fill the gap.

Fisher is CEO of Blenders Eyewear in San Diego. His company has provided thousands of medical grade goggles for doctors and nurses.

They are now being distributed at regional hospitals in Southern California.

Blenders is donating 10,000 goggles to Southern California hospitals in San Diego and Los Angeles.

It is also sending 20,000 goggles to Santa Barbara-based Direct Relief. It provides humanitarian aid worldwide. The goggles are expected to go to critical need areas in the U.S. such as New York.

Blenders also says five percent of its April sales will go to Direct Relief.

"Our thoughts are with the doctors, nurses, and medical staff coping with patient surge and putting themselves in harm's way for the sake of the greater good," said Fisher. "As a community, we all have a responsibility to flatten the curve and lower the peak of this virus."

Among the hospitals to receive the goggles will be Sharp Healthcare, Scripps Health and the UCLA Medical Center.

"We are excited to see the health care workers and get these on their faces," said Fisher.

Blenders response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and donation to Direct Relief is on the front page of the company's web page.

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