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Video: Auburn's Equipment Staff Makes Medical Masks Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Rob Goldberg@TheRobGoldbergFeatured ColumnistMarch 28, 2020

COLLEGE STATION, TX - NOVEMBER 07:  Auburn Tigers helmet sits on the bench at Kyle Field on November 7, 2015 in College Station, Texas.  (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
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The Auburn athletic department's equipment staff has stepped up to help create masks for medical professionals amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The team released a video showing the process of making masks Saturday:

Auburn Equipment @AuburnEquip

Unbelievable support from the equipment staff. #projectmedicalmasks https://t.co/0FfRVrLsVn

Several groups from Auburn University are doing what they can to help doctors and patients around the state, with multiple schools donating ventilators and other medical supplies, per Josh Vitale of the Montgomery Advertiser.

The athletic staff is doing itsr part as well to help create the masks that have run in short supply around the country.

"I hope to have, give or take, about 100 masks done in the next couple days and get these out to the people that need them," associate athletics director for equipment operations Dana Marquez said Thursday. 

Marquez provided the latest updates in the video above, spotlighting his team members hard at work to help as many people as possible.