Rose-Hulman Ventures Donates Hand Sanitizing Stations to Local Businesses

Rose-Hulman Ventures Donates Hand Sanitizing Stations to Local Businesses

Terre Haute, Ind. – As the COVID-19 global pandemic continues, communities around the country are experiencing a shortage of many health safety items, including hand sanitizing stands and stations.

Identifying this shortage, Rose-Hulman Ventures, the engineering consulting, prototyping and product design firm associated with Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, stepped up to provide 200 stands for the campus. The production was coordinated by Rose-Hulman students during internships this summer.

Another two dozen stations were added to the production to assist local businesses and the Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce to help patrons and local citizens stay safe and healthy during the pandemic.

On Thursday, September 17, members of the Chamber staff delivered the hand sanitizing stands to several local business, including Baesler’s Market, the Terre Haute Children’s Museum, J. Ford’s Black Angus, The Saratoga Restaurant, The Verve Restaurant, and others in downtown Terre Haute. Some of the stations will be used during the Eat in the Streets initiative happening downtown each Friday and Saturday.

“This has certainly been a challenging year for all our local businesses,” says Chamber President Kristin Craig. “I applaud Rose Ventures for thinking creatively and using their highly skilled students and staff to help alleviate at least one concern for local businesses. The hand sanitizing stations are a great way for any business to keep their employees and customers safe while we navigate this health crisis.”

Rose-Hulman President Robert A. Coons also is delighted that Rose-Hulman Ventures has made the hand sanitizer stations available to help the Terre Haute community. He states, “Rose-Hulman is a strong community partner with the Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce, and is always proud to support local businesses and its patrons. Rose-Hulman Ventures has dedicated engineers, project managers, technicians and student interns who are always looking for creative solutions to everyday problems. Whether it is designing lifesaving medical devices or creating hand sanitizer stations, Rose-Hulman Ventures is committed to helping others.”

Learn more about Rose-Hulman Ventures at www.rhventures.org.

 

About the Chamber

Established in 1913, the Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce has been and always will be, committed to creating a community that is a great place to live, work and do business. Its mission is Building Business, Building Community.

For more information, contact Katie Shane, Director of Membership Development and Communications at kshane@terrehautechamber.com or (812) 232-2391.

 

About Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Founded in 1874, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is dedicated to preparing its students with the world’s best undergraduate science, engineering and mathematics education in an environment infused with innovation, intellectual rigor and individualized attention. The institute is consistently recognized nationally as an elite STEM school for distinctions that include faculty excellence, return on investment, value added and career services. Career placement is near 100 percent year after year. Six of the college’s professors are listed in the Princeton Review’s Best 300 Professors book. Located in Terre Haute, Indiana, Rose-Hulman has an enrollment of approximately 2,000 undergraduate students and nearly 100 graduate students. Learn more at www.rose-hulman.edu.