The 100 Million Mask Challenge

In March of 2020, Providence Health and Services, started the 100 Million Mask Challenge. The hope was to reach out to their local community to help create much needed PPE. Within a few days, Providence and Kaas Tailored formed a partnership to rapidly produce face shields and face masks for their caregivers.

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100 Million Mask Challenge Interview with Providence and Kaas Tailored

Amy Compton-Phillips M.D., the Chief Clinical Officer at Providence, and Jeff Kaas, Owner and President of Kaas Tailored, spoke to each other in this video about the partnership that was formed. Both share their stories of the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington and how we need to help one another to create Personal Protective Equipment for our caregivers.

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Sewing masks
Sewing masks
Stacking Masks

Partnership with Nordstrom

Kaas Tailored and Nordstrom have had a partnership for over 40 years. From making sofas in their shoe departments to giving their IT teams tours of the factory, we have always loved working with a dependable, customer-centric company. Within the first week of partnering with Providence Health and Services, Kaas Tailored pulled Nordstrom into the mix. Many Nordstrom store locations around the US are now manufacturing masks. Their alterations teams are working hard to fight the PPE shortage in our healthcare system. Follow the link below to view the initial Nordstrom announcement post.

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News Updates

Alaska Airlines

4.3.2020 Article highlighting how Alaskair helped deliver cut parts to factories around the United States.

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Puget Sound Business

Thank you to the Puget Sound Business Journal for a flattering article about the work on PPE.

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Kiro 7

This article was one that we particularly enjoyed. Their team gave a great view on the project.

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Q13

Q13 came out the first week of the project. They put together a great piece on the PPE work at Kaas.

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Seattle Times

The Seattle Times focuses on the process at Kaas Tailored. Some great images in this one!

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KUOW/NPR

A big thank you to KUOW for your personal connection in this interview.

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Komo

Capturing the first 48 hours as we try to figure out how to switch from Sofa’s to PPE.

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Providence

Here you can watch the video interview with Amy Compton-Phillips and Jeff Kaas.

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Vogue

Vogue highlights the initial response of Nordstrom during the COVID crisis.

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Fashionista

A shout out in fashionista about the Kaas, Providence, and Nordstrom partnership.

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Footwear

This team highlights the partnership with Nordstrom and the upcoming challenges.

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Pop Sugar

A high-level overview of the many companies, including Kaas and Nordstrom, making PPE.

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