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From Lakewood-East Dallas Advocate:
By Jaime Dunaway
August 4th, 2020
Woodrow Wilson football players help make disposable hospital gowns at The Odee Company. Photo courtesy of Canvas Kick on InstagramThe disposable gown-making business requires some muscle. So when Travis Stein needed help sheeting large rolls of polyethylene, he called upon the strength of Woodrow Wilson football players.
Stein, a co-owner at commercial print shop The Odee Company, added disposable gowns to the product list in April during the coronavirus pandemic. He got the idea after a local hospital asked if the company could make gowns with the machines used to cut fabric.
More than 85 additional workers were hired to meet the high demand of orders, but Stein disliked giving those opportunities to people already in the workforce. So the Lakewood neighbor contacted Woodrow's football coach, Anthony Benedetto. Benedetto told his players about the job opportunity, and 11 players signed up to work.
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