TEAMING UP TO MAKE HOSPITAL BEDS. WGAL NEWS 8’S BARBARA BARR REPORTS ON THEIR EFFORTS. BARBARA: THIS WAS MORE THAN -- ONE OF MORE THAN A DOZEN BUSINESSES INITIALLY CALLED NON-ESSENTIAL AND FORCED TO CLOSE AND LAY OFF EMPLOYEES, BUT NOW IT AND OTHER COUNTRIES ARE BACK OPERATING, MAKING AN EXTREMELY ESSENTIAL PRODUCT. IT IS CALLED THE BED PROJECT, INITIATED BY AN AMISH AND MENNONITE COMPANY. EACH OF THE PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES, SOME OF THEM FORMER COMPETITORS, CONTRIBUTE BY MAKING AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE HOSPITAL BEDS. >> IT FEELS GREAT. MAKES MY EMPLOYEES FEEL GREAT. ONE OF THE HARDEST DAYS I HAD WAS WHEN I HAD TO LAY OFF HALF OF M TEAM,, AND THE FACT WE CAN GET THEM BACK TO WORK ON SUCH A MEANINGFUL PROJECT IS MORE THAN I COULD EVER ASK FOR. BARBARA HERE EMPLOYEES POWDER : COAT THE FRAMES WHICH GO INTO AN OVEN BEFORE BEING HAULED TO UHURU IN DENVER WHERE THEY ARE ASSEMBLED AND SHIPPED OUT TO HOSPITALS IN NEED AROUND THE COUNTRY. >> IT IS A GREAT FEELING TO CONTRIBUTE IN THIS PANDEMIC WE HAVE ALL BEEN AFFECTED BY, AND THE ABILITY TO BRING OUR WORKFORCE BACK AND BE PART OF THIS EFFORT IS TREMENDOUS. BARBARA: THE FIRST WEEK ALONE, THE COMPANIES MANUFACTURED ABOUT 700 BEDS, AND PLAN TO KEEP GOING THROUGH APRIL 30.