# How To Place an Essential, COVID-19 Related Order at Adafruit 

## Adafruit Industries, Essential service and business: NYC – Executive Order 202.6 Capabilities and more

 **Adafruit is open, safely ... and shipping orders at this time!**  

For more details about shipping, please see our shipping FAQ, [https://www.adafruit.com/shipping](https://www.adafruit.com/shipping)

Adafruit was deemed an essential service to distribute/make some PPE (Personal Protection Equipment) such as face shields, and manufacturer electronics for essential life-saving/preserving equipment and development which is needed in New York and beyond.

Adafruit Industries located at 168 39th Street, Ste 1905CC, Brooklyn, NY 11232

by Executive Order 202.6, “Essential Business” by New York State:  
[https://esd.ny.gov/guidance-executive-order-2026](https://esd.ny.gov/guidance-executive-order-2026)

We have a dedicated email address to contact us: **covid19@adafruit.com**

Please only contact us for urgent and specific needs at this time. Please note we do not manufacture or own ventilators. For more info, see here: [https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/22/covid/](https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/22/covid/)

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# How To Place an Essential, COVID-19 Related Order at Adafruit 

## What qualifies as an essential order?

 **Unsure if your order qualifies as essential? Please see the information below.**

Your order qualifies as essential if you are working on direct efforts to combat the COVID-19 outbreak. This can mean a number of things, as the struggle to contain and fight COVID-19, and treat those effected, are pervasive. Likely this means, your order:

- Contains electronics, tools, or materials that will be used to manufacture PPE, or other medical supplies, for healthcare providers or government agencies working specifically to combat COVID-19
- Is shipping directly to a doctor or medical/healthcare professional
- Is shipping directly to an educator who is working to set up online learning for their classroom due to COVID-19 related school closures
- Contains microelectronics/semi-conductors that will be used in essential manufacturing or research & development (e.g. food, health/ventilator, medical, safety, defense production)

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