ELKHART COUNTY, Ind. – RV maker Lippert Components in Elkhart will manufacture medical supplies to help with a local shortage.

Lippert Components will partner with Beacon Health System and Saint Joseph Medical Center to donate one thousand masks to protect medical staff.

They will also begin manufacturing surgical gowns in their Interiors division.

Lippert Components says that they want to help the medical community respond quickly and safely during a time that they are in great need.

They will continue work to give aid to the hospitals as the shortage persists.