Medical students, makers, neighbors
EcoPrint3D
3D printing with purpose
We 3D print Toddler Mobility Trainers and other assistive devices for local kids and give them away free. A trainer that runs thousands commercially costs us about $200, and one sponsor can cover the whole build.
We are MakeGood's only certified ambassador organization and build upper limb devices through e-NABLE, serving families across DC, Maryland, Virginia, and Philadelphia.
The first of many
Twenty four print plates, one very happy homecoming
Our first Toddler Mobility Trainer went home with Sibby. Read how the build came together, and meet the family it belongs to.
The Toddler Mobility Trainer
A pediatric wheelchair, printed on a desktop
For kids one to eight. Store bought runs into the thousands and insurance often says no. Ours are free.
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Sign up with MakeGood
Waitlist and sizing live there.
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We make it theirs
Their colors, their team, their extras.
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We print and build
PETG and TPU, assembled by hand.
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We deliver it free
We drive it out or meet up with the family.
Sponsor a build
$200 builds a whole chair
Filament, hardware, and the drive out to the family. Anything less is a share of the next one.
Share of one chair
Sponsors and donors cover every chair. EcoPrint is volunteer run and is not a 501(c)(3), so gifts are not tax deductible.
Two Virginia businesses bought the filament for Rhodes's build. Your business can cover the next one. Sponsor a build
What we do
Three ways we work in our community
Recycle
It started with cleanups
EcoPrint began with community cleanups and recycled filament, and that work still runs. We pull plastic out of DC neighborhoods and put it back to work on the printer.
See the workTeach
We teach anyone who asks
4-H STEAM programs now, and talks for hospitals, schools, and anyone curious about what 3D printing is doing in medicine. If you want to learn it or want us to come speak, we are in.
Presenting with 4-H in 2027 Programs and workshopsBuild
Devices for our neighbors
Toddler Mobility Trainers with MakeGood are the focus right now. We also print prosthetic hands through e-NABLE, grip and daily living aids, and Narcan cases with Howard ResLife.
What is a TMTHow we got here
It started small, it did not stay there
A little over three years ago EcoPrint was one printer in a bedroom and one question about where plastic goes after we throw it out. Recycling came first. Teaching came next. When we started medical school, the work became personal, and assistive devices followed.
Recycling
Where it started
Education
Classrooms and 4-H
Assistive devices
Joined MakeGood and e-NABLE
Today
Building for DMV families through both networks
- 3
- Years building and iterating
- From a first roll of filament to a full build queue
- 500M+
- Views across our channels
- How families and new makers find the work
- 220K+
- Followers
- A community that shows up when we ask for help
We share these numbers because reach is practical. It is how families learn a free device exists, and how new makers decide to join.
Why we do this
Our community, our reason
We built a big following online as undergraduates. Now it does something useful: families find out a free chair exists, and makers find out they can help build one.
What does a family pay?
Nothing. Sponsors and donors cover it, 100%.
Who builds them?
We do, as full time medical students.
Is my child eligible?
MakeGood's site has the sizing and the sign up.
Why medical students?
We love 3D printing and want to close the gap now.
Support our work
Every device starts with filament
Our hours are volunteered and every design file is free to download. What we buy is plastic, hardware, and shipping. Support EcoPrint and help fund the next build.
Support EcoPrint$200 sponsors one child's trainer