Support Tri-State Mask Makers
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Update 7/9/2020
Now we are making masks with clear windows for special ed teachers and speech therapists!
Our priority will go to teachers and therapists who are already in the field.
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Nurses treating COVID-19 patients are forced to wear the same N95 mask for a week.
Other staff in hospitals often do not even get a real mask to wear. (April 9th LOHUD )
Nursing homes are having trouble getting masks from their suppliers, as are group homes, etc.
We have been inundated by requests by healthcare workers to help them keep them safe, by offering them fabric covers for their N95, which we improved to include filter pockets for when the N95 runs out.
Recently, we also learned that choosing the right fabric will allow a fabric mask to offer the same or even better protection than surgical masks, and it is reusable and washable. (April 9 New York Times )
Your donation will allow many sewists to continue with their work of love.
Update 4/20/20
- TRI-STATE MASK PATTERN and INSTRUCTION - (see 1st page for accepted fabric) LINK
- GUIDE TO FABRIC MASKS & COVERS -slideshow
If you would like to help us fundraise: Click here to get personalized link for you to share on your FB and via email. You will be able to see how many friends donated through you.
If, for some reason, there are any leftover funds after our maskmaking effort ends, the excess will be donated to other maskmaking groups and/or various community organizations dedicated to helping at risk populations
Now we are making masks with clear windows for special ed teachers and speech therapists!
Our priority will go to teachers and therapists who are already in the field.
===============================
Nurses treating COVID-19 patients are forced to wear the same N95 mask for a week.
Other staff in hospitals often do not even get a real mask to wear. (April 9th LOHUD )
Nursing homes are having trouble getting masks from their suppliers, as are group homes, etc.
We have been inundated by requests by healthcare workers to help them keep them safe, by offering them fabric covers for their N95, which we improved to include filter pockets for when the N95 runs out.
Recently, we also learned that choosing the right fabric will allow a fabric mask to offer the same or even better protection than surgical masks, and it is reusable and washable. (April 9 New York Times )
Your donation will allow many sewists to continue with their work of love.
Update 4/20/20
- TRI-STATE MASK PATTERN and INSTRUCTION - (see 1st page for accepted fabric) LINK
- GUIDE TO FABRIC MASKS & COVERS -slideshow
If you would like to help us fundraise: Click here to get personalized link for you to share on your FB and via email. You will be able to see how many friends donated through you.
If, for some reason, there are any leftover funds after our maskmaking effort ends, the excess will be donated to other maskmaking groups and/or various community organizations dedicated to helping at risk populations
Co-organizers (5)
Tri-State Mask Making Group
Organizer
Chappaqua, NY
Cristina Shih
Co-organizer
Susan Weiller
Co-organizer
Lori Laub
Co-organizer
Mary Stapleton
Co-organizer