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Jo Leyland instructed a number of people in a virtual “Sip & Sew” get-together to make cloth face masks from kits. Here, she sits in front of her computer monitor working with the group using her sewing machine.
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Jo Leyland is modeling one of the cloth face masks she has made.
Community volunteers make face masks to donate to hospital
It has been reported by some news services that “crafty” people across the country are stepping up to create homemade masks for health care workers facing shortages amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chase County residents and sewing groups are doing their part, as well, to help any way they can.
“People have been making and donating masks to Chase County Community Hospital (CCCH) which are being used by staff and high risk patients whose immune systems may be compromised,” said Kay Schmidt, Quality Improvement/Infectious Control Coordinator at CCCH.
Tyler Pribbeno, Imperial’s new Community Development Director, came up with an idea to use the ZOOM virtual-gathering-app. A “Sip & Sew” session online was scheduled with Jo Leyland instructing a virtual group on making cloth face masks to be donated to the hospital.
The virtual session was held Friday night.
“Prior’s donated 55 kits, for making two masks each, and they were distributed from the city office,” Pribbeno said.
“I thought this would be a good way to bring people together safely to chat with each other and see each other’s faces while they worked for a common cause.”
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