Northwood care homes made a public call last week for volunteers to make masks to help combat COVID-19 by following a designated pattern.
They started accepting donations through contactless drop-off on Monday, and hundreds poured in as sewers steped up, giving hundreds of face masks to care homes!!
Ruth Ellen Jackson, the volunteer co-ordinator behind the mask project, said people seemed eager to help.
“It was taking their mind off of everything that was happening. So I did find it was lifting people’s spirits like nothing else was at the time.”
The first round of masks arrived at Northwood on the same day that Canadian health officials gave their approval to the precautionary measure.
Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief medical officer of health, had previously cautioned the general population against the use of non-medical face masks, saying it could give a false sense of security and undermine the importance of physical distancing.
The availability of some supplies may be the only limiting factor in the project.
The masks require 100 per cent cotton fabric as well as elastic, both of which are in high demand. Volunteers with the mask project said they hoped professional sewers, hobbyists or businesses with stockpiles would donate to the cause.
Hot Country 1035 salutes our Nova Scotia COVID-19 sewers, THANK YOU!
-Ian
Credits; cbc.ca
