We had been watching the COVID-19 situation develop in March 2020 and started researching how we can help. Based on the scarcity of n95 masks there are just not enough resources. We believed that handmade washable, reusable face masks, while not providing the same protection of n95 masks, would be better than a bandana.

Then we heard that Anne Arundel Medical Center, in our State Capitol of Annapolis, was being proactive by asking the public to make and donate face masks to the medical center. We spoke with the hospital and they will take as many as we can possibly make. They were using them for patients and for health care workers at the hospital who were not in direct contact with COVID-19 patients.

We saw the amazing work being done by a group of volunteers, Face Masks for Maryland, and wanted to help. We raised funds and provided materials and fabric for those volunteers, which enabled them to be able to provide Anne Arundel Medical Center with over 2,000 face masks, over 900 to Hospice of the Chesapeake and hundreds others to first responders. $15,000 in PPE was supplied thanks to dedicated, selfless work of the volunteers of Face Masks for Maryland.

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