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Oak Ridge volunteers making cloth masks

Posted at 3:14 pm April 25, 2020
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

On Tuesday, April 14, 2020, members of the Sew Good Mask Project and representatives from two of Oak Ridge’s Rotary Clubs donated 212 cloth masks, filters to be inserted into cloth masks, 80 N95 masks, 100 medical masks, 200 pairs of gloves, and one hazmat suit to Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. Pictured are, from left, Sew Good Mask member Linda Johnston, MMC marketing manager Crystal Jordan, Sew Good Mask Project lead organizer Judi Gray, and Rotary Club officers Elaine Bunick and Anne Dunthorn. The Sew Good Mask Project has donated more than 1,100 cloth masks to Oak Ridge organizations. (Submitted photo)

The Sew Good Mask Project is a new organization in Oak Ridge formed to coordinate those making cloth masks with the organizations that are requesting them.

The three Rotary Clubs in Oak Ridge are working together to provide funding for the purchase of supplies for the Sew Good Mask Project as well as other much-needed personal protective equipment.

More than 65 volunteers have joined the Sew Good Mask Project since its creation on April 8. More than 1,100 masks have been donated to places including Methodist Medical Center, Emory Valley Center, the Free Medical Clinic of Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge Senior Center, Summit Medical Group Oak Ridge, Commonwealth Senior Living at Oak Ridge, Diversicare of Oak Ridge, and more, a press release said.

There are many ways to contribute to the project.

“You don’t need to be a sewer to help out,” said Judi Gray, the main force behind the Sew Good Mask Project.

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Filed Under: Community, COVID-19, Front Page News, Health, Top Stories Tagged With: Altrusa of Oak Ridge, Betsy Peterson, cloth mask, Judi Gray, Linda Johnston, medical mask, N95 mask, personal protective equipment, Rotary Club, Sew Good Mask Project

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