Arizona faith communities seeking 6K volunteers for mask-making project
Sep 22, 2020, 4:15 AM
(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
PHOENIX — Arizona faith communities are seeking 6,000 volunteers to assist in a project to make masks for caregivers who are treating coronavirus patients.
Faith communities, in partnership with volunteering website JustServe and LDS Charities, are looking for people to produce masks in their homes over a four-week period.
The goal of the project, which began Friday, is to produce more than 600,000 masks for front line workers.
The masks will be distributed to several health care providers across the state including Banner Health, Valleywise Health, Honor Health, Dignity Health and Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
“We are so thankful for the community’s continued support for our health care workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Andy Kramer Petersen, president & CEO of the Banner Health Foundation, said in a press release.
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“As we continue to care for COVID-19 patients and prepare for influenza season, mask wearing will be the norm in our hospitals for the foreseeable future.”
Volunteers can expect to spend 10 to 15 hours sewing and will be asked to produce 100 masks.
A handful of churches will also be participating in the project.
Sign up and more information about the project is available on its website.
