A local group of volunteers has donated nearly 37,000 face masks and they’re still sewing By Caralee Adams |
January 25, 2021
Yong Lee (left) and her 17-year-old daughter, Neena Rim. Photo by Laura Chase de Formigny
Yong Lee couldn’t find masks at the store last spring, so she went online to learn about making some herself. In her research, she ran across a video of MoCo Mask Makers a local group that was connecting people who could sew with those who needed masks.
“I said, ‘Why not?’ It was a great way to be productive during quarantine,” says Lee, who recruited her two teenage daughters and taught them to sew. By November, the Darnestown family had donated more than 2,000 masks about half to MoCo Mask Makers and the rest to individuals, such as teachers and police officers, in other states.