When Caroline County Public Schools were 100 percent virtual, Shermeka BakerâLatney said some studentsâ mental health was affected.
They had been away from school buildings since last March and only saw their friends on a computer screen.
BakerâLatney, the director of nonprofit agency Carolineâs Promise, discovered a productive way for at least 30 students in the county to spend their time indoors with the help of funds from the Caroline County branch of the NAACP.
Carolineâs NAACP dispersed funds from a grant from oral health care company DentaQuest to provide materials for youth in the county to produce masks for fellow students in the school system. About 2,000 masks have been produced by students in the county from all grade levels.