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Sewing Masks for a Safe Chicago
12020-06-16T14:42:53-07:00f8aac65083dd8407d9238044a16c756173f4d1dd370404A text post by Tanya Polsky describing the Sewing Masks for a Safe Chicago effort started by moms from Chicago's Latin School.plain2020-06-16T14:54:11-07:00f8aac65083dd8407d9238044a16c756173f4d1dd In response to the need for PPE during the Covid-19 crisis, Tanya Polsky and other moms of students at Latin School started an effort to produce and donate masks to organizations in need in Chicago. The effort, Sewing Masks for a Safe Chicago, donates high quality masks to frontline healthcare workers, emergency first responders, homeless shelters, food pantries, and other organizations in greatest need. It also supports jobs in the local community, especially in a sector hard hit by the economic impacts of Covid-19. The effort has employed up to 55 local full-time seamstresses and tailors who are making up to 5,000 high-quality cotton face masks per day. The effort has been supported by donations through a GoFundMe page with a goal of producing and donating 100,000 masks.
12020-06-16T14:48:01-07:00Sewing Masks for a Safe Chicago team1An image post by Tanya Polsky depicting part of the Sewing Masks for a Safe Chicago team.2020-06-16T14:48:01-07:00
