From gathering fabric to cutting patterns, a group of ladies in Harlingen, Texas, felt inspired to utilize their sewing skills to help local health care workers.
This story by Alana Hernandez originally appeared in Valley Morning Star.
In response to the shortage of masks caused by the coronavirus pandemic, 20 residents from the Tropic Winds RV Resort teamed up to make cloth face masks for local first responders.
One of those participating residents is Paula Mellinger.
“There have been lots of articles and YouTube videos about making cloth face masks to help people since there’s been such a shortage,” she said. “I know a lot of people around the country are doing this so we just thought this might be a good activity for us since we’re all pretty much locked down here in the park with not much to do.”
Mellinger said residents from the RV resort are always looking for projects and local causes to help.
“We are blessed to be donating to a local hospital whose CEO was so grateful for any masks we can donate,” Mellinger said. “Way to go Tropic Winds RV Park.”
According to Mellinger, the group has been making masks for about three weeks.
“We got the pattern off of YouTube. There’s all kinds of patterns out there that are available if you go on the internet and look,” Mellinger said. “We got the patterns and started cutting fabric.”
