We make it Possible in-spite of Inventory & Travel safety challenges - 1545 HOMEMADE MASKS Made under strict BCH Guidelines with NEW UNUSED 100% COTTON FABRIC, FILTER POCKETS. All 1545 MASKS DONATED to ~ 26 Organizations in a span of 38 DAYS - Healthcare Centers, Underprivileged Sectors (Shelters); High Risk Population & Essential Services in NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA & CHICAGO,IL to Lessen the Spread..
The project started on 1st April with an emotional drive as I thought that masks were the utmost need for the healthcare workers & scaling up the production was an issue. When I proposed the idea, within a day, many beautiful souls jumped in, also tagging their friends along & THE COVID-19 TOGETHER WE ARE ONE MASK MAKING TEAM was formed with ZERO revenue for Mask Making Project as We NEVER DID a fundraiser for Covid19 Mask Making project (donors who have earlier donated to BCH did so for cancer projects & I couldn’t touch their donations without their permission as it’s not meant for Covid 19). Once the work started, few friends reached out & donated online for Covid19 mask making project (that helped tremendously🙏 I could purchase fabric, elastics, thread, bias tapes & helped with Fedex ground shipment cost for the target organizations not in drivable distance), Many from our Team members selflessly donated fabric for our sewing personnels in addition to what I had ordered online (few sewing personnels provided end to end materials too)... true example- Where there is a Will, there is a Way... BCH is blessed to have each of our team members as a family! We did it! We made ~1545 masks with filter pocket (100% cotton fabric) & donated to ~26 organizations in a span of 38 days. We have101 Volunteers for our Mask Project (59 Women, 40 Kids & Youth, 2 Men)
OUR MASKS NOT FOR SALE, ONLY FOR DONATION
Projects Accomplished : 1. 9th April- . 40 Adult Masks: Cherry Hospital at Goldsboro, NC. 2. 10th April: 20 Kids masks & 20 adult masks : Turning Point- Shelter working for domestic abuse,sexual assault, child abuse. 3. 14th April: 150 Adult Masks: Critical Illness Recovery Hospital in Greensboro; 4. 14th April: 50 Adult Masks- PruittHealth Highpoint-nursing facility, High Point, NC. 5. 15th April: 8 Adult Masks - Canine Carousel IIc (essential service). 6. 16th April: 25 Adult Masks -HSM essential infrastructure division. 7. 16th April: 50 Adult Masks-Fire Department of Charlotte- CMS Nutritionists at First Ward Elementary School. 8. 16th April: 10 Kids Mask + 25 Adult Masks - Esther House of Stanly County, Albemarle (shelter for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault & human trafficking). 9. 16th April: 50 Kids Masks + 25 Adult Masks: Coastal Physicians Alliance, Wilmington. 10. 17th April: 50 Adult Masks: Internal Medicine Atrium Health, Charlotte; 11. 18th April: 50 Kids Masks: South Charlotte Pediatrics; 12. 20th April: 50 Adult Masks: WNC Birth Center, Asheville, NC. 13. 21st April: 15 Adult Masks: ourBridge (supports immigrants & refugee families), NC. 14. 22nd April: 50 Adult Masks: UNC Nash Health Care, Rocky Mountain, NC . 15. 22nd April: 35 adults+15 Kids Masks: Compleat Kidz Pediatric Therapy, Gastonia, NC. 16. 23rd April: 50 adults & 15 kids masks: Monarch, Rockingham, NC; works with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental illness and substance use disorders statewide.17. 27th April: 50 Adult Masks: NC Medicaid: Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), Durham, NC. 18. 27th April: 50 Adult Masks: Carolina NC DPS (NC Prison Health Services), Raleigh, NC. 19. 28th April: 50 adult masks: NCDHHS: The NC Dept of Health & Human Services, Butner, NC. 20. 27th April: 50 Masks - Gastroenterology Associates, SC; 21. 27th April: 15 Masks: Center for Behavioral Health LLC, Columbia, SC. 22. 28th, 29th April: 12 Adults & 3 KIds Masks: High Risk Population (Cancer Patients/Survivor). 23. 30th April: 100 Adult & 8 Kids Masks: University Illinois Chicago Hospital, IL. 24: May 1st: 50 Adult Masks Lurie Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL. 25: May 04: 100 Adult Masks: Novant Health (Radiology Dept). 26: April end: 12 Adults & 3 Kids Masks to Cancer Patients’ & their families. 27: May 08: 122 Adult Masks: NCDPS (NC Prisons Health Sevices), Raleigh; 28: May 08: 76 Adult Masks: Internal Medicine Atrium Health, Charlotte
Please scroll down as I Proudly present our Volunteer Team devoting their time, efforts & most importantly their beautiful SELFLESS THOUGHTS…We have101 Volunteers for our Mask Project (59 Women, 40 Kids & Youth, 2 Men)
Thank you- Dr. Lopamudra Das Roy, leading the efforts of the project.