What You Can DoThe Mayor of Mesa's office has asked each church to be the connection point for people in their community. The church will pass the information on.
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If you are or know of a senior in need of assistance, please send us the first and last name, phone number, complete address including zip code by emailing Lori@unityofmesa.org.
Do you sew?
You no doubt have heard about the current mask shortage for medical staff. The daughter of congregant, Ruth, is a nurse at a Dignity Health hospital. Dignity Health hospital is now encouraging people to make homemade face masks for the staff, since regular medical masks are so scarce. They use these in areas of the hospital that contain less contagion, in order to free up proper medical masks for use in the highly contagious areas. Ruth is going to make some and send them to the hospital via her daughter.
Perhaps other hospitals are making a similar appeal. Those in our Congregation who would like to help out with managing the pandemic in this small but probably very important way can contact Ruth. You can not drop masks off at a hospital (any hospital) without making prior arrangements, because visitors are not allowed in hospitals, but several JoAnn's Fabric stores have a drop-off at their store and they will distribute them. (Check by calling the store closest to you.)
The directions/pattern Dignity Health is using can be found here (the website is actually from Deaconess Hospital in Indiana). They request 100% cotton fabric. Many quilters probably have a large stash of 100% cotton fabric remnants that can be used for this purpose. Most fat quarters at JoAnn's are 100% cotton.
Blessings
Perhaps other hospitals are making a similar appeal. Those in our Congregation who would like to help out with managing the pandemic in this small but probably very important way can contact Ruth. You can not drop masks off at a hospital (any hospital) without making prior arrangements, because visitors are not allowed in hospitals, but several JoAnn's Fabric stores have a drop-off at their store and they will distribute them. (Check by calling the store closest to you.)
The directions/pattern Dignity Health is using can be found here (the website is actually from Deaconess Hospital in Indiana). They request 100% cotton fabric. Many quilters probably have a large stash of 100% cotton fabric remnants that can be used for this purpose. Most fat quarters at JoAnn's are 100% cotton.
Blessings