As a follow up to the mask creation story that we ran in our April 9th edition, we have another local person who’s been making cloth masks. Judy Hanson has been busy, making masks and distributing them for free to local citizens.
“I read in the paper about folks making masks for hospitals and healthcare workers, and that’s a good thing, but I also thought that we have folks here in town who might want some,” Hanson said. “It started out making masks for friends and neighbors, and I just kept making them. I guess that I’ve made about 50 or so, so far. I guess I’ll stop when I run out of elastic, but my daughter was nice enough to drop off a bunch with me, so I’m well-stocked for a good long time. I’m not a seamstress really, but I can sew.”
And she’s giving them away for free, distributing from the Garretson Food Center. Last week, as shoppers arrived, store staff offered Hanson’s masks to any patron who wanted one. Though at the time of this printing they are out of stock, there will be more on the way.
Hanson didn’t want a big deal made out about this in her local paper, but we at the Gazette think good deeds should be recognized. After all, doing a good deed when times are easy is one thing, doing a good deed when times are hard is something else.
