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Mask Maker
ORGANIZATION: Volunteer Polk
This opportunity is provided by VolunteerMatch's partner.
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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19 people are interested
- Not-for-profit and government partner organizations are in need of homemade fabric (a/k/a crisis) masks to prevent the spread of COVID among vulnerable populations such as the elderly and disabled.
- While these are NOT medical-grade masks, they offer more protection than having nothing at all.
- The video link below also gives ideas for alternate supplies, for example, if you don’t have the ¼" elastic.
- OnPoint-TV You Tube: Making a Face Mask
(Healthcare workers have requested the pleated mask with opening)
https://youtu.be/M3Dm1NKoqfA - If you are already making masks and have a preferred pattern, feel free to use it.
LIST OF SUPPLIES & LINK TO YOUTUBE VIDEO FOR MAKING MASK:
100% cotton fabric 9"x15"
End Casing (2) 2 ½"x5"
Metal nose piece- twist tie or pipe cleaner: about 2" (optional)
Elastic - ¼"x9" (or smaller width elastic)
AGE REQUIREMENTS:
Ages 14 - adult, beginner or advanced sewing skills.
Students may get service hours for school. It is always wise to confirm in advance with your school that they will accept this as a project.
IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ:
- Tracking and reporting the time you spend on this project, is almost as Important the masks themselves.
- Because your service for this project is in response to the COVID-19 crisis, your service hours on this project will also be reported by us to FEMA.
- Disaster/Crisis volunteer head count and hours served are calculated by us into a dollar value for the County’s disaster reimbursement request to FEMA.
- This is important to you as a tax payer, because the County is able to be a good steward of tax dollars and leverage or match your crisis engagement, as a means of diminishing the overall COVID cost burden on tax funds.
- (Optional for adults - Required for Students) - Take or have someone take pictures of you as you work on different stages of this project. You can email them in to us with your time sheet. We love to see what you have been making and schools like the pictures as support that you worked on the project!
WHAT TO DO WITH COMPLETED MASKS?
- Email me your time sheet, be sure to have your physical address on it.
- For those Mask Makers living local, we will have an agency representative get with you and coordinate collection.
- For those Mask Makers living out of the commuting area of Polk County, FL - when you register to help with this assignment, we will give you an address for mailing them to us.
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About Volunteer Polk
Location:
1290 Golfview Avenue, Bartow, FL 33830, US
Mission Statement
Volunteer Polk’s Mission: We mobilize volunteers and resources to improve the quality of life for people throughout Polk County.
Description
Polk County volunteers are seeking to:
- Make A Difference,
- Meet Others, and/or to
- Maximize their Career Skills - while assisting various agencies in County government.
Assignments are targeted to make a difference in the areas of:
- Education -STEM
- Environment
- Economic Development & Community
- Health & Nutrition
- Public Safety
You may choose to volunteer once-a-week or once-in-a-while!
CAUSE AREAS
Community,
Crisis Support,
Health & Medicine
WHEN
Wed May 13, 2020 - Tue Aug 11, 2020
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
November 1, 2021
SKILLS
- Visual Arts
- Interior / Exterior Design
- Disaster Response
- Healthcare
- Sewing
- Social Work
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 14