Memories to Heirlooms

Penn Medicine/Lancaster General Hospital is looking for facemasks and other donations.  They are supplying instructions and materials to make them while supply lasts.  Here is the email I recieved.

Dear Friend,
Thank you for your generous offer to make masks to help protect our community during the COVID-19 outbreak. The willingness of so many to step up and offer support to our patients and staff has been truly overwhelming.
Special mask-making fabric and instructions are now available for pickup (while supplies last) at our Donation & Materials Center at Clipper Magazine Stadium, 650 N. Prince Street, Lancaster, every day from 7am-6pm.
How to Pick Up Material and Return Masks
Enter the stadium parking lot off Prince Street and follow directional signs around the rear of the stadium to the staging area off Clay Street. Stay in your car and our team will provide you with a bag of fabric and instructions to prepare small or average-sized masks. When completed, masks should be returned to the Donation & Materials Center in a bag identified by size.
Learn about other items we are accepting at the Donation Center here. 
If you have questions, please email: LGHealthCovidDonations@pennmedicine.upenn.edu. Thank you again for your generosity and support.
 
With appreciation,
 
Brian Burgess
Chief Strategy Officer

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health
555 North Duke Street | Lancaster, PA 17604-3555

During WWII, my grandmothers did what they could to help; rolled bandages and lodged soldiers, made food basket for the needy. So when Mom and I heard there was a need to sew facemasks, we jumped at the chance to help. I am sharing what we learned, hoping it helps others who want to take up the cause. 

The Fabric Patch's video is very detailed and clear to any person who sews. Mom is  has used her machine for repairing clothing, but is not a sewer. I found some ways to simplify the process for Mom and me.