Calling all Minnesota crafters, sewers, and creatives! We need your talents, now more than ever. Congregate living facilities like nursing homes and shelters are in need of cloth masks.
While they don’t replace medical-grade personal protective equipment, cloth masks help keep the wearer’s germs from getting on other people, which is key to stopping the spread of COVID-19. If you’re able to make and donate homemade masks, please reach out to your local county emergency management office for details on how and where to donate masks.
Guidelines on creating face masks include:
There is no standard design for a homemade facemask. Below are example design guides and patterns:
The CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings to protect others from COVID-19. Cloth face masks can help prevent the wearer’s germs from infecting others – especially in situations where they may spread the virus without symptoms. Cloth face masks are not a proven way to prevent COVID-19 from infecting the wearer.