A Call to Makers

Updated on Tuesday, April 14, 1:27 pm

We are very grateful for all the workers who continue to show up in person to do the work that cannot be accomplished remotely: health care workers, grocery store workers, utility workers, truckers and delivery drivers, postal workers, and many more.

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As hospitals struggle to find enough surgical and N95 masks for their doctors and nurses, we want to help make sure that any medically certified masks on the market remain available for these workers.

The Metro Office of Emergency Management is in need of simple face masks, the kind we’re all asked to wear now when out in public, for

  • workers at 911-call centers

  • utility workers with the Metro Water Department

  • our homeless neighbors in camps across the city

  • city workers who still interact in person with the public

We are calling on makers in congregations and across the community to help provide these much needed masks. There are no specific design requirements, and various templates are readily available online. As of Monday, April 13, the running total of various department requests is at 4,500!

Vine Street Christian Church will serve as a collection point. Please send a text to 615-714-9718 to arrange a drop-off time for masks you have made. The Metro Office of Emergency Management will organize distribution of the masks.