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Calgary Cares: Mask Makers YYC sews thousands of cloth masks for essential workers
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It started with a handful of people and a big idea. “We’re trying to put a mask on every face that needs one,” said Fuyo Watanabe.
So they started a Facebook group, Mask Makers YYC. Within the first day, 250 people joined. Now, three weeks later, the group has more than 5,000 members. “It’s really quite crazy,” laughed Patricia Floc’h-Anderson, another one of the founding members. “It’s consumed most of waking hours.” “It’s kind of incredible we’ve come as far as we have completely volunteer powered,” said Watanabe. “It is not only the blood, sweat and tears of ladies and few gentlemen — they’re not only sewing, they’re using their own materials, they’re raiding their own supplies.” The group is an efficient assembly line of volunteers that
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