Like many people, Nicole Proseilo found herself out of work at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. With time suddenly on her hands, the Airdrie resident was looking for a way to help out in the community when a Facebook post from a nurse named Janette Rees caught her attention. “She wanted bags for nurses, and me and mom started sewing them,” Proseilo explained.
The bags they began sewing are intended to be used by nurses and other health-care workers who want to change out of their scrubs before coming home.
When they get home, the bag, with the clothes contained inside, goes directly into the washing machine. Once the initial request had been fulfilled, Proseilo, her mom, Rees and two other volunteers fulfilled another request for 200