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Sewing Team Provides Thousands of Masks For Frontline Workers

Four Corners Public Radio | By Tami Graham
Published April 29, 2020 at 7:29 AM MDT
Kathleen Adams

Over 300 volunteers in La Plata County have come together to provide thousands of personal protective equipment items (PPE) for our region's frontline workers.

KSUT's Tami Graham interviewed Michelle Reott, the Project Manager for the MakerLab sewing team, about their efforts:

Credit Kathleen Adams
Volunteer Kathleen Adams has been washing and bagging masks in wax paper sandwich bags for ease of inventory and cleanliness.

 

With the outbreak of COVID-19 and the numerous and far-reaching impacts to our region, KSUT has mobilized a news team to provide coverage of both breaking news and developing stories related to the coronavirus.  Stay-tuned for weekly stories during Morning Edition, Here & Now, and All Things Considered.  Stories will also be available on the KSUT website.

      
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Tami Graham
Tami is the Executive Director of KSUT Public Radio. She is a fifth-generation Coloradoan and has lived in Southwest Colorado since 1984.
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