We send out our love and humble appreciation for all of you sewing furiously to provide face masks for those on the front lines.
As you may know, eQuilter gives 2% of sales to charity, and we have raised $1.65 million over 20+ years. We have very close relationships with our charity recipients.
Previously we asked for volunteers to make masks for the Lakota Tribe in Pine Ridge SD, and send masks or donations to Mission of Love. That need is ongoing.
This week I was contacted by Doctors Without Borders, asking for help sourcing masks for their doctors and frontline workers, and the communities DWB is serving in the US:
Doctors Without Borders will distribute these masks to vulnerable people as part of their COVID-19 activities in the US. In New York City, this includes homeless and those with insecure housing. 50,000 people sleep in the city’s shelters each night and for so for them, self-isolation isn’t possible. The organization has sent teams to assess needs in other areas where communities lack access to COVID-19 response services, this includes Puerto Rico, Florida and some Native American communities in the southwest. It is likely that masks will be distributed in these locations too. Click here for more information about their US response.
Facemask shipments of 100 or more can go directly to their New York office:
Doctors Without Borders – USA
40 Rector St., 16th Fl
New York, NY 10006
We are working with a NYC supplier to identify another address to send smaller shipments, so the packages can be processed (opened and bundled) for bulk deliveries to DWB’s offices. Contact us or watch our e-newsletters for that info.
Please do share our Mask-Making info-page with anyone who might be interested in sewing face masks or other PPE for their community. eQuilter is still a collection point for our local sewing volunteers to drop off masks for healthcare and frontline workers in Boulder County. Our buyers are working hard to keep all the specialty fabrics and PPE supplies in stock for those of you committed to the mask-making effort. Elastic goes in and out of stock weekly. Contact customer service to be put on a notify list, or search for ‘COVID’ to see what is in stock daily.
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
