Success StoryMask-Making Partnership



Mask-Making Partnership

Author: M. Elizabeth Coots

Planning Unit: Shelby County CES

Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association

Plan of Work: Leadership and Volunteer Development

Outcome: Initial Outcome

The Woodford County Extension Homemakers partnered with Pivot Brewing Company in Lexington, Kentucky to make homemade cloth face coverings for the Kentucky Children's Hospital and University of Kentucky Hospital. The Kentucky Extension Homemakers Association was asked to help support the effort of making cloth face coverings for health care workers. At the same time, Pivot Brewing Company, closed for business, wanted to utilize their resources and give back to the community so they reached out to the Woodford County FCS Agent seeking volunteers to sew face masks. The Woodford County Extension Homemakers jumped on board this project, especially since many of them had already been sewing face masks for family, friends, and members of the community.

The FCS Agent worked closely with the staff at Pivot Brewing Company to purchase the recommended type of fabric for face coverings. The Brewery purchased bolts of fabric, washed it, and cut it to pattern size, which was then distributed to Extension Homemakers in Woodford County who sewed the masks together. Homemaker members agreed to sew a certain number of masks, and the brewery cut that many patterns. Due to the necessity of After the masks were completed, they were returned to the brewery where all the masks were washed using the brewery equipment prior to being delivered to the hospital systems. In total, 23 volunteers made 458 masks.






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