Sewing Circle in Muehlheim/Main, Germany, gives away facial Masks

"We can also make masks" - Hanna Wagner announced on various occasions and, together with her team, gave away self-sewn fabric masks to Mühlheim citizens on the occasion of a market stall. Many recipients thanked her with a donation, which is used for the heart cushion work but also for fabrics for the numerous face masks.
The start was not so easy: finding a good pattern and thinking about what is better: folded masks or fitted masks, with or without a nose clip. The big question was also: how many masks are needed and how do we get them out to the people? The next problem was how to buy fabrics and elastics, which were sold out very quickly. In the meantime the press reported that we would sell the masks, which of course was fake news. Finally they had many requests that they could have worked day and night.
People with disabilities belong to the people groups who are especially endangered by Corona. They therefore need special protection, face masks were in short supply. Thus many facilities with sick, elderly and disabled people had major problems. Therefore, the sewing circle „Lebensfreude“ (Joy of Live) set itself the goal to produce many nose-mouth masks and to give them away to the appropriate institutions. The handicapped aid in Offenbach, the Hainbachtal workshops in Offenbach, various retirement homes and the refugees in Mühlheim have profited from this. Like the heart cushions, the facial masks are colourful and cheerful and bring a smile to the face.
Reported by Hanna Wagner Photo: Hanna Wagner