{"id":31121,"date":"2020-04-30T15:24:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T19:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=31121"},"modified":"2020-04-30T15:24:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T19:24:30","slug":"helping-to-protect-canadians-one-diy-mask-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/30\/helping-to-protect-canadians-one-diy-mask-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping to Protect Canadians &#8211; One DIY Mask at a Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_97710\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DKUoCsZ-nKg?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-30-at-3.20.45-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-31123\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-30-at-3.20.45-PM-300x269.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-30-at-3.20.45-PM-300x269.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-30-at-3.20.45-PM-150x134.png 150w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-30-at-3.20.45-PM-500x448.png 500w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-30-at-3.20.45-PM.png 592w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Army of Masks<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is a volunteer movement with a vital mission: to protect lives during COVID-19. Its goal &#8211; a DIY mask for every Canadian and American.\u00a0<em>Army of Masks<\/em>\u00a0has amplified awareness of protective masks for all and coordinated delivery of free, homemade, non-medical cotton masks within Canada and the USA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We cannot put a price on a life,&#8221;\u00a0says Tonya Dickenson, a Queen&#8217;s MBA graduate\u00a0and Country\u00a0Lead for Canada for the\u00a0<em>Army of Masks.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day,\u00a0<em>Army of Masks<\/em>\u00a0received a boost from Dr. Roberta\u00a0Bondar, the first female astronaut and neurologist in space\u00a0and proud University of Guelph graduate.\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cI\u2019m not asking for the moon, I\u2019m asking you to stay home, keep calm, and even make a mask or two. That would be one small step for mankind, and one giant leap for Earth.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0See the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stats.newswire.com\/x\/im?act=eyIyN3kwdzIiOiIyN3h5Z2MiLCIyN3kwdzMiOiIyN3h5Z2UifQ&amp;final=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FDKUoCsZ-nKg&amp;hit%2Csum=WyIyN3h5Z2IiLCIyN3kwdzIiXQ\">YouTube video<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stats.newswire.com\/x\/im?act=eyIyN3kwdzQiOiIyN3h5Z2MiLCIyN3kwdzMiOiIyN3h5Z2UifQ&amp;final=https%3A%2F%2Farmyofmasks.com%2Fvideoblog%2F&amp;hit%2Csum=WyIyN3h5Z2ciLCIyN3kwdzQiXQ\">Army of Masks.<\/a>\u00a0The nod came on the heels\u00a0of support from the Ontario Home Economics Association (OHEA).<\/p>\n<p>A key feature of\u00a0<em>Army of Masks<\/em>\u00a0is a custom app, developed by Sho Conte, a PhD research student at the TAG lab at the University of Toronto, that geographically matches and expedites mask needed in the community, with masks made\u00a0sometimes within hours.\u00a0<em>Army of Masks\u00a0<\/em>claims no credit for making masks. Credit\u00a0goes to\u00a0individual mask makers, associations, churches, scout troops.\u00a0Each mask is tracked and credited back.<\/p>\n<p>To date, more than 11,000 requests have been met for nurses, seniors\u2019 centers, law enforcement personnel, homeless shelters, individual families and others in North America. On April 29, the app registered over 4,000 mask requests to be filled by sewers and delivered free by volunteers. Tracked requests understate the number of masks needed, made and delivered by the community, since volunteers also make masks for family, friends, neighbors and colleagues without going through the app.<\/p>\n<p>While the masks are not meant to replace surgical or N95 masks, they do help to slow the spread of COVID-19. Every mask protects lives and alleviates stress on overwhelmed health-care workers.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers can help by making masks (sew and non-sew instructions are available at the one-stop-shop website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stats.newswire.com\/x\/im?act=eyIyN3kwdzUiOiIyN3h5Z2MiLCIyN3kwdzMiOiIyN3h5Z2UifQ&amp;final=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.armyofmasks.com%2F&amp;hit%2Csum=WyIyN3h5Z2kiLCIyN3kwdzUiXQ\">www.armyofmasks.com<\/a>)\u00a0or by delivering, coordinating and collecting fabric and elastic donations.<\/p>\n<p>Please help slow the spread of this vicious virus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MAKE A MASK, VOLUNTEER &amp; PROTECT LIVES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Founded by Mireille Bani,\u00a0Country\u00a0Lead for the USA and\u00a0Operations Director. Tonya Dickenson\u00a0is Country Lead for Canada and International Marketing and Strategic\u00a0Planning Director. Other core members include Jill Bordelon-Munir of Tandem Communications\u00a0\u00a0(credited for the website, all branding and social media), and Heather Sullivan of AIM Films (credited for social media and video production).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Army of Masks\u00a0is a volunteer movement with a vital mission: to protect lives during COVID-19. 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