To ensure that we do everything in our power to protect the community, we have decided to ask our volunteers to wear homemade masks that we make or receive as donations. Fabric masks will discourage touching of the face and will help us to ensure that safety is our top priority always.
If you would like to participate in the community mask-making efforts, below are some of the groups active in Hawaii, right now. (Courtesy of Christa D. Brown).
Mask Making Organizations
Masks for Hawaii
https://www.masks4hi.com/
alohamask
https://alohamask.org/
Mask Making Facebook Groups
Mask Making Guides
Making masks to support our nonclinical personnel and guests (Kaiser Permanente)
(Various)
How to Make Pleated Medical Masks with Wire (Maui Time)
DIY T-Shirt Face Mask (Selective HA)
(UnityPoint Health)
What Are The Best Materials for Making DIY Masks? (Smart Air)
News Coverage
(KITV, March 29, 2020)
(KHON, March 29, 2020)
Sewing aloha: Volunteers across island create masks for medical professionals (Hawaii Tribune-Herald, March 29, 2020)
As hospitals brace for surge in COVID-19 cases, community pitches in to help healthcare workers (Hawaii News Now, March 27, 2020)
(KHON, March 26, 2020)
Volunteers sew masks for health workers facing shortages amid coronavirus outbreak (March 24, 2020, Associated Press)