TY - JOUR KW - COVID-19 KW - Homeless people KW - Masks KW - Medical supplies KW - Personal protective equipment KW - Churches Mennonite KW - Social life and customs AU - Janet Bauman AB -

Community effort yields hundreds of gowns for frontline workers When Bev Suderman-Gladwell was asked by a physician friend to "leverage her Mennonite connections," to respond to a time-sensitive need, she had no way of knowing an "extraordinary project" would grow out of that request. Volunteers began sewing gowns meant for frontline health-care providers in doctor's offices, homeless shelters, food banks, medical clinics and midwifery practices, but they soon branched out to also make scrub caps and facemasks. While she is humbled and deeply grateful for the community effort, she also names "incredible frustration" that six weeks into the pandemic frontline workers are still relying on homemade personal protective equipment.

BT - Canadian Mennonite (Waterloo) DP - ocul-wtl.primo.exlibrisgroup.com IS - 11 LA - eng PY - 2020 SN - 1480-042X SP - 18 EP - 19 EP - T1 - The 'sewists' of Waterloo Region T2 - Canadian Mennonite (Waterloo) VL - 24 ER -