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Bay Area Muslims Sewing Masks for Healthcare Workers

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Dr. Haleh Sheikholeslami explains how these masks will be used by our medical professionals.


Volunteer Amy Taylor production of masks!

News and Updates (3.24.20 at 7:35pm):

  • 108 Volunteers making 2,606 masks

  • 80 Volunteer drivers

  • 330 masks delivered to date

Calling all who can sew or pick up/drop off masks! Calling all aunties and grandmas! Calling all young adults!

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals are running out of masks. Healthcare workers need masks to see and treat patients. The Bay Area community needs our help!

Click here to sign up to sew as many masks as you can or to help pick them up & drop them off.

Due to the urgency of the shortage, we need the masks as soon as possible. These masks will be sent to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Foundation; they will distribute them to other hospitals and clinics in the Bay Area.

Message and information from Valley Medical Center.

We can also pick up any hand sanitizer and gloves to donate to hospitals.

Information about the masks:

  • For the fabric please use 100% cotton or a cotton blend, such as pillowcases or t-shirts

  • Hospitals will sanitize the masks before using them

  • If you have the material, please stitch in a thin metal wire (~3 inches) to where the mask sits on the nose

Resources & tutorials to make masks: