Coastside Buzz

Explore the Coast - Coastside Calendar & Directory - Articles, Podcasts & Video

MENUMENU
  • Home
  • Content
    • Multi-Media
      • The Coastal Butterfly
      • Coastside Disaster Prep
      • Coastside History
      • Coastsider Musicians
      • Phog Foundation
      • Surf Sessions
      • Writers Corner
        • Boys of the 60s
        • Wrong Shirt - A Memoir Series
    • Podcasts
      • Bedtime Stories
      • CoasTalk
      • Eclectic Radio Show
      • Fun On The Coast
      • Gone Fishing
      • HMBHS Cougar Radio
      • Just Call Wick
      • KHMB
    • Own Voice
      • Coastside Beach Ambassadors
      • InPerspective
    • Public Agencies
      • Cabrillo Unified School District
      • City of HMB Planning Commission
      • Coastside County Water District (CCWD)
      • Coastside Fire Protection District
      • Granada Community Services District (GCSD)
      • Half Moon Bay City Council
      • MidCoast Community Council (MCC)
      • Montara Water and Sewer District (MWSD)
      • San Mateo County
      • San Mateo County Harbor District
      • Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside (SAM)
  • BUZZ Calendar
  • BUZZ Directory
    • View the Directory
    • How it Works - Join Today
  • About
    • Promotion
    • Buzz Productions : Photo-Essays, Podcasts, Audiobooks and Videos
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Founder Bio
  • Contact
  • Elections 2022
You are here: Home / Home Top List / Coastside Sewing Collective Hands Out Free Masks to Spanglers, Red Cross, Senior and Homeless

Coastside Sewing Collective Hands Out Free Masks to Spanglers, Red Cross, Senior and Homeless

May 17, 2020 by Michelle Leave a Comment

PHOTO-ESSAY. I  am an admin of the Coastside Sewing Collective, which Bruce Jones spearheaded and I coordinate as the distribution person.

We’ve had 1000’s of masks made and distributed over this pandemic to the point that local hospitals no longer need them, as PPE is now in sufficient supply.

Ema Bowman, a new coastsiders and a VISA retiree has added new juice to our engines. Her 27 year old son, Kyle, a Menlo School  Graduate and water polo goalie (he’s 6’10”!), got Covid 19 in Boston. It was the fight of his life. He survived, after numerous attempts to be admitted to the hospital, he got through it all at home with his fiancé’s support. He now is cured and has a new puppy with his fiancé.

Ema kicked into mask making big time and helped align us with Maker Nexus in Sunnyvale. Now our sewers are making masks, dropping them at my house or Ink Spell Books and getting them to Navajo Reservations, seniors and homeless as well as medical workers through Maker Nexus, a non-profit. We now have shipping costs covered and materials if we need them. Wire for nose guards is a commodity!

Add to that, local nurse and Red Cross volunteer, Debbie Fletcher-Rodrigues, has taken our masks to the Red Cross.

This fight is not near over and Maker Nexus received a request for 2000 masks today.

We at Coastside Sewing Collective want to help and appreciate a shout out and a steer people to our Facebook page. 

~ Claire Sheehan, Half Moon Bay

Me (Claire Sheehan) dropping off masks at Spanglers Market,  back in March.
Ema and Lee Bowman

Ema’s masks

Ema Bowman and her son Kyle, who struggled to get seen by medical professionals.

Related

Filed Under: Home Top List, Podcasts, The Coastal Butterfly

Subscribe
Login
Notify of
guest
Only 1 hyperlink per comment allowed. Swear words will not be published.
guest
0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments

Follow Us!

CoastsideBuzz Instagram Icon Link Coastsidebuzz Facebook Icon Link

SUBSCRIBE TO WEEKLY BUZZMAIL


Civic Bell
LPG Logo
Half Moon Bay Coastside Tours Logo thumbnail
KHMB Coastside Radio logo
Half Moon Bay Chamber of Commerce Logo
Pacifica Chamber
surf-shop mavericks
hmb review Oceano Hotel and Spa
hmb brew co logo

Coastside Buzz

About
Contact

Work With Us

Promotion
Buzz Productions

CoastsideBuzz Newsletter

Join Us on Facebook

Join Us on Facebook

Search

© Copyright 2023 · CoastsideBuzz.com · Half Moon Bay, California · All Rights Reserved

wpDiscuz