Professor Emeritus, Shauna Butterwick has received a grant from the UBC Community Engagement Partnership Recognition Fund to support Flattening the Curve (FTC) Homemade Masks project (see ftcmasks.org for more information).
With over 50 volunteer sewers and many more volunteers helping with education, website, newsletter, packaging and delivery, FTC provided 3000 masks during its first phase to home care and hospice workers who had little access to personal protection equipment (PPE) plus other vulnerable groups. In the second phase, 2000 masks are being made for incoming refugee individuals and families.
