Need a cloth mask? 3Cs to the rescue!
DEVIN WEEKS | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 5 years AGO
Ladies of the 3Cs and Inklab Screen Print Studio in Post Falls are producing fabric face masks locally for about $10 each. All proceeds from 3Cs sales will go right back into the community. (Courtesy photo)
Jennilea and Richard Tilley of Inklab Screen Print Studio in Post Falls demonstrate how to wear the face masks they're making out of repurposed eco-friendly T-shirts. These can be worn alone or over disposable face masks. (Courtesy photo)
Devin Weeks is a third-generation North Idaho resident. She holds an associate degree in journalism from North Idaho College and a bachelor's in communication arts from Lewis-Clark State College Coeur d'Alene. Devin embarked on her journalism career at the Coeur d'Alene Press in 2013. She worked weekends for several years, covering a wide variety of events and issues throughout Kootenai County. Devin now mainly covers K-12 education and the city of Post Falls. She enjoys delivering daily chuckles through the Ghastly Groaner and loves highlighting local people in the Fast Five segment that runs in CoeurVoice. Devin lives in Post Falls with her husband and their three eccentric and very needy cats. | April 4, 2020 1:07 AM
Post Falls company also pitching in
The ladies of the 3Cs are sharpening their sewing needles and stacking their spools in preparation for a tsunami of fabric face mask requests.
"We started to get contacted from people all over the U.S.," Rhonda Newton, chair of the 3Cs (Cancer and Community Charities) Crafty Crew activity group, said Friday. "Orders just trickle in constantly."
About a dozen members have been making and donating masks for the community, including 300 delivered Thursday to the Kootenai County Office of Emergency Management and distributed to police, firefighters, EMTs and local doctors’ offices.
The ladies are now selling the handmade, washable and reusable masks for $10 each. Proceeds will go to the nonprofit 3Cs, which invests the funds it raises back into Kootenai County. All work is being done on a volunteer basis.
"I have had the honor over the past four years of working with some of the most amazing, kind and giving women in our community," Newton said. "They inspire me to want to do more for our wonderful community each and every day."
Email craftycrew208@gmail.com to purchase locally made 3Cs masks. The group is set up to take Facebook Pay (no fees) or Newton can send invoices through Crafty Crew's Etsy store, Square or Paypal ($10.99 per mask to cover fees).
Local pick-up arrangements can be made. For those out of the area, 3Cs will mail the masks for an additional small fee to cover postage.
"If anyone would like to donate toward our mask project, we have received quite a bit of fabric, which we are very, very thankful for," Newton said. "We are in desperate need of elastic! 1/8-inch works the best or if you can find elastic cording (the kind used for hair ties), that works great too. We could also use thread as we are going through it like crazy."
Inklab Screen Print Studio in Post Falls is also creating fabric face masks. Inklab has repurposed eco-friendly T-shirts into tri-blend protective face masks that are selling for $29.99 for three. These can be worn alone or over disposable face masks.
"We are primarily doing this to help our community and do our part," said Jennilea Tilley, who runs Inklab with husband Richard.
Info: www.inklabsps.com
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