Letters to the Editor

Letter: All hands on deck

Seniors — at highest risk for COVID-19 — are the backbone of our volunteer resources, but, for their safety, please remind them now is the time to shelter at home. However, that does not mean they must be sidelined or idle.

Every person that knows how to sew, please start sewing protective masks at home. Been thinking about spring cleaning while cooped up inside? Then don’t throw out those old sheets: Cut them up, make protective masks. Use your favored office supply store’s online service — or Amazon — to order boxes of rubber bands to connect the masks around ears. Maybe ask your local fabric or craft store for unused overstock — it’s not like they’re doing a brisk business right now.

OK, quilters and Native sewers: Time to get creative; make them colorful. Maybe our museums are temporarily shuttered, but let’s keep sharing our local art — one way to “face” this crisis head-on. Drink some coffee, then send extras to your local clinics, doctors, nurses, first responders and hospital staff.

We can do this; that’s what makes this the “Great Land.” And please, stay safe.

— Donna Strait

Anchorage

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