BRATTLEBORO — With the Windham Southeast School District schools in Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, Putney, and Vernon planning to reopen for in-person learning for the 2020-21 school year, face masks will be needed for students, teachers, school personnel, and bus drivers.
If you can sew masks to fill this need, donate cotton fabric or 1/8-to-1/4-inch elastic, cut out masks (if given material and a pattern), or donate bandanas, your help is requested to make hundreds of masks needed in all sizes, to fit kindergarteners through adults, by mid-August.
If you are capable of sewing masks, here are some samples of mask patterns:
• Rectangular pleated mask, adult and child sizes: bit.ly/568_facemask.
• Contour face mask, several sizes: bit.ly/568_contour
Keep in mind that child-sized masks should have elastic loops, not ties, and that all masks should be made of at least two layers of fabric.
Completed masks can be dropped off in marked bins, Monday through Friday, at any of these locations:
• Brattleboro: Windham Southeast Supervisory Office, 53 Green St., or Oak Grove School, 15 Moreland Ave.
• Dummerston School, 52 Schoolhouse Rd.
• Guilford Central School, 374 School Rd.
• Putney Central School, 182 Westminster Rd.
• Vernon Elementary School, 381 Governor Hunt Rd.
For more information, contact Green Street School Nurse Julia Duke at [email protected]. For ready-made kits for sewing, or if you need elastic, contact Judy Siler at 802-275-2627 or [email protected].