https://www.ifundraise.ie/masksforireland
Volunteers from Midlands Polish Community are producing face masks which are being given FREE to local organisations employing nurses & carers.
Anyone interested in sewing the masks voluntarily and/or donating materials needed for production, please contact members of our association - email: pomoc@polishcommunity.ie
Athlone - Wojciech Wrobel
Longford - Barbara Stach
Mullingar - Dana Kiernan
Ballymahon - Joanna Kazek
Please donate the following:
Cotton fabric min 70% (ideally 100%)
Medical fleece
Draw cords
Elastics
If you wish to make a monetary donation toward purchasing the material, you can do so on iFundraise:
https://www.ifundraise.ie/donation_widget/register-donor-anonymous.php?pid=5210
Thank you very much for all your support!
Huge thanks to lady volunteers from Athlone and Longford who has sawn over 300 cloth masks so far as part of our 'Face masks for Ireland' initiative. Sincere thanks particularly to Magda Podsiadły, who initiated whole movement but also thanks to Kasia Pasik and Kasia Sochacka. 300 masks were donated to few places in Athlone already. Another 50 will be delivered to the nursing home in Ballymahon, 40 to Lanesboro and 30 will be given to the Public Health Nurses in Athlone. Thank you to all who greatly supported our crowd funding initiative on iFundraise and also to all members of our support subgroup, part of Midlands Polish Community.
In response to Peggy Nolan's appeal we donated 90 cloth masks to Public Health Nurses in Longford. Those were handmade by our fantastic volunteers from Midlands as part of our 'Face masks for Ireland' initiative:
https://www.ifundraise.ie/5210_face-masks-for-ireland.html
Overall Midlands Polish Community donated over 500 cloth masks to different public health instututions, nursing homes and day care centres in Midlands.
In response to Peggy Nolan's appeal we donated 90 cloth masks to Public Health Nurses in Longford. Those were handmade by our fantastic volunteers from Midlands as part of our 'Face masks for Ireland' initiative:
https://www.ifundraise.ie/5210_face-masks-for-ireland.html
Overall Midlands Polish Community donated over 500 cloth masks to different public health instututions, nursing homes and day care centres in Midlands.
Thank you to all who are supporting this initiative in any way and to those who are donating materials for face mask.
Contact with our project team - email: pomoc@polishcommunity.ie
Face masks made by our volunteers Magda, Kasia & Katarzyna were donated further to beneficiaries in Midlands: Laurel Lodge Nursing Home, St Martha's Hostel, Public Health Nurses Moate, Ballymahon Day Care Centre. Already over 1,000 masks were donated to protect the most vulnerable members of our communities. We would like to thank all who donated materials and also who supported our official fundraising page on iFundraise:
https://www.ifundraise.ie/5210_face-masks-for-ireland.html
Barbara, from our association was live on morning radio programme on Radio WNET saying about 'Face Masks for Ireland' initiative we recently started to support local communities in fight against COVID-19 (audition in Polish).
#polonia4neighbours
Last days of April were very busy for our support subgroup and volunteers sewing and delivering face masks. Masks were delivered to Athlone post office AnPost, Public Heath Nurses in Monksland, Meals on Wheels Longford, Ballymahon Day Care Centre, Order of Malta Athlone, Longford LCRL, Public Heath Nurses in Moate and to few nursing homes in the region. Well done everyone involved!
We would like to sincerely thank to Longford County Council, County Longford PPN, Peggy Nolan for supporting our project 'Face Masks for Ireland'! At this moment, we donated over 1500 cloth face masks to the different institutions and organisations in Midlands. Thanks to financial aid from Longford County Council we can now purchase another batch of materials needed for producion and we can support our communities further.
#polonia4neighbours
We would like to sincerely thank to Westmeath County Council & Westmeath PPN for supporting our project 'Face Masks for Ireland'! At this moment, we donated over 1500 cloth face masks to the different institutions and organisations in Midlands. Thanks to financial aid from Westmeath County Council we can now purchase another batch of materials needed for producion and we can support our communities further.
#polonia4neighbours
Sincere thanks to the Polish Embassy Dublin and Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs for supporting our 'Face Masks & Scrubs for Ireland' initiative as part of the worldwide #polonia4neighbours initiative. Thanks to the financial aid we will be able to purchase next batch of materials needed for production. At this moment over 1500 cloth face masks were donated to different institutions and organisations which are supporting the most vulnerable members of our communities in Midlands (Ireland). This initiative is still ongoing and developing. If you wish to support it in any way, please contact our community support sub-group 'Helpful Hand' - email: pomoc@polishcommunity.ie
Huge thanks to @Frances' Finishing Touches for donating 400 metres of elastics for masks production! We are sooo grateful for this as elastics are extremely scarce this time. We would recommend Frances' Finishing Touches to everyone!
Full radio interview with chairman of Midlands Polish Community about 'Face Masks & Scrubs for Ireland' initiative. We would like to thank Shannonside FM for the opportunity to tell about this project.
Another batch of cloth face masks are ready for Bridgeways FRC, Ballymahon, Ballymahon Day Care Centre, Athlone Hospital and Public Nurses from Clonbrusk. Athlone. We are soon reaching 2000 masks produced 🙂 Thanks again to everyone who is supporting this project:
Polish Embassy Dublin, Longford County Council, County Longford PPN, Longford Leader, Shannonside FM, Westmeath County Council, Westmeath Independent, Radio WNET, Portal Irlandia24.com. Polska-IE
'Face Masks & Scrubs for Ireland' project has just switched to the second gear! First scrubs are sawn by our super talented lady volunteers 😃
Polish Embassy Dublin, Longford County Council, Westmeath County Council
#polonia4neighbours
We need your help! Join our team of volunteers sewing face masks and scrubs. If you want to support your community, here is a chance for you. Contact - email: pomoc@polishcommunity.ie
Our community support subgroup 'Helpful Hand' together with volunteers who are sewing cloth face masks 'didn't take the foot from the pedal' lately. Face masks were delivered to: An Post offices in Athlone, Longford, Mullingar; St Hilda's Athlone, East Galway & Midlands Cancer Support, Midlands Simon Community, Meals on Wheels in Longford, Athlone, Mullingar; Ballinalee Health Centre. Batch for Offaly Domestic Violence Support Services are being prepared. First scrubs were distributed in Longford. We are very happy that we can show solidarity and support the communities where we live together.
#polonia4neighbours
Another busy week for our community support subgroup 'Helpful Hand' and volunteers who are sewing face masks and scrubs. We supported Meals on Wheels Longford & Athlone, LCRL - Longford Community Resources clg, Mullingar laboratory, An Post Longford and few more places 😄
We also sincerely thank to Longford Volunteer Centre for supporting our initiative and help with promotion. Thanks to you, few more volunteers have joined our team which would be a fantastic help with dealing with current demand that exceeded our expectations. Thank you also for donating masks' covers which are extremely helpful during long work shifts - in the first place they were delivered to the Laurel Lodge Nursing Home in Longford and The Alzheimer Society Longford.
In reply to current safety guidelines issued by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, we would like to inform that all face cloth masks produced as part of our 'Face Masks & Scrubs for Ireland' initiative are so called 'barrier masks', hand made and we donate them to different institutions and organisations free of charge.
https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0602/1144882-face-masks-ireland/
Sincere thanks to our Irish lady volunteers, who has helped us so much recently in sewing cloth masks. Particularly, thank you to Elsie from Colehill 😃 Thanks to your help we were able to deliver another 170 masks to Midlands Simon Community. Thanks also to Longford Volunteer Centre for spreading the word around.
