How You Can Help:
With Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in high demand, we are coming together to make 11,200 masks to donate to essential workers in the community.
Volunteers are invited to sign up, then pick up a mask kit from the United Way of Dane County Building (2059 Atwood Avenue) on Friday, May 29th from 3 PM - 6 PM, take the kit home to assemble the masks, and return the assembled kits to United Way on Wednesday, 6/3 from 3 PM - 6 PM.
Mask Making Health and Safety:
In order to ensure masks are safe to be distributed throughout our community, volunteers must meet specific requirements to be eligible to assemble masks. You must confirm that all statements below are true for you and anyone in your household/facility where masks will be made.
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I have not tested positive for COVID-19 at any time.
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I have not experienced any symptoms of COVID-19 (fever, cough, shortness of breath) in the past 4 weeks.
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I have not come into contact with anyone testing positive for COVID-19 in the past 2 weeks.
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I have not, to my knowledge, been exposed to or come into contact with someone with or presumed to have COVID-19.
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I am not a smoker or have a history of lung disease (or any other disease that makes you more likely to get a respiratory infection).
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I am not a health care worker who has been in contact with patients in the past 2 weeks.
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I am not an essential worker who comes into daily contact with the public in an environment where social distancing is not possible (grocery worker, bus driver, etc).
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I have followed CDC guidelines to avoid infection (stay home as much as possible, keep 6 feet away from others, and wash hands frequently).
