Local Boutique Turns Gown Bags Into Face Masks For Donation

BEL AIR, MD — As the coronavirus pandemic makes its way across the country, hundreds of community groups, businesses, and individual volunteers have been finding ways they can give back to their communities in their time of need. Now, K&B Bridals says they've found a way they can help out: by turning their unused gown bags into face masks, which are then being donated health care providers in desperate need of supplies.

K&B Bridals founder Bridget Moore says she was on a conference call with other businesses looking for ways to give back during the outbreak when she learned that the gown bags would work as face masks. She says she jumped at the call:

"I immediately went to social media and started asking who was making masks. Several local seamstresses who work with our brides jumped on it and are working hard to make masks for our local medical community. Two other business owners in our building have immediate family working in local hospitals and told us about the need and we wanted to jump in and help."

Just one gown carrying back can be turned into around 50 masks. K&B says they've heard back from enough volunteers that they currently have about 1,000 masks in production, but they're hoping to be able to make even more if additional volunteers step forward to help out.

Any interested volunteers can contact the boutique to offer their services at info@kandbbridals.com.

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