'Warm, Caring' Business Owner Donates Masks: Cape Cod Hero

When times are tough, heroes emerge. We all know someone who's making a difference right now as we live through unprecedented and changing times.

Here at Patch, we've launched an initiative to help recognize these heroes making a difference in their communities. Together with Ring, we're working to let all your neighbors know about these outstanding people and their stories.

This submission comes from Ginny Guimond who nominated Fonda Nguwen, the owner of Happy Nails in Marstons Mills. At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, Guimonds daughter and her co-workers at Children's Hospital in Boston were short on masks and other personal protective equipment. Nguwen stepped up and donated a box of N-95 masks, surgical masks and over 1,000 pairs of gloves.

See what Guimond had to say about the local hero below:

Name: Fonda Nguwen

State: MA
Hometown: Barnstable-Hyannis
Hero's job: Business
Relationship to nominee: I am a client of her business
Reason for recognition: When Covid was first hitting, my daughter an her co-workers did not have medical coverups or masks. Supplies were lacking. Fonda volunteered to donate a full box of Medical Grade N95 masks, surgical masks and over 1,000 pairs ofnitrate gloves.
One thing to know: Fonda is a warm caring person who donated in a time of need