Do you have sewing skills and a stash of fabric?
The following agencies that provide services to support people with developmental disabilities would like to invite YOU to use your sewing skills to create face during the COVID-19 health crisis.
What can YOU do to help?
The CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies), especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.
The Developmental Disabilities Alliance of Western New York (DDAWNY) is seeking volunteers who are able to donate their time and resources to help us by sewing masks.
Please contact an agency in your area to determine need and make arrangements for non-contact pick-up of masks. Alternately, completed masks can be dropped off at the Cantalician Center – 2049 George Urban Boulevard, Depew, NY 14043, Monday-Friday 7am-3pm, for distribution throughout our community of provider agencies.
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ARC of Genesee Orleans
- Name of Contact Person Volunteers Should Call/Email
- April Zeilman
- Phone: 585-343-1123
- Email: [email protected]
Autism Services Inc.
- Name of Contact Person Volunteers Should Call/Email
- Theresa Baker
- Phone: 716-939-0050
- Email: [email protected]
Community Services for Every1, Inc.
- Name of Contact Person Volunteers Should Call/Email
- Jaime Fitscher
- Phone: 716-597-9171
- Email: [email protected]
Cradle Beach, Inc.
- Name of Contact Person Volunteers Should Call/Email
- Nancy Grimes
- Phone: 716-549-6307 ext 203
- Email: [email protected]
Easterseals NY
- Name of Contact Person Volunteers Should Call/Email
- Renee Schumacher
- Phone: 585-957-7206
- Email: [email protected]
Heritage Christian Services
- Name of Contact Person Volunteers Should Call/Email
- Heather Trenkler Geoca
- Email: [email protected]
Hillside Children’s Center
- Name of Contact Person Volunteers Should Call/Email
- Alison Bottone
- Phone: 585 752-4255
- Email: [email protected]
Holy Childhood
- Name of Contact Person Volunteers Should Call/Email
- Donna Dedee
- Phone: 585-733-9773
- Email: [email protected]
Ibero American Action League
- Name of Contact Person Volunteers Should Call/Email
- Angelica Perez-Delgado
- Phone: 585-256-8900 ext 632
- Email: [email protected]
Intandem
- Name of Contact Person Volunteers Should Call/Email
- Karen McGovern Graham, Employee Health Nurse
- Phone: 716-375-4747
- Email: [email protected]
Lifetime Assistance
- Name of Contact Person Volunteers Should Call/Email
- Pam Price
- Phone: 585-259-1502
- Email: [email protected]
People Inc.
- Name of Contact Person Volunteers Should Call/Email
- Denise Bienko
- Phone: 716-868-9233
- Email: [email protected]
Sasi
- Name of Contact Person Volunteers Should Call/Email
- Karen Gustina
- Phone: 716-860-8480
- Email: [email protected]
For more information, please see: Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19