HOLLAND, Mich. (WOOD) — Hospitals are being stressed with the outbreak of COVID-19, and disposable masks are becoming more of a precious commodity for medical workers around the planet.
In Holland, a small group of volunteers is doing what it can to help slow the shortage.
At Macedonia Baptist Church, they believe that their main weapon in the battle against COVID-19 is compassion.
“We want to reach out to the community in whichever way we can help them — spiritually, with materials like the masks, anything,” said Elda Haak, an assistant at the church.
She’s one of about four people that are spending time making masks for increasingly stressed medical professionals.
“It really starts to burden on you at a certain point, and so seeing that the community is doing things for us that way and thinking of us is really helpful,” said Daniela Egelmeer, a pediatrician at Holland Pediatric Associates.
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