Ways 2 Help: Tulsa Ballet Makes Masks for Healthcare Workers

Ways 2 Help: Tulsa Ballet Makes Masks for Healthcare Workers

ARE STEPPING IN TO HELPDURING THE CRISIS.

INCLUDINGTHE TULSA BALLET.

INTONIGHT'S WAYS 2 HELP --ERIN CONRAD SHOWS US HOW THECOSTUME DEPARTMENT ISWORKING TO HELP - HEALTHCARE WORKERS.ERIN: ONE OF THE ISSUESFACING HEALTHCARE WORKERSRIGHT NOW... IS A SHORTAGEOF MASKS.

NOW... THE TULSABALLET IS HOPING TO HELPWITH THAT -- BY MAKING BASICMASKS FOR HEALTHCAREPROFESSIONALS PERFORMANCESBY THE TULSA BALLET MAY BEON HOLD --- BUT THEWARDROBE DEPARTMENT ISBUSIER THAN EVER ToriHighfill/WardrobeSupervisor: This issomethign that's really goodfor us to stay busy sinceour productions have beenpostponed for now and we areusing resources that wealready have here in theshop.

COSTUME DESIGNERS AREHOPING TO MAKE 300-MASKS BYTHE END OF THE WEEK.

THEY'REHOPING TO HELP LOCALHOSPITALS CONSERVE THE MASKSTHEY DO HAVE... FOR THECASES THAT REALLY NEED THEM.Tori Highfill: They are all100-percent cotton.

They arebreathable.

These are notthe N95 rates masks.

Theyare not for Covid patients.These are just for thegeneral hospital needs."We're cutting out the masksfirst and dewing 2 layerstogether first and then theyget overlocked and pleatedand then sewn together sothat those two layers thencreate the four layers ofcotton for the protection.MARCELLO ANGELINI IS THECREATIVE DIRECTOR OF THETULSA BALLET... HE SAYS THEDECISION TO HELP... WASEASY.

Marcello Angelini :The reason we are doing itis very simple.

The Tulsaballet has been therecipientrecipient of somemuch generosity from so manypeople throughout so maydecades so now this is ouropportunity to give back tothe community that hassupported us throughout thelast 63-years.

THE BALLETJUST STARTED MAKING THE MASKTHIS WEEK AND ALREADY HASHOSPITALS INTERESTED Tori:So we've actually somehospitals reach out to usfor help.

We have theHealthy Minds PolicyInitiative that started thisand we' really got the ballrolling after they contactedus.

Hillcrest in Henryettacontacted us looking fordonation and then anotherHillcrest here in TulsaERIN; WE'VE HEAR FROM PEOPLEIN THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULDLIKE TO HELP MAKE THESEMASKS... WE'VE INCLUDED THEPATTERN THAT THE TULSABALLET IS USING INSIDE THISSTORY ON OUR WEBSITE ... ANDWE ARE WORKING TO FIND OUTHOW HOSPITAL CAN ACCEPT THEDONATIONS.

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