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 Maeve Foley, 17, wants to help her older neighbors during the coronavirus  
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 COURIER LIFE,4      MARCH 27-APRIL 2, 2020 
 BY ROSE ADAMS 
 A hodgepodge of handy  
 Brooklynites  have  banded  together  
 to make  face masks  for  
 hospital workers — and have  
 already delivered more than  
 200 to workers in need! 
 “It’s just a neighborhood  
 push, and we want to help any  
 way we can,” said Dani Finkel,  
 a Boerum Hill resident. “There  
 are doctors and nurses at these  
 hospitals that are desperate to  
 get their nurses and staff something.” 
   
 The effort comes as hospitals  
 across the city are running  
 out of personal protective gear,  
 jeopardizing the lives of healthcare  
 workers and patients.  
 Some medical centers are already  
 ouA group of workers at  
 NYU Bellevue say they have  
 less than one week’s supply remaining. 
   
 To help fi ll the gaps, around  
 March 20, a group of local seamstresses  
 decided to start the  
 South Brooklyn Mask Making  
 Project after they fi rst  posted  
 outbreak.   Photo by Kevin Duggan 
 BY KEVIN DUGGAN 
 A Carroll Gardens high  
 schooler  is  offering  to  deliver  
 groceries to help local  
 old-timers avoid crowds  
 amid the coronavirus pandemic. 
 “This  seems  like  the  
 best I can do with my abilities, 
  because the grocery  
 stores  have  been  really  
 crazy with everybody  
 stockpiling,” said Maeve  
 Foley. “I think it’s really  
 scary for senior citizens  
 navigating that kind of environment.” 
 The  charitable  17-yearold  
 has posted fl yers  this  
 week around the brownstone  
 neighborhood, offering  
 to pick up and deliver  
 on Sunday mornings for  
 anyone 65 years of age or  
 older. 
 “I’ll stop by whatever  
 grocery store they want me  
 to,” she said. 
 Foley said she’s already  
 had other do-gooders reach  
 out to help her with the  
 project. 
 “Some other young,  
 able-bodied people have  
 taken down my number  
 and we’re going to be in  
 contact depending on how  
 many people we get,” she  
 said.  
 In order to prevent further  
 spread  of  COVID-19  
 while  doing  her  deliveries, 
  the youngster will  
 take  several  precautions  
 against the highly-contagious  
 respiratory  illness,  
 like  wearing  a  face  mask  
 and gloves, and sanitizing  
 her  equipment  in  between  
 deliveries. 
 The senior’s school in  
 Manhattan  shut  down  last  
 week due to the virus and  
 she  was  eager  to  do  her  
 part to make life easier for  
 her neighbors during the  
 outbreak, which has swept  
 the city and has largely  
 shut down or  limited businesses  
 in the borough. 
 Volunteers making face  
 masks for hospitals 
 Teen offers free  
 grocery runs 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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