Burlington City Arts “Make ‘n Take”
Burlington City Arts, one of our core partners, is collaborating with Brattleboro Art Museum and the Rutland Carving and Sculpture Studio today to host two “make n take” mask events. Open to the public, these family-friendly events will feature DIY masks and marker kits for folks to design and color masks that they can then proudly wear and take home. Teaching artists will be present to promote not just masks but also the value of art and creativity. We’re eager to see young mask designers’ creations and will be sharing them on our Instagram. Take a look and we hope it will inspire more creativity in your lives!
Shoutout to the educators and the students
There’s been a huge outpour of support for Vermont Mask Week, and we are so thankful to all of you for your participation and enthusiasm around this new initiative! I wanted to write a special post to shout out all the educators and students who have taken it upon themselves to host and promote their own Mask Week events. In addition to Middlebury College, we had exciting mask-making events at Champlain College (with their beloved mascot Chauncey the Beaver¬), UVM, NVU-Lyndon, NVU-Johnson, and Vermont Law School. A few campuses even added special mask-themed twists to existing events! NVU-Lyndon hosted a mask-themed Trivia Night with questions about masks and the coronavirus, and will have a DIY-mask design table at their Friday Paint Night event. High schools all over the state have also hosted DIY-mask making events with the help of our fantastic team of student Social Media Ambassadors and dedicated high school nurses. Thank you for helping keep our schools safe and open this fall!
Paging Dr. Leahy and all interested parties!
As part of Vermont Mask Week, UVMC’s Dr. Tim Leahy will be speaking at multiple medical webinars hosted by Masks4Missions. Dr. Leahy has graciously offered his time to answer questions about COVID-19, masks, and how we can maintain connection with our friends and family as the season gets colder and we move indoors. These webinars are a result of the UVMC partnership work with the VT Department of Health and their extended partnership with Masks4Missions. More details will be shared soon on how to join the public medical webinar. In the meantime, it never hurts to do a refresher on mask safety! Here’s a link to the CDC’s mask guidelines.