Local ladies get to work making scrubs for those on the frontline
A group of local ladies have threaded their needles and got to work to help those working on the frontline during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Siobhan Gordon Cronin, a local nurse initiated and co-ordinated this community effort by sending out a text to a few friends.
She was overwhelmed by the level of support and response she received from the Bettystown Swim group, Cilles Athletic group, Julianstown Drama group and the Louth Meath Quilting group based in the Crafty Fox, Drogheda.
The core group of sewers were Jackie Joliffe (proprietor of the Crafty Fox), Elna Andrews, Helen Ward, Mary Rose Power, Sandra Mulligan, Julie
Kelly, Deirdre DeLacy, Betty Brodigan, Jillian Moran and Robin Fitzsimons.
The project started at the beginning of the month pledging to make approximately
50 – 100 sets of scrubs from polycotton fabric which was kindly donated by Dave Andrews (ASL Aviation Holdings, Swords).
Having galvanised a creative team headed by Jackie, Elna, Deidre and Robin, a pipeline for production was established.
The produced scrubs and face masks were quality control tested, laundered and individually packaged by the very professional team at Washington’s Laundrette,
Drogheda (owned by Gloria and Joe McGuinness).
To date approximately 350 sets of scrubs and masks have been distributed to the HSE nursing and medical staff in the assessment hubs and test centres for Navan, Drogheda, Dundalk and the Citywest Isolation facility.
‘ The antidote to all this chaos and uncertainty has been seeing the relationships between neighbours, friends and strangers develop. Perhaps it takes a life challenge - pandemic called Covid-19 to give us time to reflect on the values and virtues of living in a wonderful community and country,’ said Siobhan.