Homewood M-burg Benefiting from Mask Donations

Homewood at Martinsburg is the recipient of some of the masks being made by area residents.

The staff at Homewood is required to wear masks and because there are no active cases of COVID-19, these homemade masks fit the requirement.

“These masks help us to preserve our supply of PPEs,” (personal protective equipment) Aimee Lozinak, marketing director at Homewood, said.

According to Lozinak, a supply of personal protective equipment of “N95” and surgical masks is available for use by the healthcare staff while working with patients who test positive for the coronavirus, but are not...