Continuing Education Meeting Notes
Please enjoy scrolling through the slides from Melodye’s excellent presentation on facemasks.
And some photos from our first activity over Zoom. The UWC goes virtual…!
Continuing Education Event Announcement
We would like to invite you to take part in an online Continuing Education seminar:
“Making and Wearing Facemasks to protect from the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic”
Thursday, April 16, at 3pm
RSVP at u.w.c.cont.ed@gmail.com (or 11 5160810)
In this seminar, we will first briefly discuss the latest information on the advice of international health organization on wearing facemasks. Then we will discuss making our own homemade facemasks. This discussion will cover the following topics:
Discuss the patterns available that we can download and share(I will make these available before the workshop, or you can find your own)
Which fabrics or materials are most suitable for facemasks
Tips for sewing facemasks
Tips for making facemasks that don’t require sewing
How to use facemasks without contaminating yourself
How to clean facemasks properly
If we have enough participants, perhaps we can make enough facemasks to donate as well.
We will use the video communications platform Zoom to host our virtual UWC activities until we can return to in-person gatherings. So if you will be participating in the seminar, please refer to the following instructions to get yourself set up on Zoom in advance of April 16: https://www.uwcba.org/zoom
Any sewers or quilters in the UWC who would be willing to lead the sewing discussion please let me know. If you have any questions about how to participate after going through the Zoom tutorials, please contact me. This video conferencing is obviously a new technology for us, but it’s surprisingly straightforward once we start using it, and a great way to keep ourselves connected. We may not be able to hug these days, but we can at least share in learning and laughing!