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Volunteers In Georgetown Sew Hundreds Of Masks For Health Care Workers

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Shannon Burns is coordinating the mask-making effort in Georgetown
courtesy Shannon Burns

Health care workers from around the country have been reporting shortages of face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic.

In Georgetown, Kentucky there’s also a shortage of the masks for medical professionals. Volunteers who sew are stitching hundreds of masks from home every day to help.

Cheri Lawson talked with Shannon Burns, owner of a large sewing center in Georgetown. Burns is coordinating the mask-making effort in her area.

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Cheri is a broadcast producer, anchor, reporter, announcer and talk show host with over 25 years of experience. For three years, she was the local host of Morning Edition on WMUB-FM at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Cheri produced and hosted local talk shows and news stories for the station for nine years. Prior to that, she produced and co-hosted a local talk show on WVXU, Cincinnati for nearly 15 years. Cheri has won numerous awards from the Public Radio News Directors Association, the Ohio and Kentucky Associated Press, and both the Cincinnati and Ohio chapters of the Society for Professional Journalists.