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Tinley residents making a difference one mask at a time

Kathie Mayer, a member of Trinity Lutheran church in Tinley Park, sits by her sewing machine as she makes masks and donates them to first responders and medical personnel. Photos submitted
Mayer uses a circuit maker to cut all the masks.
A pile of fabric that was donated by Sarah Martinez, a home health care nurse, to make more masks for nurses at the company she works for.
Mary Compton, Freelance Reporter
8:00 am CDT March 28, 2020
When Sarah Martinez, a home health care nurse from Elite Care Management told her best friend Kathie Mayer they were running out of masks, Mayer jumped into action.

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