The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a groundswell of grassroots community efforts and innovation likely unmatched since World War II. Everyone who can find a way to pitch in is doing so, and that includes a class of Career and Technical Education Fashion students from Buffalo Grove High School.

Family & Consumer Science teacher Ronna Pflanz, looking for a way to help and involve her students, hit on the idea of sewing and assembling face masks.

There’s no shortage of grim news stories stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the most often heard and distressing accounts comes from health care workers who are concerned about lacking the supplies they need to perform their jobs and care for patients while at the same time protecting themselves to the fullest extent possible.