In addition to being a massage therapist, I'm an avid home sewer. With Five Creeks Massage studio temporarily closed, I've been home sewing face masks. I've already donated about 250 so far, mostly to essential medical staff. With each batch, I innovated until I got good feedback about comfort and fit.
I'm offering face masks for sale on the Five Creeks website, to offset my costs while the studio is shut down. For each mask purchased, one will be donated. In the past, donations have gone to essential workers, homeless, and hospital staff - about 90% here in Oakland.
Check back frequently and follow us on Facebook, because I’ll be posting new face masks, about once a week!
When does the massage studio re-open? Because of long-duration, close contact, massage is going to be one of the last businesses to be allowed to re-open in the statewide California plan. If we practice right now, we lose our license. I agree with that policy, because no benefit from massage is worth a client dying. Early indications are that massage can only safely resume when there's enough proper PPE to go around, without competing against essential healthcare workers for it. Many of my donated masks go to hospitals to extend the life of their current PPE, which is a tiny but significant step in the right direction.
Best wishes to you and yours! Be well.
- Andrea at Five Creeks Massage