Masks Matter is a grassroots group that started out with four neighbors that were walking every day for fresh air and company practicing “social distancing”.  Lisa Schreiber of Woodcliff Lake said she saw a video that people were sewing masks.  She offered the idea to Fran Fegan, master seamstress of Woodcliff Lake and Suzi Gerace, designer/artist of Park Ridge who both love to sew.  Bette Anne Sheganoski volunteered to donate fabric and it all began!

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"The first day I sewed a dozen masks and I realized there was no way I was going to be able to make a dent in this critical need.  I contacted Sandy Carapezza from Valley Hospital Foundation in Ridgewood, NJ and she told me she had a goal of 20,000 masks.  I knew I had to get to work organizing a team."