What started as a simple tweet offering some help by fashion designer, Project Runway star, and Annapolis, MD native Christian Siriano - has turned into an all hands on deck effort by designers and makers to help supply masks for hospital personnel. 

 

Siriano reached out to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo via Twitter, offering the assistance of his sewing staff to help make face masks for medical workers: 

 

 

We're in contact with @CSiriano. Appreciate his help so much.

Who's next?

Let's do this together, NY! https://t.co/4B43SKguVO

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) March 20, 2020

 

The public exchange inspired others to offer their services as well 

 

 

I was thinking the same thing. I’ve got a small factory that can pump out masks, too. We’re in the east village, small. But could probably make 500 a day

— Pamela Barsky (@pamelabarsky) March 20, 2020

 

SIrano tweeted out a picture of the prototypes he is working on and says they will have more details in the following days 

 

 

Prototypes are happening more updates by next week. pic.twitter.com/xBPqFtiX0E

— Christian Siriano (@CSiriano) March 20, 2020

 

Locally, Baltimore's Open Works - a non-profit 501(c)(3) maker space  -  announced that they had been contacted by local hospitals to use their resources to help make protective equipment for health workers.  They in turn reached out to the community to help amass the resources needed to make the items.  Anyone interested in helping should volunteer HERE.