Groton metal shop ‘moving a mountain’ to provide nose strips for homemade masks

6 Apr 2020


Community Interest

A request from a nurse at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital set off a volunteer effort by the Hillery Company metal fabrication shop to help protect health care workers across the country during the coronavirus pandemic.

With the help of volunteers, who are wearing masks at the Meridian Street shop and practicing social distancing, the company has made and shipped tens of thousands of aluminum strips to secure homemade masks to the face.

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