In May of 2020, Ethan Wingate made his rounds in a Toronto neighborhood when he stumbles upon the following note:

I’m an ER nurse at Sunnybrook Hospital. I am sewing Operating Room Caps to cover hair at work for myself, other nurses, and any staff at the hospital as part of our PPE. I especially need cotton fabric. Designs, flowers or even plain old cloth would be appreciated. Some examples are cotton sheets (any size, kids too), cotton dress shirts (even Hawaiian), old scrubs—tops or pants, cotton dress, etc., or just fabric. We need cloth for trauma patients, etc. too.

If you have extra material from projects, you can leave them outside my door. I’m on nights this week so no need to knock. I’ll appreciate anything you have. You can text me as well if need be.

Mr. Wingate, the designer for stefmouchie.ca, was so moved he donated 200 of his masks to the Sunnybrook Hospital himself. He and his team have recently pivoted from their collections to making Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to produce free masks for the nursing staff. Now available at iBrezy.com.