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A group formed, Hope for Tampa Bay, with friends Kelly Thompson and Hope Griffin. They found patterns and set to work. In no time, the women had created a website encouraging others to join the effort. And people did.<\/p>\n<p>Thonen extended a membership invitation to her Technical Theatre group\u2014costuming students who work for additional credit\u2014and three students took her up on the offer. The class usually covers pattern making and construction, two skills that making masks from found fabrics will put to the test. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hannahbellhockman\">Hannah Hockman<\/a>, who would have spent this week frantically preparing to launch her directorial debut, <em>Heathers: The Musical<\/em>, decided to join in the cause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so easy,\u201d said the junior <a href=\"\/theatre\/\">theatre<\/a> student from St. Petersburg. \u201cIt took me like 10 minutes to make my first one, and now that I know what I\u2019m doing, it will be even faster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hannah visits the hospital often for iron infusions, so she said she understands the desperate situation healthcare workers could be in without necessary equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Thonen said that the many hands enlisted to make this work light are making do with what they have in the circumstances. She\u2019s using her own fabrics, T-shirts and materials donated to the Eckerd College Costume Shop that aren\u2019t fit for stagewear to personally crank out up to 50 masks a day. Her donations are left on her porch to be taken to <a href=\"https:\/\/baycare.org\/hospitals\/st-anthonys-hospital\/patients-and-visitors\">St. Anthony\u2019s Hospital<\/a>, where they are sterilized and stored until needed. Now that she has resumed teaching (remotely) this week, her production may slow, but Thonen has no plans to stop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have already made and delivered 900 masks to hospitals, assisted-living facilities, home healthcare workers, COVID units and more,\u201d Thonen explained. \u201cThis is really good and we have just gotten started! We have over 6,000 mask requests and over 600 in the group working together!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thonen even expanded to videos. \u201cI have been making tutorial videos for our group. These are being used beyond the group. 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