Carolyn Mallon of the Buntin Rumford Webster Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution receives a recognition award from Denise VanBuren, president general of the NSDAR. At the beginning of the COVID pandemic, Mallon began sewing masks because she was inspired by the bravery and service of all the bedside nurses caring for those with coronavirus. A nurse in grad school studying to become a nurse practitioner, she was not working at the time and felt she had to do something. Encouraged to participate in community service and on break between semesters, she began making masks. Her first request for 400 masks came from Overcomers Refugee Service in Concord. Through a contact there, she was then connected to a group called the Concord Mask Makers who were coordinating donations to organizations throughout the city. She continued sewing through her next semester, and by the end of the semester, she had sewn and donated 1,300 masks amongst the Concord Coalition to End Homelessness, Community Bridges, and Concord Hospital. The Concord Mask Makers also sent masks to some Native American reservations struggling with outbreaks of coronavirus.
Mallon recognized by DAR chapter
