By Romy Stephens
A Montrose family has been donating face masks to those in need, by hanging them up around the town.
Fiona Naisbitt and her three children, Marianne, Logan and Eric, have made about 250 masks, which they have pegged up on a neighbour’s fence and a tree near the town’s main street.
The masks are accompanied by signs that encourage people in need to take a mask.
Fiona said the initiative was her kids’ idea.
“We’ve tried to be really transparent with the kids about what’s going on with lockdown and Covid,” she said.
“We were talking about Stage 4 with the kids… Logan said what happens to the people that can’t get masks and Marianne turned around and said ‘you can make them for them mum’.”
Logan, Marianne and Eric now help Fiona by selecting and ironing the mask fabric.
The four then go on an ‘isolation walk’ every day and peg the masks up to ensure there are always some available for people to take. So far, they have been hanging up about 20 each day.
Logan said that the family was donating the masks “to protect everyone and keep them safe.”
“If people don’t have a mask they can get one of ours,” he said.
The mask making and isolation walks are now highlights of the family’s day and the three children have also enjoyed getting free hot chocolates from the local bakery for their efforts.
