Lynbrook fifth-grader makes masks, ear savers for front-line workers

Marion Street Elementary School fifth-grader Lyla Gaffoor is making a difference in the lives of front-line workers during the coronavirus.

Gaffoor has put her sewing and crocheting skills to use by sewing 25 masks and crocheting 80 ear savers, an accessory to decrease the discomfort of wearing elastic masks all day. She donated her handywork to a local Moms Making Masks group and Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, where her father serves as a doctor in the pediatric intensive care unit

The Moms Making Masks group distributes masks to front-line workers across Long Island. Gaffoor learned how to crochet in fourth grade as a way to relax and practice mindfulness. She has been working on her craft for about a year and a half. 

Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools; compiled by Mike Smollins.