KY3: Springfield fabric store providing face mask kits for those working on the frontlines

When masks are finished you just slip them through a slot in the door. The shop is operating under limited hours. If you are there when they are open, call the shop upon arrival and an employee will meet you at your car to pick up the finished masks, or give you new kits.

KSHB: Missouri church joins national group making face masks for health care workers

Fellowship Church, which has two locations in Raymore and Greenwood, has 75 seamstresses sewing cloth face masks for health care workers.

Fox 4: Northland child care facility reopens to serve families of essential workers

One day care center reopened in the Northland Monday, specifically to help parents on the front lines of the virus battle. Missouri allows day care centers to remain open if they serve medical professionals and other essential workers whose children may have nowhere else to go.

KY3: Volunteers across the Ozarks make masks for CoxHealth

The organizer of the project tells KY3 a representative with CoxHealth reached out, asking them to use supplies from a previous project they collaborated with the hospital to make surgical masks.

KMBC News: KC doughnut shop making it easy to send sweet treats to first responders, medical professionals

A Kansas City, Missouri, doughnut shop is still doing business and is working to sweeten the days of those who can’t work from home during the coronavirus pandemic. Donutology in Westport is using this time to say thank you to essential doctors, nurses, firefighters and police with care packages.

Fox 4: Kansas City startup making reusable masks with 3D printers

A local company is addressing the mask shortage by making more of them – using 3D printers. The company is called 3D-HQ-KC. They have a store on the Plaza

Northeast News: As COVID-19 spreads, here’s how people are stepping up to help

As stores and restaurants shut down and workers head home to socially isolate themselves and their families, people in Missouri and Kansas continue to look outward. They are finding ways to help others — even as needs among the elderly, homeless and most vulnerable grow more severe.

KAIT 8: Mo. prisoners making face masks for healthcare workers