Two woman in Fort Myers are making masks for the deaf

Tara Burke, owner of The Pink Petunia Consignment Boutique in Fort Myers saw our story, regarding the struggles the deaf and hard of hearing community are facing during the pandemic and reached out to her friend Rosalyn Thomson who makes masks telling us, she is perfect for the job.

Back there right now."YOU CAN COUNT ON FOX FOUR FORANY UPDATES ON THIS CASE.TODAY MAKES ONE WEEK SINCE FOX 4LESLIE DELASBOUR, TOLD US ASTORY RAISING AWARENESS ABOUTTHE STRUGGLES THE DEAF COMMUNITYIS FACING DURING THE PANDEMIC.AFTER SEEING THE EXCLUSIVE STORYHERE ON FOX 4, ON WOMAN REACHEDOUT TO SAY SHES HERE TO HELPTONIGHT LESLIE SPOKE WITH AWOMAN WITH A FIX THAT MIGHT HELPSOME OF OUR DEAF VIEWERS(03-10)(58-105)you know i just figured if wecan help in any little way, youknow i think this is one littlebaby step to a way of helpingthemTARA BURKE, OWNER OF THE PINKPETUNIA CONSIGNMENT BOUTIQUE INFORT MYERS HEARD OUR STORY ANDKNEW SHE COULD BE PART OF THESOLUTION.ALTHOUGH MASKS ARE SAFE, ANDHELP COMBAT THE SPREAD OF COVID19, FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEAF ORHARD OF HEARING, THEY CAN MAKRCOMMUNICATION NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.STANDARD MASKS DON’T ALLOW YOUTO READ LIPS.BURKE SAYS, SHE CANT BEGIN TOFATHOM WHAT STRUGGLING TOCOMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS IS LIKEwhen they go out, there isreally no way for them tocommunicate anymore there no wayfor them to understand howpeople are talking to thempicture walking into a walmartand somebody is saying somethingto you and you have no idea whatthey are saying to youTARA CALLED HER FRIEND ROSSLYNTHOMSON WHO STARTED MAKING MASKSDURING THE BEGINNING OF THEPANDEMIC, KNOWING SHE WOULD BEPERFECT FOR THE JOBso when tara contacted me aboutthe masks for the hearingimpaired, and i hadn’t reallyconsidered that but I thoughtwow thats a great idea.MAKING EACH MASK INDIVIDUALLY BYHAND THOMSON TELLS ME SHE TOONEVER TRULY REALIZED WHAT THISCOMMUNITY IS FACINGif id known it sooner i would’vestarted it a lot soonerthe hearing impaired are havinga difficult time because theycan see peoples lips and itnever occurred to me that thatwould be something i could doAFTER BEGINNING HER NEW PROJECTWEDNESDAY, ADDING CLEAR WINDOWSTO HER TYPICAL MASKS.

She hasROUGHLY 10 MASKS CURRENTLY INSTOCK and THOMSON SAYS MORE AREON THE WAY.i haven’t seen the results if ityet but I’m sure that as much astara has expressed to me hdifficult of a time they havcommunicating that im sure it’llbe a really big help for themIN FORT MYERS, LD F4IYCAND IF YOUD LIKE TO GET INCONTACT WITH THOMSON OR BU