They called it a "sewing frolic"

This is the best “feel good” story that I've heard in a long time. It's in direct opposition to the frenetic way that the Covid-19 pandemic is being handled by the administration and our elected officials in Washington.  It is not putting $$$ ahead of lives and dividing our nation at a time when unity is what is needed most

When the gentle Amish people of Ohio attack a problem they do it as a community. They call it a "frolic" and this is exactly how it worked when the Cleveland Clinic recently put out a desperate call for face masks for its 55,000 employees and visitors.

The Amish live in a private community. They have no phones or computers. They travel by horse & buggy and they make their own clothes. They are a very private people. However, they remembered when the Clinic had been there for them and they made an exception and a life-saving decision. They

put 60 Amish seamstresses to work and, within a few days, they far exceeded the amount that had been requested.

Now those 60 women have expanded to more than 500 and they continue to produce masks and gowns at a furious pace. They didn't argue about it. They didn't talk about the inconvenience and they certainly didn't say “no”. They simply accepted the challenge and had a “sewing frolic”.