Regina planter donating N95 masks for nurses, doctors

As COVID-19 keeps spreading across the province, more people are pitching in during a time of need.

Fat Plant Farm owner Kait Waugh wants to do the same, which is why she’s taking a year’s worth of N95 respirator masks and donating them for use by nurses and doctors in the province.

“We had a few in stock and we’re just going to stop production, just to be able to donate those masks to those who need them most,” she said.

At her business she’s normally building concrete planters to be used in peoples’ homes or businesses to display succulents.

The masks are particularly useful during the concrete pouring and sanding phases of each build, she said.

But after talking with several of her nurse friends and hearing a call for donations from the Regina Home Builders Association, she decided to step up.

“At that moment, I just thought, ‘Oh heck, I have a tonne in my cupboard.’ And at that point, I wasn’t really thinking about my supplies. I was thinking more about my staff,” she said.

“The amount I guess I’m donating is a year’s worth of supply for our shop at least, which I know might be used for a couple of days in the health-care system.”

She said she closed her store front on Wednesday of last week, but she’s still open, doing deliveries and pickups.

Waugh said her nurse friends are helping her make sure the right people get the N95 masks.