Volunteers for the Rona Scrubs charitable organisation have spent months making scrub tops and pants for healthcare heroes on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic.
They will be wrapping up at the end of July after making more than 5000 scrub sets in about 12 weeks for workers across Australia.
Hobsons Bay, Maribyrnong, Brimbank, Wyndham, Melton, Moorabool and Whittlesea received some of the largest orders for scrubs in the country, with volunteers sewing about 1200 in total.
Rona Scrubs founder Annabelle Parsons said the mission had been to ease some of the burden on workers during COVID-19 who had faced a shortage of fresh scrubs.
“We have far exceeded our original expectations from what started as an initial conversation over a glass of wine and Zoom to help a friend who was working on the frontline,“ she said.
Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay co-ordinator Ruth Morton collected scrubs made by volunteers who used patterns provided to sew tops and pants in their homes.
“I’ve been co-ordinating the distribution of scrubs and the angels who have been sewing,“ she said.
“I think it’s a really, really good thing to do to help support and encourage the healthcare workers out there because they are going through a tough time.“
