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firm's charitable efforts in making a direct
impact supporting a wide variety of community based causes. What began as an effort to
protect their own has turned into a companywide effort to support local communities
during the pandemic.
Masks come in all shapes and sizes! Here are a few of the models that Lynn and her niece made to donate.

need personal protection. Since commercial
masks were becoming scarce, many employees took it upon themselves to begin making
masks on their own and donating them to
keep our field personnel safe.
But the need became far greater than anticipated and to keep up with the demand,
Nicole Armbrust, operations manager, assembled a handful of employees to centralize the
mask making efforts and formalize the distribution process. Once the balance of need was
reached, they began selling the masks which
maintained the level of availability. The sales
profits were used for supplies and channeled
through the Maser Consulting Foundation for

donation to local food banks to assist in their
food distribution efforts.
"The COVID pandemic came out of nowhere
and unexpectedly affected so many people
within our communities," explains Lynn A.
LaMunyon, P.E., PTOE, IMSA II (F), senior
principal and discipline leader for Traffic and
Transportation Services at Maser Consulting and one of the initiative contributors.
"One day they were doing fine, and the
next they were wondering how they'd feed
their families."
The Maser Consulting Foundation is a 501
(c)(3) organization established to serve the

ITE Journal would like to thank Maser Consulting for submitting this Community Corner
write-up. itej

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Large or small, we want to hear about it!
Please send photos (300 dpi or higher)
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