A square graphic with a light pastel yellow colour. On both edges is a thin green edge, and on the top left corner and bottom right corner are four green and pink concentric circles. In the middle pink text reads "Mask Bank Update" with a green shadow. Below black text reads "Eyelevel." Around the text in the middle, there are two comic-style bang shapes, three black sparkles and three black flowers."

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Mask Bank - UPDATE

New mask and rapid test pick up booking schedule

Posted 22 Jan 2025

Due to the closure of our bookstore, we had to change how we operate our Mask Bank program. Eyelevel's Mask Bank has become an important resource for our local community, and we will keep operating it out of our office on a by-appointment basis. You can book a pick up time here: https://shorturl.at/fHOSg. We can also ship or drop off masks. If you have any questions or the times available do not work for you can send an email to cinthia@eyelevel.art.

Eyelevel's Mask Bank makes respirator masks available for our community, this includes our programming participants, artists in residence, members, and non-members. We aim to keep this program available for the foreseeable future and serve the community during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Anyone regardless of need may access the Mask Bank. It is first come first serve basis, if we don't have the masks you requested we will offer you different ones or let you know when we have more in stock. Please give us a couple of days to prepare your request. 

The information below provides information on the Mask Bank and offers non-exhaustive self-assessment criteria.

How to use the Mask Bank: We ask that you please take what you need; we operate on an honour system of determining what the recipient's volume of need is. Below is a short list of some considerations to self-assess if you are a prioritized recipient for larger takeaways. This list is not exhaustive and we do not require disclosure at any point during your experience accessing the bank.

The following list is to aid in determining the volume community members wish to take based on their needs:

Some examples of higher-need circumstances: Income & Employment
★ Immunocompromised and/or chronically ill individuals
★ Working in a service/public-facing job
★ Low-income/no income
★ Working a job without paid sick days (i.e., part-time work, self-employment, short-term contracts or freelance)
★ Working a job without robust health benefits
★ Facing housing or food insecurity
★ Relying on public assistance or government loans

Some examples of higher need circumstances: Community health & safety
★ Are a caretaker/care-worker or have a caretaker/care-worker
★ Living with immunocompromised and/or chronically ill roommates
★ Living in an intergenerational household or with 3+ roommates
★ Frequent contact with immunocompromised and/or chronically ill people
★ Unable to purchase high-quality masks/respirators
★ Do not have safe access to purchasing masks/respirators in-person
★ Are a minor or senior or currently pregnant
★ Close or frequent contact with minors, seniors or pregnant people
★ Have had COVID-19 previously and/or have long COVID
★ Relying on public transit to get around

Masks in stock:

★ Harley L-188 Respirators N95 NIOSH - 20 pack, cone shape, head strap, white

★Chengde White KN95 Respirator Face Mask - 10 pack or individually wrapped, cone shape, earloop, white

★3M Aura Respirators N95 NOISH - Individually wrapped, trifold, head strap, white

★KF94 Black Trifold Respirator Mask - Individually wrapped, trifold, size large, earloop, black

★Eclipse Horizon N95-Equivalent Masks - individually wrapped, duckbill, head strap, size large, white

★BYD CARE KN95 Respirator - Individually wrapped, cone shape, head strap, white

★Kids/Teen KN95 Respirator Face Mask - Individually wrapped, trifold, black

★Eclipse ARC N95-Equivalent Masks - Individually wrapped, cone shape, head strap, white

Tests in stock:

★SwiftSwab Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Test - 2 Pack - We are limiting two boxes per household as we have a limited supply. Each box has two tests and they are good until 2026. Also, the tests are for individuals only, not for orgs or events.

We will be updating this list as inventory moves and we receive more donations. If you have any allergies (latex, copper, nickel, etc.) that prevent you from wearing any of the respirators we offer, please let us know and we will do our best to source other options for you. 

We would like to thank Protect Our Province Nova Scotia, Vitacore, Masks 4 East Van, Donate A Mask, and Bona Fide Masks for freely providing Eyelevel with certified Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) for our community.

For KN95/N95 reuse hygiene tips please see (link): KN95/N95 masks/respirators are disposable and cannot be reused indefinitely but there are ways to reuse them and extend their life and efficacy with some simple storage and sanitizing regimes. For general information on masking during the COVID-19 pandemic please see (link). For more resources about COVID safety please visit our update to the community. 

You can schedule a mask/test pickup here: https://shorturl.at/fHOSg

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