COLLEGE PARK, Md. (WJZ) A rising senior at the University of Maryland, College Park is being recognized for her volunteer work through the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
The bioengineering major used social media to organize cloth drives to collect T-shirts for to make face coverings.<\/p>\n
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Vaani Shah makes and delivers the masks to her local health department, which are then given out to frontline workers, COVID-19 patients and their visitors.<\/p>\n
Since starting the project, hundreds of masks have been made and delivered.<\/p>\n
Shah also volunteers at the Frederick Community Action Agency to help pack bags of food for families in need.<\/p>\n
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