Masks serve as a fashionable facial barrier for personal use
Giana Harris making a face mask on her sewing machine.
Photo courtesy Anna Hurtado
By Robert Airoldi
Giana Harris, a 10-year-old Portland, Ore., resident who was born in Gilroy. She has an online scrunchee business at Ggzscruncheez.com where she makes the hair ties.
After she saw on the news that the medical industry was short on protective masks, she switched her business to making masks for the public to save the industrial masks for the professionals.
Giana wearing one of her face masks.
Photo courtesy Anna Hurtado
The face masks are double sided 100 percent cotton-lined that is breathable and washable. This product serves as a fashionable facial barrier for personal use.
“I think its great people are making masks and I wanted to help out,” she said. “It just gave me the idea to help them and make them comfortable and safe.”
When she first started her business about six months ago, she donated about 100 pairs of slippers to Portland area hospitals. Now she plans to donate some masks to South Valley nonprofits.
“She’s very philanthropic and believes in giving back to her community,” her mother, Anna Hurtado said.
Buying one, or two, helps Giana raise money to make even more she will donate. They are $8 for adults masks and $5 for youths and available at Ggzscruncheez.com.
