deb siggins of lisbon, iowa, has made more than 400 masks that she has donated to a local hospital, her friends, and coworkers, the local fire department, grocery store employees, and elderly patients. she has even turned a tree near her home into a giving tree decorated with her homemade masks for people to take which she is constantly updating. deb plans to keep making the masks until they are no longer needed because she believes that sewing is her gift from god that she can use to help others. mary shotwell, of des moines, wanted to give back to those helping her during this pandemic, so in isolation, as she describes it, mary sews masks for her entire neighborhood and health care workers at broadlawns medical center. but in addition to the demand for masks, there's also been an increase need for food, especially to feed our kiddos. lisa ironside who hasn't seen her students since march, now sees them when they pick up meals at feeding lunches to youth at marion and cedar rapids where she works. she says this calms her anxious mind knowing her students are fed. she said, i get to se