Difficult, with such energy, to imagine that it will celebrate its 101 years on May 24th. In Cran-Gevrier, near Annecy, in Haute-Savoie, a centenary inhabitant launched out in the production of two hundred cloth masks for the Red Cross, according to Le Parisien to face the shortage observed in full crisis sanitary.
Former seamstress, Amélie, from Lombardy, the region of Italy hardest hit by the coronavirus, did not hesitate to run her sewing machine to participate in the momentum of national solidarity.
"I want to be of service"
"I want to be of service. I always used to work, so I keep going. I am happy to make myself useful by making these masks. I have always had courage and above all morale, "confides the centenary to our colleagues from Paris , determined" to work "as long as she has her eyes open.
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