FEATURE Students use quarantine to help the community
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Cakes by Emma Day
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ne of the positives that emerged during the pandemic has been small businesses. With normal activities cancelled, students find many ways to use their free time. Junior Lucia Cloud decided to use her free time to make masks and help the community. “When the pandemic started I decided that I had to learn how to make really cute masks, anticipating the lasting power of this crisis,” Cloud said. Cloud started doing custom masks for people around town and soon started to make kid’s sizes for her mom’s store, Malula Kids Resale. However, Cloud struggled with not overworking herself with her business. A con of running a business is it’s hard to respect personal limitations. “When you are your boss, there is no one giving you set hours so what is keeping you from adding too much to your plate,” Cloud said. Joining in on the mask-making opportunity, freshman Evan White also participated in making masks for the community, but for every mask she sold, she donated one mask to a local assisted living facility
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or the hospital. “My family was looking for masks online and they were selling out very quickly, so my mom suggested I make some,” White said. “I made a couple for my mom and her friends and then started donating them to a few different places. “ Students used their skills not only to help others but also to take care of themselves. Junior Emma Day used her time in quarantine to start her own allergy friendly bakery from the comfort of her own home. Day has always loved to bake, and with so much free time during the pandemic, she started practicing baking and decorating cakes. She created an instagram account and posted her newest creations. Her business grew, averaging over a thousand followers on her baking instagram account. For those struggling to find a focus during the pandemic, Day encourages others to “just go for it.” “You don’t need to have it all figured out when you start, the great thing about having a small business is that you get to learn and grow and figure it out as you go,” Day said.
