Volunteers of the cash-strapped Royal Canadian Legion Branch 101 are busy making face masks to help save lives and raise funds for their programs.

Branch 101, at 3850 Lake Shore Blvd. W., near Brown’s Line, has released a great selection of styles and colours of cotton masks which are for sale on their website. The masks cost $10 each.

The masks will be available to the public at a drive-thru in the parking lot of the Legion Hall on Canada Day, which is July 1, from 12 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Local president Jeff Ankenmann says 101, like most Branches, have lost all their revenue this year from hall rentals and events which were cancelled due to the COVID-19.

Most of the Legion branches are shut and programs cancelled.

“We had to do something to raise funds and get back on our feet,” Ankenmann says. “We had volunteers sewing from their homes to make all the masks.”

He says tables will be set up in the parking lot with the masks and supporters can drive-thru and get theirs.

“These are well-made, safe cotton masks,” Ankenmann says. “They are available in various colours and sizes that are made to order.”