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It was Friday, April 10th, 2020. The pandemic was really starting to roar. PPE was scarce and the supply chains were already breaking down. Every hospital was scrambling\\xa0to find enough masks, gowns and face shields. It was already every state, every institution for itself.
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\\nIt was everywhere in the papers. Page 1, Page 2, Page 3. On Page 9 of the New York Times, dateline: Sugarcreek, Ohio, a headline caught our eye: \\u201cAbe Make a Sewing\\xa0Frolic\\u201d \\u2014 In Ohio The Amish Take on the Coronavirus.
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\\nThis isolated, centuries-old, self-reliant community was rising to the occasion and collaborating with the world outside to fill the PPE needs of the massive Cleveland Clinic\\xa0and beyond. The story inspired us and we headed to Sugarcreek with our microphone.
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\\nIn the attempt to record this story in Amish country in the midst of social distancing and the ever deepening pandemic, a new collaboration was born \\u2014 artist Laurie\\xa0Anderson, Ohio-born designer Stacy Hoover and producer Evan Jacoby all joined with The Kitchen Sisters to bring these voices to air.
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\\nToday, The Kitchen Sisters Present\\u2026 The Great Amish Sewing Frolic.