A Lincoln cycling apparel company is using its manufacturing facility to make reusable masks.
Champion System’s business relies largely on cycling events where teams want custom apparel. Those events have all been canceled.
Jay Thomas, the owner of Champion System, said they pivoted their business to masks partly out of necessity.
“We really want to try to give back as much as we possibly can," Thomas said. "And we don’t want common, everyday people wearing medical-grade masks, so we really wanted to build a reusable one that people going to the store, going back to work, could use. So that was really kind of the impetus behind what we’re doing."
10% of sales will be donated to the Nebraska Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence.
The masks are made of a material like that used in cycling clothing. They also have a pocket to hold a five-layer filter.