WATCH NOW: #MaskUpRacine launched | Teen has made 10,000 masks as she encourages her peers to #MaskUp
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Srisupraja Kandrakota poses with a box full of the masks she assembled on Tuesday in Uptown Racine. The Kenosha teen has made more than 10,000 masks during the pandemic.
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Robert Waite, director of operations at Dryhootch, a Milwaukee-based coffeehouse for veterans, on Tuesday loads a vehicle with the 10,000 masks made by Srisupraja Kandrakota and some food to donate to Kingdom Manna Food Pantry in Racine.
RACINE — When the pandemic first broke out, Srisupraja Kandrakota, a 16-year-old avid volunteer from Kenosha, was looking for ways to help out her community.
Srisupraja Kandrakota poses with a box full of the masks she assembled on Tuesday in Uptown Racine. The Kenosha teen has made more than 10,000 masks during the pandemic.
Robert Waite, director of operations at Dryhootch, a Milwaukee-based coffeehouse for veterans, on Tuesday loads a vehicle with the 10,000 masks made by Srisupraja Kandrakota and some food to donate to Kingdom Manna Food Pantry in Racine.
Jaylyn Herrington speaks at the press conference at Mahogany Gallery on Tuesday. He shared his family's struggles with finding a job during the pandemic, and also his own struggles of applying to college.