Mask Bloc 417
Mutual Aid organizing for Covid/airborne pathogens safety and disability justice in the 417 (SW MO). Email us for mask drop off requests
We are an autonomous disabled-led group who distribute free masks and resources to the greater Springfield area!
03/20/2026
Mutual aid is cooperation, and creates pathways of care. It is the community meeting its own needs, hand in hand.
Mutual aid shows that we are the best judges of our future. It is not a draft into a movement: it is enmeshment and relationship. Mutual aid is participatory, non-hierarchical, and ever-evolving.
The Mutual Aid Fair is an opportunity for us to put all of these ideas in motion. You can learn from neighbors, share a skill or resource, and get to know your neighbors with a shared meal or art project. Check it out Sunday, March 29, between 2:00-6:00 pm at 2434 E. Battlefield.
This month’s fair is offering:
- The People’s Library
- Brake Light Clinic
- Clothes Mending
- Tech Troubleshooting
- Sourdough Info & Starter
- Bike Repair
- Free Narcan & Harm Reduction Supplies
- Community Art
- Potluck
- Screenprinting
- Food Growing Info
- Goods Exchange
If you have a skill or resource to share, you are welcome to bring it! Send us a message if you want it promoted.
04/09/2025
Don't forget you can stop by our pick up hub at Liberation Tattoo to grab free high quality masks and boxes of covid tests! Come in and take what you need 🖤 always good to have some tests on hand!
03/29/2025
Come to the Drew Lewis Foundation at The Fairbanks before 3pm for Transgender Day of Visibility. We have free goodies just for you! Take what you need 🩷🤍💙
03/28/2025
Come find us tomorrow March 29th at the Drew Lewis Foundation at The Fairbanks for Transgender Day of Visibility from 11am-3pm and grab some free buttons, zines, masks, and C-19 tests!
03/26/2025
It’s our first Really Really Free Market! Stop by 2434 E Battlefield this Sunday between 12:30-6:00. Leave a useful item you no longer want and take something you do.
02/27/2025
As always, check out our pick up locations for free masks and tests! And let us know if you have an event needing masks in the future 🖤
How to Get Free Masks and Rapid Tests!:
~Pick up! Go to Liberation Tattoo during business hours on Commercial street for bags of a month's supply of masks. Take whatever you need. Seriously-we have a lot of masks! There is also a map if you scan the QR code to our linktree that shows other pick up locations for smaller individual amounts. Still take what you need please. When things get low, we will restock. We also have rapid covid tests available 🖤
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~If you cannot pick up, email [email protected]
(Also in linktree)
Include your name, email or phone number(preferred contact), and we will get back to you within the week to arrange drop off. Specify if you prefer n95 Auras(headstrap) or kn95(earloops) [or a mix!]. Or let us knownif you need rapid tests!
02/14/2025
Sending love from the Bloc this V-day! ❤️ Remember to check out our map on linktree to see all mask pick up locations to stock up.
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[Slide one reads:
"Roses are red
Violets are blue
Covid is airborne
Masks protect me & you"
Slide 2 reads:
"Our roses are red
We cast rainbows from prisms
Fighting mask bans all day
And crushing fascism"
Valentines via on instagram]
02/06/2025
We have Covid rapid tests! Will be putting these at our main pickup location as well. Let us know what you need! ❤️
02/03/2025
How to Get Free Masks and Rapid Tests!:
~Pick up! Go to Liberation Tattoo during business hours on Commercial street for bags of a month's supply of masks. Take whatever you need. Seriously-we have a lot of masks! There is also a map if you scan the QR code to our linktree that shows other pick up locations for smaller individual amounts. Still take what you need please. When things get low, we will restock. We also have rapid covid tests available 🖤
linktr.ee/maskbloc417
~If you cannot pick up, email [email protected]
(Also in linktree)
Include your name, email or phone number(preferred contact), and we will get back to you within the week to arrange drop off. Specify if you prefer n95 Auras(headstrap) or kn95(earloops) [or a mix!]. Or let us knownif you need rapid tests!
01/31/2025
We now have pick up locations available for masks! Liberation Tattoo is our main hub for larger quantities. Come in and grab a months supply/take what you need! Free KN95s and N95s available. You can also help yourself to smaller distro boxes around town at The Glo Center, The 3rd Place, and Arrow Creative Reuse. We will have rapid tests available soon as well. If you are unable to pick up, email us about drop off! (Please check business hours to make sure when pick up is available).
Hopefully we just continue to add smaller distro boxes around town, too. Keep checking the map in our linktree(in bio) for updates. Let's keep each other safe!
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