donating quilts?
#52
You have had a lot of great feedback with this message thread – I would like to add my favorite to the suggestions. Any group that receives your quilts will be thrilled, I’m sure.
I am a member of the Sunshine Quilter's Online Guild (a yahoo group). We make quilts for kids around the world. We work through two programs: Wrap a Smile and Wrap Them in Love. Quilts go to kids undergoing cleft palate surgery and to children in orphanages worldwide.
Here is a link that describes Wrap-a-Smile:
http://www.wellsrotary.org/Wrap-A-Smile.cfm
And here is a link that describes Wrap Them in Love:
http://www.wraptheminlove.org/
You do not have to be a member of Sunshine to donate quilts to these organizations, I just like the group a lot.
I am a member of the Sunshine Quilter's Online Guild (a yahoo group). We make quilts for kids around the world. We work through two programs: Wrap a Smile and Wrap Them in Love. Quilts go to kids undergoing cleft palate surgery and to children in orphanages worldwide.
Here is a link that describes Wrap-a-Smile:
http://www.wellsrotary.org/Wrap-A-Smile.cfm
And here is a link that describes Wrap Them in Love:
http://www.wraptheminlove.org/
You do not have to be a member of Sunshine to donate quilts to these organizations, I just like the group a lot.
#53
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Broadway, Shenandoah Valley, VA
Posts: 478
Originally Posted by diannemc
How do you decide where to donate? I would like to do some children quilts but don't know how or where??
#54
Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Eastern MA
Posts: 230
I go through Project Linus or the local Children's hospital. I have also donated them to kids entering foster care (Pillowcases are great for them too). One year a group of us donated to a family that had been burned out of their house in November. Everyone got a new quilt.
#55
Originally Posted by Flying_V_Goddess
If you want to donate baby quilts ask the area hospital. I don't know what its like for other places, but ours gives a small gift basket to new moms with coupons and baby stuff that the mom really needs.
Groups that help women going through domestic violence defiantly could use them. I went to one of their shelters and a few of the women there had small children.
Groups that help women going through domestic violence defiantly could use them. I went to one of their shelters and a few of the women there had small children.
My heart flooded with love for this generous offer. "It will help tremendously. I am very proud of you."
When the lady came for the quilts my group had made, I told her what my grandson had done. She said she would write him a note thanking him for his thoughtful generosity. This is what we hope our children will become. Givers. Caring, generous givers. I couldn't be more proud.
#56
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Polo, IL
Posts: 37
Check out Project Linus at http://www.projectlinus.org/
It an awesome non profit organization to donate quilts for babies and children through their teens.
Debi
It an awesome non profit organization to donate quilts for babies and children through their teens.
Debi
#57
Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Antelope Valley,California
Posts: 67
Originally Posted by Phyl
Originally Posted by Flying_V_Goddess
If you want to donate baby quilts ask the area hospital. I don't know what its like for other places, but ours gives a small gift basket to new moms with coupons and baby stuff that the mom really needs.
Groups that help women going through domestic violence defiantly could use them. I went to one of their shelters and a few of the women there had small children.
Groups that help women going through domestic violence defiantly could use them. I went to one of their shelters and a few of the women there had small children.
My heart flooded with love for this generous offer. "It will help tremendously. I am very proud of you."
When the lady came for the quilts my group had made, I told her what my grandson had done. She said she would write him a note thanking him for his thoughtful generosity. This is what we hope our children will become. Givers. Caring, generous givers. I couldn't be more proud.
#58
Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 10
What great ideas all around ! Our ladies group at church adopted 3 needy families for Christmas and Thanksgiving. We are not only supplying meals, but we are making quilts and fleece blankets as gifts. ( Our church is relatively small, but we can sure get the Lords' work done! I have made some things for the American Cancer Society as well. There are alot of places out there that can use our help and I am so glad I logged on, because these are great ideas!! Thanks for sharing!
#59
I do not like to do actual quilting, so I make quilt tops and donate them along with matching backings to Project Linus. There are several ladies in the area who love to quilt but not make the tops. A marriage made in heaven -- they appreciate me and I appreciate them. I donate roughly 30-40 quilt tops almost every year. I keep them simple -- strips, blocks, etc. but try to keep interesting color combinations. I make different sizes. If you get on the internet (Project Linus), there is a list of suggested sizes. I like to make the larger ones which go to pre-teen/teen because people tend to make more of the smaller ones and the program often runs short on those for older kids. It is truly a blessing to be able to help ease someone else's pain.
#60
I made 35 charity quilts last year for Christmas, I sent two to the troops through a local company and the rest I donated to Shriners, my neighbor donates time there, Shrines in turn donated some of my quilts to another facility with terminally ill children....I got my patterns from Project Linus.
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