A simple project to begin with might be pillowcases for themselves and/or for kids in hospitals.
Check out ConKerrCancer.org for a really great program and pillowcase pattern instructions to follow and also a coordinator in your area that collects and distributes the pillowcases to local hospitals.
I'm co-chair of my guild's Project Pillowcases and we've made and distributed about 1,000 pillowcases during the past 2 years. In my photo I'm holding a batch of pillowcases that our group made at a recent Sew In. May in Jersey