Originally Posted by
cathyvv
What do you mean by "found out that if there was blood involved the quilts were discarded."
I can't imagine that anyone would donate a quilt that had obvious blood stains. (I could be wrong about that.) And why discarded? They ought to just give them back.
I think it means that after it was used in an emergency situation, there was blood on it. Sometimes when quilts are used "in the field", conditions are not clean, and I can imagine both blood and dirt can get on the quilt. You and I would probably work to get the quilt clean, but the people handling the situation may not have either the expertise or tools to do that.
I know that in my mother's community the sheriff asks for used quilts and blankets that can be used at the scene of an accident and possibly discarded. Sometimes they are used to cover someone killed in an accident before medics arrive. I guess the lesson to be learned here is to find out the proposed use, and then decide what is appropriate to give.
A different point -- one shelter spokesperson asked us not to bring them any quilts that were so pretty that a resident might hit someone in the head for it. This facility needed durable, warm, decent, and clean -- not high end beautiful.
Dayle