While I am a new quilter and don't sew charity quilts I took exception to the statement these quilts would not be washed very often. It hurt that someone would think just because people are accepting a charity quilt they are "dirty" people.
When I was 9 y/o my parents were divorced and we lived in government housing in the poor part of town. Our furniture was given to us by the Salvation Army and our mattresses sat on the floor. But we washed our linens and clothes just like we did when my parents were together. We didn't change just because our circumstances did. My 11 y/o sister and I washed clothes with an old wringer type washer and hung them on the clothes line to dry, and then learned to iron them while our mother worked to feed us. So even though I was embarrassed to accept charity I was clean and so were my clothes and linens.
Please when you think of people that need a helping hand, don't demoralize them by thinking they are dirty or less than you.