charity quilts
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i have finally got a good response to my plan to make quilts for charity. a number of people hae donated fabric and we have a new senior center to work in. now i need your help to decide the best place for our quilts.would you be so kind to send in your suggestions for the best place to send our completed quilts. we will be making baby quilts,lap quilts,quilted shawls and what ever comes up. thank you so much. you have always helped,now i need you again. betbet
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Local police - they're first responders to house fires, domestic violence and other traumatic situation for children. Pulling a blankie or a stuffed animal out of the trunk to comfort a screaming kid is helpful. NO TIED QUILTS for infants and toddlers.
Senior centers - wheelchair lap quilts.
NICU units - you have to check to see what the requirements are. While they might not use on the baby, they do place them over the incubators to brighten up the place.
That's a start.
Best of luck to you and your group. Your work will be greatly appreciated by many.
Senior centers - wheelchair lap quilts.
NICU units - you have to check to see what the requirements are. While they might not use on the baby, they do place them over the incubators to brighten up the place.
That's a start.
Best of luck to you and your group. Your work will be greatly appreciated by many.
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If you know someone in the area undergoing Chemo treatments this is a good place to give them, also you local hospital in the maternity ward, your welfare office could give them to displaced kids going into foster care. So many places if you ask around. Contact local churches for families in need or fire victums
#6
In Australia we have 'Blankets of Love'. For Parents of stillborn or babies that die soon after birth they are given a small quilt to wrap their babies in. There is a supply kept at the hospital to be given out.
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check locally first- our area hospital accepts quilts for the pediatric floors, the fire department/emt's accept quilts for families who's homes have burned; the women's resource center- for the shelters- and for the people getting out of the shelters-into their own places-starting out with nothing.
you can do alot right in your own back yard before venturing out to the big national organizations.
you can do alot right in your own back yard before venturing out to the big national organizations.
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Originally Posted by cjomomma
Cancer quilts for those who are taking chemo. From my understanding they get really cold during the treatments.
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Originally Posted by cjomomma
Cancer quilts for those who are taking chemo. From my understanding they get really cold during the treatments.
Not only that, a bright quilt made by a perfect stranger says "someone cares" in a really tangible way. I would have loved to have had one.
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