Where to Donate?
#1
Where to Donate?
I'm enjoying making baby quilts and now need to decide where to donate them. Do you ladies have favorite places or suggestions. I kind of feel like I'd like to give them locally. I've contacted a local Linus coordinator and have also called the local domestic abuse haven. I didn't sense a need for the quilts when I talked to them.
Thanks for suggestions.
Thanks for suggestions.
#2
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Southern California
Posts: 19,131
It is sometimes difficult to get thru the bureaucracy of some hospitals. But just keep on trying. I agree local is better since then you avoid the expense of shipping. Ask at guild meetings or at your LQS. Maybe they could steer you to the right connection.
#6
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 9,300
You might ask a social worker if you know one. They often take kids from homes in crisis and the children have nothing but the clothes they're wearing. A quilt would be a comfort. Ditto about calling a police station or fire station.
#7
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 4,783
My guild donates to Project Linus and to local Women's Shelters. Since those avenues haven't worked for you, try contacting your local fire department to see if they'd like to wrap up children in your quilts after they lose their homes to fires.
#8
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Tulsa, Ok
Posts: 4,582
Our guild donated baby and children's quilts to the DHS shelter where they take kids from dangerous situations at home. I bet your community has a similar place---check with a police officer or social worker. We have also taken them to DVIS who has shelters and temporary homes for women and children fleeing domestic violence.
#9
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
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My community has a group The Call. They help foster kids. These kids have nothing to call their own and are moved from home to home. My sew group and guild donates quilts to give the kids. Teen boys are the ones that are usually left out, not the younger kids. Also the mental health centers have kids and young adults that come to the center daily. The were overjoyed with being able to choose a quilt of their own from our donation supply.
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