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San Francisco Examiner - December 16, 2008
Kelly Smith
In today's column I've listed the names and websites of some organizations that accept donated quilts on behalf of children.
You should check each group's website for donation guidelines. Normally quilts have to be a certain size and sometimes there are restrictions on embellishments and techniques. Some of these charities are very well known. Others are newer or more obscure. But all of them are for good causes.
Project Linus - According to its website, its mission is "to provide love, a sense of security, warmth, and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans, lovingly created by volunteer æblanketeers'" and "to provide a rewarding and fun service opportunity for interested individuals and groups in local communities, for the benefit of children." As of September 2007, Project Linus had donated 2,293,340 quilts!
Quilts for Kids - collects quilts, quilting fabrics and supplies and "transforms discontinued designer fabrics into quilts that comfort children with cancer, AIDS, and other life-threatening illnesses as well as battered and abused children." Their goal is to "link design centers nationwide to their communities, so that children in need in those regions may be served."
Call to Action Quilts for Children - collects quilts for children suffering from AIDS. It is affiliated with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation whose mission is "to identify, fund and conduct critical pediatric research that will lead to better treatments and prevention of HIV infection in infants and children, to reduce and prevent HIV transmission from mother to child and to accelerate the discovery of new treatments for other serious and life-threatening pediatric diseases."
Contact Kelly at: QuiltingExaminer@gmail.com or www.redheadedquilter.com
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