Garland Quilt Guild

Community Service

Garland Quilt Guild seeks out community services to donate its time and efforts. The Executive Board reviews the ideas for community service and presents the next year’s focus to the membership at large.

Our 2009 charities: Scottish Rite Hospital, Garland Police Department, and SPCA.

City of Garland Police Department - Baby Quilts Project
Need: Baby Quilts.
Purpose: The donated quilts are kept in the trunks of Garland, Texas police vehicles. When a police officer needs to remove a child from a home or if a child is involved in an accident, the Garland police officer has a quilt to offer the child to provide a little security and comfort in a difficult situation.

Scottish Rite Hospital - Quilts Project
Need: Baby Quilts and Lap Quilts.
Purpose: Nurses at the Scottish Rite Hospital give the donated quilts to children as they come out of surgery. Scottish Rite provides treatment for children from newborn up to 18 years old. The hospital needs donation quilts of all sizes but requests that the donation quilts are no larger then lap size 45" X 56". This is an excellent opportunity to use up some of your scrap fabrics that are not juvenile prints since they also treat teens.

SPCA - Pillow and Small Quilt Project
Need: Pillows and small quilts
Purpose: The SPCA needs pillows and small quilts to use to take photos of the animals to be adopted. When the animal is adopted, the family will take the new pet home with them along with the quilt or pillow. There is no specific size preference for the SPCA's donation quilts or pillows. We believe the maximum size needed would be 36"x36" for a larger dog. The donation quilts do not need to be quilted or tied and the pillows/quilts can be stuffed with fabric scraps.

QUILTERS DISPLAY THEIR WORK TO SENIORS
Several members of the Garland Quilt Guild held a mini quilt show for the residents of Chambrel at Club Hill, senior living residence in Garland on February 19, displaying over 40 quilts. The folks at Chambrel also showed their quilts. Guild members discussed their work with Chambrel residents and visitors explaining the different techniques they used such as applique and paper piecing.

The event was organized by Chambrel's Sales and Marketing Department Director Donna French, who also invited the public to attend. She said that the residents enjoyed seeing all the quilts, and it was a wonderful show.

Michelle and Chambrel Resident
Michelle visits with Chambrel residents
Paula Hosier shares her quilt
Paula Hosier talks with Chambrel resident

Updated May 7, 2009

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