Community Service

2008 Community Service Projects
Quilts of Valor. Lake
Quilters Guild has donated $100 to Smith Mountain Lake Quilting
and to the General Store to help defray the cost of batting and
backings. Learn more about what we are doing... SML
Quilts of Valor
Lake Quilters Guild has donated $500 to the new Westlake Library
to be used to purchase books and magazines on quilting to help
further a knowledge of and interest in quilting in our local
community.
Charity Items Distributed in April
- view report
The February 2008 Meeting was our Charity Quilt-in. We need to
replenish our supply of bears, quilts, pillow pals, and wheelchair
tote bags after our many 2007 charity donations. To see us at
work view the February 2008 Slide Show on the Show
and Tell page.
Several guild members wanted the directions for the "quilt
as you go" charity quilt. So here they are, courtesy
of Marcia Wright... Click
here for instructions (PDF).
As a service to our community, the Featured
Bee of the Month will display at the Franklin County Library
for the month following the general meeting.
2007 Community Service Projects
Raffle Quilts donated to aid worthy
causes: Two of our bees made
quilts for raffle to benefit the Alzheimer's Association and
the charities sponsored by this year's Home Tour. View the quilts and the ladies
that made them.
Charity Items Distributed in 2007
Nov. 2007 - Charity Committee
Report: includes latest charity item distributions and request
for future charity items.
May 2007 - Letter from the
Charity Committee: includes latest charity item distributions
and information on obtaining Christmas stocking patterns and
sewing labels for your charity projects.
March 2007 - Thank You Letter
from the Charity Committee includes
totals from Quilt-in and instructions for getting started on
the Christmas stockings for Step, Inc. (Head Start of Franklin
County).
The February 2007 Meeting was our Charity Quilt-In. We needed to replenish
our supply of bears and quilts after our many 2006 charity donations.
To see us at work view the February 2007 Slide Show on the Show and Tell page.
(See below for coverage of the 2006
Quilt-in and donations.)
Making charity items is an ongoing process.
Members can also make items at home throughout the year and bring
them to the meetings. If you need labels for the charity quilts
and teddy bears you've made
they are located in the library
cabinet on the left
on the lower left shelf in white and
teal plastic boxes.
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Charity Table at the January 2006 meeting displays
examples of the bears and quilts that can be made for charity.
Members may also make and donate a quilt design of their own
choosing. |
2006 Community Service Projects
The bears and quilts and Christmas stockings
we donate are greatly appreciated. Click
here to learn how many and where the
items have been placed and read the letters of appreciation we
have received for our donations.
Two of our bees made quilts for raffle
to help Franklin Co. CASA and the SML Discovery Shop. View the quilts.
The February 2006 Meeting was our Charity
Quilt-In. Irene Capps reported that we made 153 bears and 16
quilts at our meeting and had a great time doing it. View Photos of February 2006 Quilt-In
2005 Community Service Projects
2005 Community Service Projects now have their own page -
click here to view page