Giving Back to Our Community
The club’s members create quilts that are given to individuals and organizations in the Olympic Peninsula. Our community quilt work day is on the last Wednesday of each month. Members also work individually on these quilts. All together, dozens of new quilts find their way into hearts and homes each year.
Many small quilts are supplied to Olympic Medical Center for their comfort care program. Each child attending Head Start has his or her own quilt for floor and nap time. Quilts are given to family members of new Habitat for Humanity and Peninsula Housing Authority homes. Serenity House and Sarge’s Place are offered quilts for their residents. Nonprofit organizations request and receive beautiful quilts for their fund raising efforts.
Many small quilts are supplied to Olympic Medical Center for their comfort care program. Each child attending Head Start has his or her own quilt for floor and nap time. Quilts are given to family members of new Habitat for Humanity and Peninsula Housing Authority homes. Serenity House and Sarge’s Place are offered quilts for their residents. Nonprofit organizations request and receive beautiful quilts for their fund raising efforts.
Patty Lloyd and Lenora Rohlfing, nurse case managers at Olympic Medical Center were guests at the October, 2019 business meeting. They spoke of the comfort quilts that the club provides for their program. Stories were shared of patients who have received the quilts. Merrie Jo Schroeder was instrumental in starting the program in 2016 while she was chair of community quilts. Pictured are Lenora, Merrie Jo and Patty holding a "golf themed" quilt that will be given to OMC.
JOY QUILTS
When children experience trauma or unwelcome transition in their lives, the professional responders seek to provide them with comfort as well as safety and security. Our club aids in this by providing Joy Quilts (a small, handmade quilt wrapped around a plush animal and tied with a ribbon) to Clallam County social service and law enforcement agencies and organizations.
The plush animals are supplied by the Sequim Prairie Grange and by member donations. Since our program's inception in 2008 more than 5000 Joy Quilts have brought comfort to troubled hearts.
When children experience trauma or unwelcome transition in their lives, the professional responders seek to provide them with comfort as well as safety and security. Our club aids in this by providing Joy Quilts (a small, handmade quilt wrapped around a plush animal and tied with a ribbon) to Clallam County social service and law enforcement agencies and organizations.
The plush animals are supplied by the Sequim Prairie Grange and by member donations. Since our program's inception in 2008 more than 5000 Joy Quilts have brought comfort to troubled hearts.
Community Quilt Patterns -- Click on picture for pattern download
Annie
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Bric-a-Brac
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Cake and Ice Cream
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Charming
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Chunky Tiles
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Courthouse Steps from pre-cuts
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Disappearing Nine Patch
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Dot and Dash
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Easy Peasy
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Fast and Frivolous II
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Four Friends and a Frame
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High Rise
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Hop Skip Jump
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Hugs & Kisses
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Kibbles and Bits
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Meet in the Middle
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Peanuts and Popcorn
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Plaid-ish
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Plus
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Slice 'n Dice
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Spin Block
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Suburban Charmers
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Turn Dash
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CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS
Our members also make Christmas stockings for the Foster Children of Clallam County. These aren't just ordinary stockings. Each original, creative stocking is a work of art and love, reflecting the spirit of Christmas with colors and trimmings.
Our members also make Christmas stockings for the Foster Children of Clallam County. These aren't just ordinary stockings. Each original, creative stocking is a work of art and love, reflecting the spirit of Christmas with colors and trimmings.
Thanks from the Community
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Thank you notes from Head Start kids, parents and teachers
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